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Cairo blocks aid convoy to Gaza, rounds up 30 |
2008-10-07 |
Egyptian police blocked an opposition convoy carrying medical supplies to the Rafah border crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip and arrested at least 30 activists on Monday, security officials said. Police surrounded campaigners outside the Journalists Syndicate offices in Cairo, where the convoy was due to leave from, and detained 25 opposition members, a security official said. |
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