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NewZealandStar.com Wednesday 7th January 2009 Issue 1721
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"We just had a child. We had to amputate both legs and the arms and the only crime they have done is been civilians, Palestinians living in Gaza. The relief now is not more doctors and more drugs the relief now is to stop the bombing immediately. This can not go on. It is a disaster"
Mads Gilbert
The Norwegian doctor who is working at a hospital in Gaza, was talking to Sky News.

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    Auckland
  • Israeli tennis player in John Mintos sights
  • Charges to be dropped against actor Josh Brolin
  • Stop the killing in Gaza!
  • NZ priest stands by bloody Gaza protest

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