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With Gaza on knife’s edge, Ban calls for restraint, urges parties to avert ‘full-blown war’

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the press on developments in the Middle East.

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Ban says Israel’s construction of West Bank wall violates international law, fuels Mid-East tensions

Palestinian women walk near Israel's barrier near Ramallah in the West Bank.

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Ukraine's President Vows to Take Back East from Pro-Russia Rebels

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has vowed to retake remaining rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine, but says government forces will exercise restraint.

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Ukraine Government Calls on Rebels to Disarm

The Ukrainian government says there will be no cease-fire talks with pro-Russian separatists in the east until the rebels completely lay down their arms.

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