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Israeli soldiers pose for a picture beside the body of a Palestinian killed in an exchange of fire at a checkpoint in the West Bank yesterday

Israeli soldiers pose for a picture beside the body of a Palestinian killed in an exchange of fire at a checkpoint in the West Bank yesterday


Photograph: Yarif Katz/Reuters

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    Brendan Rushe who disappeared last Monday Troops from both sides of the Border had to call off the search for a missing Co Tyrone youth yesterday amid atrocious weather conditions. Fifteen-year-old Brendan Rushe from Castlederg went missing after attending a disco at the Abbey Hotel in Donegal town on Sunday night with two friends. p

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    Nursing unions are going ahead with ballots on industrial action in accident and emergency departments despite a meeting with the Minister for Health yesterday. p
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