1There has been international condemnation of Israel's raid on a flotilla of aid ships heading to Gaza. Six-hundred of the activists are being held in detention centres across Israel, and at least 9 were killed. Israel has announced that it will immediately deport all 680 pro-Palestinian activists, including New Zealander Nicola Enchmarch, it seized in a bloody raid. Activists on the six ships in the aid convoy were initially taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod, before they were moved to the southern town of Beersheva.
2News from Australia, including: Battle over mining tax deepens; controversy over Japanese whaling; and the Greens are surging ahead in opinion polls due to these environmental issues.
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