Gaza barrier a ‘sovereign right’

A state-owned Cairo daily confirmed on Thursday that Egypt is building an underground barrier with Gaza and said it was a “sovereign right” that would increase pressure on the enclave’s Hamas rulers.

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Dozens still missing :

Freighter sinks off Lebanon

A major international operation was under way on Friday to search for more than 50 people still missing after a freighter capsized in stormy seas off Lebanon

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Poor cannot be sacrificed: Indian PM

To climate pact:

India cannot accept a global warming treaty that would stall its drive to lift millions out of poverty, Premier Manmohan Singh said as he left for the final phase of UN climate talks in Copenhagen.

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