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Workers put the finishing touches on the new entrance to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec

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A rocket fired from Hamas-ruled Gaza this week shattered a months-long period of calm that followed the war. Palestinian militants fired two rockets toward Israel from the Gaza Strip late Wednesday and early Thursday, and Israeli aircraft hit militant targets in the seaside enclave.... The launches set off air-raid sirens across parts of southern Israel, disrupting the quiet of the Passover holiday week. Early Thursday, Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes in the central Gaza Strip, local med

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Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is pictured during a visit to Yasukini Shrine in Tokyo on Aug

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