Malaysia

IPOH - A decades-old Tamil school near here will not be closed down to respect the sentiments of the ethnic Indians who had planned protects to preserve their heritage.

JERUSALEM - Israeli and Palestinian officials say Israel has allowed some formerly banned food items into the Gaza Strip after widespread international criticism of its three-year-old blockade.

RAFAH, Gaza Strip - A Palestinian who had to delay graduate school in Malaysia and an elderly man forced to put off eye surgery in Egypt are among thousands anxiously trying to get out of Gaza now that the blockaded territory's gateway to the world has opened just a little.