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Galveston officials paint bleak picture after Ike (AP)
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Over four feet of sand is brought to the beach along the Seawall on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, in Galveston, Texas, to repair  the damage caused by Hurricane Ike. According to Steve LaBlanc, the city manager of Galveston, the sand is being brought over to the Seawall from the East end of the island. In some places they are adding up to 200 feet of beach. The main concern is to protect the wood pylons beneath the concrete of the seawall.  (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Nick de la Torre )AP - Galveston officials pleaded with state lawmakers Wednesday for help in rescuing their island city from the dire financial straits it finds itself in nearly four months after the devastation of Hurricane Ike.
Gaza fighting rages despite cease-fire proposal (AP)
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Palestinians pray over the bodies of  people killed near a United Nations school Tuesday, during their funeral in the Jebaliya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Israel's military paused its Gaza offensive for three hours Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and the country's leaders debated whether to accept an international cease-fire plan or expand the assault against Hamas. With criticism rising of the operation's spiraling civilian death toll and Gazans increasingly suffering the effects of nonstop airstrikes and shelling, Israel's military said it opened 'humanitarian corridors' to allow aid supplies to reach Palestinians.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt after a three-hour lull to allow in humanitarian aid. Hamas responded with a rocket barrage.
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