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January 16 , 2005

Adriana Iliescu becomes the World's Oldest Woman to give Birth , at age 66.

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict :

--- An Israel i tank shell has killed a Palestinian woman and her son in Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza . (BBC)

--- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon instructs the army to take action against Terrorism and Palestinian rocket attacks stating it was to be "''without restrictions, I emphasize, without restrictions''" following an attack by militants at a Gaza crossing that killed 6 Israelis, which followed several Israeli raids into the West Bank and Gaza which killed dozens of Palestinian s. (AP) (The Guardian)

--- The PLO has called for an end to attacks by Palestinian militant groups against Israel is. (BBC)

--- Egypt ian President Hosni Mubarak has called on Israel i Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to resume contacts with Mahmoud Abbas , the new President ('' Ra'ees '') of the Palestinian Authority . Sharon had cut off all contact with the new Palestinian leader before he was inaugurated supposedly because Israel believes Palestinian officials aided the Militants attacks of the Karni Checkpoint . (BBC) (The Guardian)