THIS IS AP NEWSMINUTE

PALESTINIANS IN GAZA WERE TORN BETWEEN SKEPTICISM AND HOPE FOR RESULTS FROM A SUMMIT HELD IN EGYPT AIMED AT ENDING THE TWO-YEAR ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.

QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HAMAS AND GAZA, FOLLOWING THE EXCHANGE OF HOSTAGES AND PRISONERS.

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BELGIAN POLICE USED A WATER CANNON TO CLEAR THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS IN BRUSSELS ON TUESDAY.

TRADE UNIONS CALLED A NATIONAL STRIKE OVER AUSTERITY MEASURES AND SCUFFLES BROKE OUT BETWEEN OFFICERS AND DEMONSTRATORS.

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AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE DIED IN A MINE FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST VENEZUELA AFTER TORRENTIAL RAINS HIT THE REGION.

WITNESSES TOLD REPORTERS THAT THE WATER FLOODED THE MINE UPWARDS, LIKE A VOLCANO, AFTER HOURS OF RAIN.

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AND SPACEX LAUNCHED ANOTHER OF ITS MAMMOTH STARSHIP ROCKETS ON A TEST FLIGHT MONDAY, SUCCESSFULLY MAKING IT HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD WHILE RELEASING MOCK SATELLITES.

THE SPACECRAFT SKIMMED SPACE BEFORE DESCENDING INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN.