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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's prime minister says the leader of pro-Russian rebels has agreed to hand over both black boxes from Flight 17 to Malaysian investigators who are in Ukraine. He also says the remains of 282 of the crash victims that have been loaded onto refrigerated railroad cars are being moved by train to Kharkiv in Ukraine, where they will be handed over to Dutch authorities. The remains will then be flown to Amsterdam. He says as part of an agreement he reached with a rebel leader, independent international investigators will be given "safe access" to the crash site.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip says the aim of his group's current battle with Israel is to force an end to the blockade of the territory. The comments indicate that Hamas will continue to reject an unconditional cease-fire proposed by Egypt last week. Israel and Egypt imposed the closure in 2007, after Hamas took over Gaza from the Western-backed Palestinian authority.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rescue workers have pulled the bodies of 25 people from under the rubble of a home in the southern Gaza Strip after an Israeli airstrike today. The number of Palestinians killed in the fighting between Hamas and Israel is now at least 530. Palestinian officials say Israeli tank shells hit a hospital today, killing four people and wounding 60 others.
BALTIMORE (AP) — John's Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore has agreed to a $190 million settlement with more than 8,000 patients of a gynecologist who secretly photographed and videotaped women's bodies in the examining room. The doctor used a camera that looked like a pen, which he wore around his neck. He committed suicide ten days after an employee alerted hospital authorities. It's one of the largest settlements on record in the U.S. involving sexual misconduct by a physician.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The globe is on a hot streak, setting a heat record in June. That's after the world broke a record in May. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says last month's average global temperature was 61.2 degrees, which is 1.3 degrees higher than the 20th century average. A scientist there says the record was driven by unusually hot oceans, especially the Pacific and Indian oceans. But the United States had only its 33rd hottest June.
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