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Preparations begin to close Rafah crossing 28 Jan 08
Gazans make new border wall hole
Egyptian police appeared not to intervene when the bulldozer came
"Palestinians have bulldozed down part of the Gaza-Egypt border wall again, hours after Egyptian troops blocked holes recently made by militants."
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Photos from REUTERS/Suhaib Salem, 25 January 2008:
"A Palestinian woman stands among Egyptian riot police as she tries to cross into Egypt through the destroyed section of the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, January 25, 2008."
"Egyptian riot police sprays water cannons at Palestinians trying to cross into Egypt through the destroyed section of the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, January 25, 2008."
"Palestinians clash with Egyptian riot police as they try to cross into Egypt through the destroyed section of the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, January 25, 2008."
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Violence erupts at Gaza border (Friday 25 January)
"Witnesses said guards then beat some Palestinians with clubs and fired several shots in the air.
Egyptian forces began placing barbed wire near the collapsed steel wall earlier in the day and began stopping Palestinians from entering Egypt."
"The United States congress has already suspended $100 million of aid to Egypt due to the border breach."
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Egypt begins closing Gaza border, fueling tensions
Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:49am
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - "Egypt began closing its breached border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Friday, using barbed wire and water cannons to keep Palestinians from crossing into Egypt in defiance of an Israeli blockade."
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Egypt rejecting flow of Gazans
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:03:34
"Witnesses say Egyptian police bar Gazans from crossing the border and sets 13:00 GMT as deadline for the Gazans to return home."
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