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    Turkish activists are reconsidering their participation in a flotilla to the Gaza Strip this month, after a similar effort to challenge Israel's blockade last year ended in a deadly clash with Israeli forces.

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement Sunday about an Israeli government probe of the 2010 Gaza Strip flotilla raid. The military and government were cleared of wrongdoing. Nine passengers were killed in the clash with commandos. (Associated Press)

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