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A wounded Palestinian is carried near a United Nations school in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip after Israeli tank fire killed up to 40 people. Photograph: Reuters/Ismail Zaydah

Israeli tank shells killed at least 40 Palestinians today at a UN school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said. In a separate attack earlier in the day, three Palestinians were killed in an airstrike on another school run by the UN. The deaths raised to 75 the number of Palestinian civilians killed today, according to medical officials.
A Belfast woman who contracted rabies while abroad died in hospital tonight. Lisa McMurray had been in a critical condition in the intensive care unit of Belfast`s Royal Victoria Hospital since the condition was diagnosed in December. Her death was confirmed in a statement from her family.
Over a thousand people gave a standing ovation to the memory of the late Independent TD, Tony Gregory after his coffin was brought to his local church in inner-city Dublin tonight.
A priest who began a walk eight days ago to atone for the sins of clerical sex abuse has arrived at his final destination at the Pro-Cathedral in Dublin. Fr Michael Mernagh has walked about 300 kilometres from Cobh Cathedral in Co Cork to Dublin since starting out on December 30th.
The Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan said today he has discussed ways of reducing the amount of expenses paid to TDs and senators, in the wake of the controversy over an allowance paid to Mayo TD Beverly Flynn.


Having the neck for 'hygge'Dublin coddle. Belly of pork with pickled prunes. Colcannon. Turnip and brown bread soup - the Danes call it 'hygge cooking'
Sometimes the gym doesn't fix itDon't pay a gym membership just to keep the place affordable for the actual regulars
Shattered GlassDominic Coyle on how bad luck and poor planning brought down Waterford Wedgwood
The misfits: when Sartre met Huston in GalwayWhen John Huston asked Jean-Paul Sartre to write a script for the film 'Freud', the enterprise turned out to be a disaster
Rising from the ashes of a bustDebts, the loss of a job, the closure of a business - all can feel as traumatic as a bereavement. But hard times can also be an opportunity for positive change


The hands of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama as he speaks to the media following a meeting with members of his future cabinet and economic advisors at his transition office in Washington January 6. Photo: Jason Reed/REUTERS
People follow king penguins exploring their outdoor pen at Zurich's Zoo in Switzerland January 6. Photo: Christian Hartmann/REUTERS
Mongolian-born grand sumo champion Yokozuna Asashoryu performs the New Year's ring-entering rite at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan January 6. Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon/REUTERS
Julia Lesnikova, an employee of a special beauty salon for pets, decorates a 3-year-old Chinese Crested Dog for Orthodox Christmas in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk January 6. Photo: Ilya Naymushin/REUTERS
A worker unloads tuna on to a wooden cart for delivery inside the public market in Pasay City, metro Manila, the Philippines January 6. Photo: Romeo Ranoco/REUTERS
Mathemagician Andrew Jeffrey pretends to saw Bryana Kelly (14) a pupil from St Dominics High School, Santa Sabina, Sutton, Co. Dublin as her friends Tara Watts (14) and Katie Petherbridge (13) (wearing hairband) look on during a photocall at the RDS in Dublin January 6, to publicise the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Photo: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times
Believers attend an Orthodox Christmas mass in Riga January 6. Latvia's large community of Russians celebrate Christmas on January 7, according to the Julian calendar that is used by the Orthodox church. Photo: Ints Kalnins/REUTERS
Indian policemen beat Kashmiri Shi'ite Muslim mourners during a Muharram procession in Srinagar January 6. Photo: Danish Ismail/REUTERS
Members of Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration in Tokyo, Japan January 6. Photo: Yuriko Nakao/REUTERS
A boy hangs on a goalpost near the Bekasi commuter rail line in the Tanah Abang area of Jakarta January 6. Hundreds of poor families have set up makeshift homes along this stretch of rail tracks. Photo: Beawiharta/REUTERS
A child sleeps as women pack candies outside their homes in a slum in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri January 6. Photo: Rupak De Chowdhuri/REUTERS
Four men ride a traditional wooden sledge during the annual Bavarian sledge race in the Alpine resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany January 6. Photo: Alexandra Beier/REUTERS
Customers shop at Woolworths as stores prepare to close across the country, in Glasgow, Scotland January 6. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Guido Tschugg of Germany (Yellow) falls fom his bicycle behind Johannes Fischbach (Blue) of Germany during the Fourcross VTT competition on day three of the Tignes Airwaves Freestyle Ski event at Tignes Val Claret Grande Motte in Tignes, France January 6. Photo: Michael Steele/Getty Images
A South Korean martial artist gives a Taekwondo demonstration in front of India's historic monument 'Gateway of India' in Mumbai January 6. Photo: Arko Datta/REUTERS
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