US, UN, EU and Russia urge immediate Gaza truce
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081230/capt.ec64f4e2c3eb4262af2df4331f0d466f.us_mideast_ny120.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=483_jw.RaB6.Ki7LmHE.Og--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="In this Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008 file photo, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reacts during the announcement of the resignation of Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs C. David Welch at the State Department in Washington. Rice on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, kept up steady U.S. calls for a 'durable and sustainable,' but not necessarily immediate, cease-fire to end Israel's assault on Gaza and rocket attacks by Palestinian militants based there. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081230/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_un_israel_palestinians)AP - Key world powers trying to promote Mideast peace urged Israel and Hamas on Tuesday to immediately stop fighting in Gaza and southern Israel, the United Nations announced as international efforts to calm the conflict picked up pace.</p><br clear="all"/>
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