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Israel Eases Gaza Blockade, But Aid Still Fails To Reach Starving People
Israel had blocked food entirely from entering Gaza for 2.5 months starting in March. Since it eased the blockade in late May, it allowed in a trickle of aid trucks for the UN, about 70 a day on average, according to official Israeli figures.
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Russia Urges United Nations To Help Ease Russian Food Exports
Moscow on Thursday urged the United Nations, which sponsored a deal to free Ukraine's grain shipments from a Russian blockade of its Black Sea ports, to help fulfil the parts of the deal
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UN Rights Report Warns Of North Korea "Starvation Risk"
North Korea's most vulnerable are "at risk of starvation" with the economy worsening due to a self-imposed coronavirus blockade, and UN sanctions imposed over the country's nuclear programmes should be eased, a UN human rights expert said.
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Mizoram Hardens Stand On Assam Border, Blockade Enters Fourth Day
Assam-Mizoram Border Issue: The National Highway 306's blockade entered the fourth day today, starving the latter of essential supplies, even though Central intervention had eased tensions between the two northeastern states last week.
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Donald Trump Scolds Qatar As Rex Tillerson Seeks To Ease Crisis
US President Donald Trump on Friday accused Qatar of being a "high level" sponsor of terrorism, potentially hindering the US Department of State's efforts to ease heightening tensions and a blockade of the Gulf nation by Arab states and others.
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China Is Our 'All Weather Friend', Says Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli
Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called China an "all weather friend" that has helped it at times of distress, weeks after China sent fuel supplies to the landlocked Himalayan nation to ease a crippling shortage of goods due to a blockade on Indo-Nepal border.
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Nepal Asks India to Open Border Entry Points to Ease Supplies of Goods
Nepal's Cabinet today passed a special resolution asking India to open the border entry points to ease supplies of essential goods like medicines, gas and petroleum to the landlocked country, reeling under acute shortage due to blockade of key trade points.
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Indian Envoy Calls on Nepal's Deputy PM, Discusses Trade Blockade
India's envoy in Kathmandu today called on Nepal's new Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa and discussed ways to ease supply of essential goods to the land-locked country amid strained ties over the blockade of border trade points due to protests by Madhesis over the new Constitution.
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Nepal Forms 3-Member Team to Ease Standoff With India Over Supplies
Nepal today formed a three-member team headed by the Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey to ease a diplomatic standoff with India over the supply of essential goods, including petroleum products, hit due to blockade of trade points by people protesting the new Constitution.
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Nepal Prime Minister Requests India to Not Delay Opening of Trading Points
Prime Minister Sushil Koirala today requested India not to delay the opening of the trading points to ease the supply of essential goods into Nepal, amid road blockade on the border by Madhesi protesters over the country's new Constitution.
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Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza cease-fire
Israel and the Hamas militant group agreed to a cease-fire on Wednesday to end eight days of the fiercest fighting in nearly four years, promising to halt attacks on each other and ease an Israeli blockade constricting the Gaza Strip.
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Israel ease curbs on 'civilian' goods into Gaza
Israel's cabinet on Sunday gave its approval to ease the three-year land blockade of the Gaza Strip to allow all "civilian" goods into the enclave in a bid to quell mounting international criticism following a bloody sea raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Hamas-run territory.
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Israel Eases Gaza Blockade, But Aid Still Fails To Reach Starving People
Israel had blocked food entirely from entering Gaza for 2.5 months starting in March. Since it eased the blockade in late May, it allowed in a trickle of aid trucks for the UN, about 70 a day on average, according to official Israeli figures.
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Russia Urges United Nations To Help Ease Russian Food Exports
Moscow on Thursday urged the United Nations, which sponsored a deal to free Ukraine's grain shipments from a Russian blockade of its Black Sea ports, to help fulfil the parts of the deal
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UN Rights Report Warns Of North Korea "Starvation Risk"
North Korea's most vulnerable are "at risk of starvation" with the economy worsening due to a self-imposed coronavirus blockade, and UN sanctions imposed over the country's nuclear programmes should be eased, a UN human rights expert said.
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Mizoram Hardens Stand On Assam Border, Blockade Enters Fourth Day
Assam-Mizoram Border Issue: The National Highway 306's blockade entered the fourth day today, starving the latter of essential supplies, even though Central intervention had eased tensions between the two northeastern states last week.
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Donald Trump Scolds Qatar As Rex Tillerson Seeks To Ease Crisis
US President Donald Trump on Friday accused Qatar of being a "high level" sponsor of terrorism, potentially hindering the US Department of State's efforts to ease heightening tensions and a blockade of the Gulf nation by Arab states and others.
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China Is Our 'All Weather Friend', Says Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli
Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called China an "all weather friend" that has helped it at times of distress, weeks after China sent fuel supplies to the landlocked Himalayan nation to ease a crippling shortage of goods due to a blockade on Indo-Nepal border.
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Nepal Asks India to Open Border Entry Points to Ease Supplies of Goods
Nepal's Cabinet today passed a special resolution asking India to open the border entry points to ease supplies of essential goods like medicines, gas and petroleum to the landlocked country, reeling under acute shortage due to blockade of key trade points.
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Indian Envoy Calls on Nepal's Deputy PM, Discusses Trade Blockade
India's envoy in Kathmandu today called on Nepal's new Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa and discussed ways to ease supply of essential goods to the land-locked country amid strained ties over the blockade of border trade points due to protests by Madhesis over the new Constitution.
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Nepal Forms 3-Member Team to Ease Standoff With India Over Supplies
Nepal today formed a three-member team headed by the Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey to ease a diplomatic standoff with India over the supply of essential goods, including petroleum products, hit due to blockade of trade points by people protesting the new Constitution.
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Nepal Prime Minister Requests India to Not Delay Opening of Trading Points
Prime Minister Sushil Koirala today requested India not to delay the opening of the trading points to ease the supply of essential goods into Nepal, amid road blockade on the border by Madhesi protesters over the country's new Constitution.
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Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza cease-fire
Israel and the Hamas militant group agreed to a cease-fire on Wednesday to end eight days of the fiercest fighting in nearly four years, promising to halt attacks on each other and ease an Israeli blockade constricting the Gaza Strip.
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Israel ease curbs on 'civilian' goods into Gaza
Israel's cabinet on Sunday gave its approval to ease the three-year land blockade of the Gaza Strip to allow all "civilian" goods into the enclave in a bid to quell mounting international criticism following a bloody sea raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Hamas-run territory.
