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NATO strike kills at least one child in Afghanistan

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A NATO helicopter killed at least one child and nine suspected Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's east on Saturday, officials and local residents said. Full story

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.

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  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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