PHOTOS: Gaza recovery begins

Palestinian girls, whose house was destroyed during Israel's 22-day offensive, look out of a tent in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip January 29, 2009. Along the 45 km (30-mile) strip of Mediterranean coastline, half-finished construction sites stand silent, and, amid the ruins left by this month's violence, families are building makeshift wood-and-plastic shelters to escape the cold. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem ( GAZA) More photos from Reuters

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Pakistani Taliban free 29 police and soldiers

Source: Reuters (Recasts with Taliban free captured police, soldiers) By Junaid Khan MINGORA, Pakistan, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban released on Wednesday 29 paramilitary soldiers and policemen they had ... Full Story