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	BBC: "UK aid convoy crosses into Gaza"
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3-9-2009 4:01 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bfb77b68-3a31-482e-8bd9-4f906686521e/9A831F69-288D-4C3F-BCC8-ABE9AEBDE96B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7932764.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7932764.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7932764.stm"><H1>
					UK aid convoy crosses into Gaza
				</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7932764.stm"><B>Part of a 99-vehicle convoy bringing medicine, food, clothing and toys from the UK has reached Gaza after a 24-day journey through Europe and Africa.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7932764.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/DB6B9D9B-A996-473B-9520-EA50DB7B815F" alt="George Galloway at Rafah crossing" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0edZaimfUm9tC" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0edZaimfUm9tC" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0edZaimfUm9tC"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/82D7B5E0-7F2E-481E-9DAA-F663BC40AFF6" alt="RAFAH, GAZA STRIP - MARCH 8:  A vehicle in the UK aid convoy headed by British MP George Galloway arrives in the Gaza Strip after crossing the border between Egypt and southern Gaza on March 9, 2009 in the border town of Rafah, Gaza Strip. Galloway arrived in Gaza at the head of a 100 vehicle aid convoy from the UK, organised by the Viva Palestina group and backed by the MP. From Getty Images." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/05J00ga88ZbJw/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/05J00ga88ZbJw/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/05J00ga88ZbJw/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/CF781646-952F-44D7-B413-B5A9F4AA403E" alt="RAFAH, GAZA STRIP - MARCH 8:  A vehicle in the UK aid convoy headed by British MP George Galloway arrives in the Gaza Strip after crossing the border between Egypt and southern Gaza on March 9, 2009 in the border town of Rafah, Gaza Strip. Galloway arrived in Gaza at the head of a 100 vehicle aid convoy from the UK, organised by the Viva Palestina group and backed by the MP. From Getty Images." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/03g165baywggS/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/03g165baywggS/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/03g165baywggS/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/BAD57154-0F57-41E1-8757-BFC502AB499B" alt="British lawmaker George Galloway, center, talks to the media after he crossed with with his entourage from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing to Gaza, in Gaza City, Monday, March 9, 2009. On Monday, part of an aid caravan headed by activist British lawmaker George Galloway entered Gaza from Egypt. About 50 British volunteers and 100 vehicles carrying food, clothing and medicine passed through Egypt&#039;s Rafah border crossing, a Hamas border official said. From AP Photo by AP." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/03g165baywggS/gaza_aid">British lawmaker George Galloway,</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0a1SakIeh5f9b/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0a1SakIeh5f9b/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0a1SakIeh5f9b/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/2BB36781-B778-47D3-9E09-E89946302436" alt="RAFAH, GAZA STRIP - MARCH 8:  Palestinian men greet a driver in the UK aid convoy headed by British MP George Galloway arrives in the Gaza Strip after crossing the border between Egypt and southern Gaza on March 9, 2009 in the border town of Rafah, Gaza Strip. Galloway arrived in Gaza at the head of a 100 vehicle aid convoy from the UK, organised by the Viva Palestina group and backed by the MP. From Getty Images." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/02Ue1e38LJ5Sd/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/02Ue1e38LJ5Sd/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/02Ue1e38LJ5Sd/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/C3DEBD72-5EFD-4950-A382-898AB15AE46A" alt="Palestinian children stand on the staircase of a house destroyed in last month&#039;s Israeli military offensive, in Jebaliya, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday March 3, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Jerusalem Monday evening from the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, where she pledged $900 million in U.S. aid at an international donors conference for rebuilding the Gaza Strip after Israel&#039;s recent offensive against its Hamas rulers. From AP Photo by AP." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/00oM89l4YJ11H/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/00oM89l4YJ11H/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/00oM89l4YJ11H/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/3592E6B2-8569-4831-8F37-EB59B77B053D" alt="A picture shows buildings of an unfinished UN housing project for refugees in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on March 1, 2009. Residents of Gaza, bereaved and battered by Israel&#039;s 22-day war on the aid-dependent territory, fear efforts to rebuild their lives may be hamstrung by the bitter rift between the two main Palestinian factions, the Islamist movement Hamas and the secular Fatah faction loyal to Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/00oM89l4YJ11H/gaza_aid">unfinished UN housing project for refugees in Rafah</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/09yN0xxboXghd/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/09yN0xxboXghd/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/09yN0xxboXghd/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/DB7CFDF1-52AF-42A3-8678-5ACCD6BDD49E" alt="An aid convoy heading for Gaza arrives to the Libyan capital of Tripoli on February 28, 2009. The convoy, which left London on February 14 with more than one million pounds (1.4 million dollars, 1.1 million euros) worth of aid, will travel 5,000 miles (8,000 kms) through France, Spain and North Africa, before crossing from Egypt into Gaza at Rafah in early March. Organised by the Viva Palestine umbrella group, hundreds of volunteers are driving the convoy, which includes 12 ambulances, a fire en" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0bW0dideNGddR/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0bW0dideNGddR/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0bW0dideNGddR/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/0249FD4A-CD57-46F8-BEE0-2AF21399211B" alt="John Ging, the head of Gaza operations for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, smiles during an interview with The Associated Press in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is asking donor countries to channel hundreds of millions of dollars in expected aid for war-ravaged Gaza &quot;first and foremost&quot; through his government, according to his 53-page Gaza reconstruction plan, obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. From AP Photo by AP." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0bW0dideNGddR/gaza_aid">John Ging</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0bW0dideNGddR/gaza_aid">UNRWA</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0gMhedS4pR12q/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0gMhedS4pR12q/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0gMhedS4pR12q/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/5E8A5C0C-EBD7-45BF-A212-1264A9748F32" alt="A Palestinian man lays on a mattress next to a destroyed house an area targeted in last month&#039;s Israeli military offensive, in Jebaliya, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. United States aid for the Gaza Strip&#039;s reconstruction will likely top $900 million, an official said, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepared to make her first Mideast trip as America&#039;s top diplomat. From AP Photo by AP." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/00gM8RkfWk6qh/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/00gM8RkfWk6qh/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/00gM8RkfWk6qh/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/89DC38D6-476C-4374-ACFB-E337FA72E71B" alt="A Palestinian worker sits next to food aid at a United Nations distribution center in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees distributed remaining food stocks after announcing Friday that it has halted all aid shipments into the Gaza Strip due to interference by the ruling Hamas militant group. The U.N. Relief and Works agency said it made the decision after Hamas personnel intercepted an aid shipment for the second time this week. F" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/00gM8RkfWk6qh/gaza_aid">United Nations distribution center in the Shati refugee camp </blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/010F0XScZZfTJ/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/010F0XScZZfTJ/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/010F0XScZZfTJ/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/120C78B1-6E49-43A6-A1AD-B9A0C35E3364" alt="A Palestinian man helps another to carry bags of flour at the United Nations aid distribution centre in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on February 7, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon demanded on February 6 that Hamas immediately release the UN aid supplies it seized in the Gaza Strip. Hamas had earlier said that the aid supplies were seized &quot;by mistake&quot; and would be returned after UNRWA decided to halt importing aid into the Gaza Strip over the incident. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty I" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/02xT0DP7gYf6r/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/02xT0DP7gYf6r/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/02xT0DP7gYf6r/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/1918A55E-65A6-4013-B2E7-1EE03184D52A" alt="Palestinian Sheikh Daoud al-Moustafa, who was onboard a ship carrying humanitarian aid that attempted to break the Israeli blockade of the coastal Gaza strip and was seized by Israel navy, is welcomed by his mother after being released upon his arrival at Naqoura village, southern Lebanon February 6, 2009. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/02xT0DP7gYf6r/gaza_aid">Palestinian Sheikh Daoud al-Moustafa</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/02xT0DP7gYf6r/gaza_aid">onboard a ship carrying humanitarian <SPAN class="highlight">aid</SPAN></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0gyf9FoaHa5lF/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0gyf9FoaHa5lF/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0gyf9FoaHa5lF/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/1394F333-DD81-4876-873A-0A0BA00226FE" alt="Activist Hani Suleiman, one of the organizers of the aid ship that was heading to Gaza and was seized by the Israeli navy, hugs his wife after he crossed the Lebanese-Israeli border at the coastal town of Naqoura, Lebanon, early Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. Ten activists and journalists detained by the Israeli navy on a cargo ship carrying humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip have returned to Lebanon, security officials and activists said. From AP Photo by Mohammed Zaatari." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0gyf9FoaHa5lF/gaza_aid">Activist Hani Suleiman</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0gyf9FoaHa5lF/gaza_aid">hugs his wife after he crossed the Lebanese-Israeli border at the coastal town of Naqoura, Lebanon</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0eXE0UqcBK3Yp/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0eXE0UqcBK3Yp/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0eXE0UqcBK3Yp/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/D4DA8484-46B2-45AC-B944-94F61ECBB961" alt="A Lebanese journalist holds an anti-Israel placard during a protest in front of the Al Jazeera TV office in Beirut February 5, 2009, against the Israeli seizure of a freighter trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip. It was the first apparent attempt by a foreign ship carrying aid to reach the Palestinian enclave since Israel ended its 22-day offensive in the Gaza Strip two weeks ago. No weapons were found aboard the Tali, a cargo vessel flying the flag of the West African state of Togo, " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0eXE0UqcBK3Yp/gaza_aid">Lebanese journalist holds an anti-Israel placard</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/09Umh0M6bO100/gaza_aid" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/09Umh0M6bO100/gaza_aid" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/09Umh0M6bO100/gaza_aid"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/F21D01A9-55EA-4E3D-A6F1-8427053E0E5A" alt="Palestinian boys throw stones into a puddle of rain water in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Jerusalem Monday evening from the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, where she pledged $900 million in U.S. aid at an international donors conference for rebuilding the Gaza Strip after Israel&#039;s recent offensive against its Hamas rulers. From AP Photo by AP." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7932764.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7932764.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7932764.stm"><P>Organised by the Viva Palestina group and backed by UK MP George Galloway, the convoy entered Gaza from Egypt.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7932764.stm"><P>It was held for a day because the Egyptian authorities objected to its carrying some non-medical goods.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7932764.stm"><P>Gaza is under a tight blockade by the Israeli military, which Egypt helps to enforce at the Rafah border crossing.
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