A first group of injured evacuees from Gaza crossed into Egypt on Wednesday under a Qatari-mediated deal, Egyptian media said, as Israeli forces pressed their battle against Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave.(REUTERS)
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The evacuees were driven in ambulances through the Rafah border crossing. (REUTERS)
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This agreement permits a number of foreigners and critically wounded individuals to exit the besieged territory.(REUTERS)
A woman holds a baby, as Palestinians with dual citizenship wait at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the hope of getting permission to leave Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.(REUTERS)
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An injured Palestinian man sits in an ambulance, as he waits for medical workers to take him to receive treatment in an Egyptian hospital, at the Rafah border.(REUTERS)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
