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A ceasefire appears to have been reached between Israel and Gaza militants after 50 hours of cross-border fighting that started with Israel's targeted killing Tuesday of senior Islamic Jihad leader Baha Abu al-Ata. More than 450 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel during the flare of violence, and Israel retaliated with a series of airstrikes. One of those strikes killed eight members of a family in central Gaza, a tragic example of the human toll the ongoing conflicts in the area have wrought. The ceasefire may prove to be a political boon for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The death of an Islamic Jihad leader, plus Netanyahu's calls for political unity in the aftermath, may help him win back support after failing to form a government following September's general elections. | |  | | Chile
Chile's Congress has reached an agreement to reform the country's constitution in response to weeks of violent political protests. Chilean Senate President Jaime Quintana said the new constitution will be "a true social contract" and "100% democratic." The protests began over a now-suspended price hike for subway tickets in Santiago but expanded to include various economic and social complaints. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has already promised several reforms to tackle these issues, including pension raises, affordable medical insurance, lower medicine prices and more stable electricity prices. Protesters, however, may see the concessions as being too little, too late. Many have demanded Pinera's resignation. | |  | | Plague
This is the comeback absolutely no one in the world wants to see. Two people in China are being treated for the plague, as in the Black Death plague that wiped out 50 million people in Europe during the Middle Ages. Believe it or not, the plague regularly makes isolated appearances around the world. According to the World Health Organization, more than 3,200 cases and 584 deaths were reported worldwide from 2010 to 2015. About seven Americans a year catch some form of the plague. While here's no commercial plague vaccine, the disease can be treated with antibiotics (though some forms are far deadlier than others). Here's the real scary part: With close to 50,000 human cases during the past 20 years, the plague is now categorized by WHO as a re-emerging disease. | |  |  People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. | |  The climate has changed. I cannot attribute the scientific reasons why. | | |  | Just under the surface
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