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Kushner has floated a plan that would effectively divide Gaza into two halves until Hamas is eradicated, with reconstruction funds flowing only into the part controlled by Israel while the Hamas side languishes.

The US military campaign in the Caribbean to combat drug trafficking paradoxically demonstrates that drugs have not been eradicated in the region and remain a priority for Washington.

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The grasses died decades ago when their roots could no longer reach the groundwater, she said, and were replaced by invasive pepperweed, which is hard to eradicate.

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One Hamas internal security unit recently pledged to "eradicate gangs and militias" it accused of co-operating "with the enemy".

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China, Thailand and Myanmar pressured the militias into vowing to "eradicate" the compounds in February, releasing around 7,000 people from a brutal call centre-like system that runs on greed, human trafficking and violence.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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