THIS IS AP NEWSMINUTE

TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND THREE OTHERS WERE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED THURSDAY IN A SYNAGOGUE ATTACK IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND ON THE HOLIEST DAY OF THE JEWISH YEAR.

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SEVERAL BOATS, ONE FLYING A PALESTINIAN FLAG, WERE SEEN THURSDAY ARRIVING AT ASHDOD PORT IN ISRAEL AFTER BEING INTERCEPTED BY THE ISRAELI NAVY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REACH GAZA WITH SYMBOLIC AID.

THE GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA HAD NEARLY 50 BOATS AND 500 ACTIVISTS.

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THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE PHILIPPINES EARTHQUAKE ROSE TO AT LEAST 72 PEOPLE THURSDAY, WITH MORE THAN 360 INJURED.

MORE THAN 170,000 PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED.

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AND THE ICONIC FOUNTAIN OF DUBAI WAS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SPECTACULAR SYNCHRONIZED WATER AND LIGHT DISPLAYS SET TO MUSIC.

THE FOUNTAIN’S RETURN FOLLOWS FIVE MONTHS OF RENOVATION.