NATO air strikes for Afghan security forces must end: Karzai
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces will be banned from calling for NATO air strikes in residential areas to help in their operations, President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, three days after 10 civilians died in such a strike in the country's east. Full story
Palestinians allowed more access to land, sea
Life slowly returns to normal in Gaza, where eight days of air strikes forced residents indoors. And fishermen and farmers may work in areas previously closed off to them. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
At night Palestinians brace for more air strikes
NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Gaza City, where the streets remain empty as Palestinians brace themselves for overnight air strikes as part of Israel’s intense aerial campaign.
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Israeli tanks, troops amass on the border ahead of possible Gaza invasion
Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil is standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people, who are sustaining air strikes for the third day. Yousef Munayyer of the Jerusalem Fund and Palestine Center talks about whether that solidarity was present prior to the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak
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