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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					30/01/2011 &#8211; 10:11 AM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">GAZA, (PIC)&#8211; The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will not open to travelers on Sunday, border authorities say.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">&#8220;The border authority contacted Egyptian  officials who said the Rafah border crossing will not open Sunday,&#8221; said  Palestinian border authority chief Ghazi Hammad. The closure is  expected to last for days, he added.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Hammad is calling on Egyptian authorities  to open the crossing, saying its closure will be very harmful to  travelers, especially those with medical referrals.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Traveler movement ran naturally on  Wednesday and Thursday, he said. 500 travelers had flowed out of the  Gaza Strip against about 200 arrivals.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Egypt had reopened the Rafah Crossing to  specific categories of Palestinians on June 1 after a full three-year  closure in wake of Israel&#8217;s attack on the Freedom Flotilla.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">It is closed Fridays and Saturdays as days off for workers there.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7aVM3506bY%2f6KVm%2fsVe67gUVsmX%2fyIsjtIrEJN0tjHu2UfcmTtqZ7UOSCImbp8XJlPnBQMkSvqKsVOWp%2bv6UgeNJrjfWkMj68fX5LjeFhyLk%3d">Border Authority: Rafah Crossing will remain closed Sunday</a>.</p>
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