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Page last updated at 14:47 GMT, Thursday, 18 March 2010

Baroness Ashton in Gaza Strip
EU's foreign chief in Gaza visit
The EU's foreign policy chief visits the Gaza Strip as militants there fire a rocket into Israel, killing one person.
Rocket from Gaza kills worker
Ashton condemns settler plan
Obama denies Israel crisis

Israeli emergency services at scene of attack Rocket fire from Gaza kills man
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel kills a man, the first fatal rocket attack since Israel's campaign last year.

A Jewish man walks in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Ramat Shlomo, 10 March 2010 Obama denies crisis with Israel
US President Barack Obama denies there is a crisis in ties with Israel over its settlement plans, as a war of words continues.

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