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"It's a prison... it comes with the territory."

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Rubio said that an international force, which US and regional mediators are trying to build, would move to enforce security across the Palestinian territory.

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Several armed gangs in Gaza are reportedly acting under Israeli protection, and allegedly loot aid convoys entering the territory, where shortages remain dire after Israel's wartime blockade.

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Our 19th century wars of expansion, official and not, won us territories where Latin Americans lived — Panamanians, Puerto Ricans, but especially Mexicans — that we ended up treating as little better than serfs.

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On Thursday, President Putin warned that if "such weapons are used to strike Russian Federation territory the response will be... overwhelming".

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

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