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  Israel orders 'complete siege' on Gaza, cutting off access to electricity and food as war continues

  World | October 09, 2023 16:26 IST

  Amid continued fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas, over 1,200 people have been killed in both sides. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu had earlier threatened to cut off electricity to Gaza when he declared war.

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  Lawyers' body apologises for midnight siege at CJ residence

  India | April 09, 2015 11:18 IST

  Chennai: A local lawyers' body today tendered an "unconditional" apology to Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul over the midnight siege at his residence last week led by a group of its members.Representatives

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  In Pics: Sydney cafe siege

  World | December 22, 2014 12:15 IST

  Sydney: Five people ran out a fire exit of a Sydney cafe where a gunman took an unknown number of people hostage at the height of Monday morning rush hour. Two people inside the cafe

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  Death toll climbs past 80 in siege in the Sahara

  World | January 21, 2013 13:52 IST

  Algiers, Jan 21: The death toll from the terrorist siege at a natural gas plant in the Sahara has climbed past 80 as Algerian forces searching the refinery for explosives found dozens more bodies, many

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  Libyans Flee Siege In Gaddafi's Hometown Sirte

  World | September 21, 2011 8:23 IST

  Sirte, Libya, Sept 21: Families in pickup trucks stacked with mattresses and jugs of water fled Moammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte Tuesday ahead of an expected new push by revolutionary forces to seize the city,