[AFP] Secretary of State Rice called on Egypt Thursday to control its border with Gaza. "It is an international border, it needs to be protected, and I believe that the Egyptians understand the importance of doing that." Palestinians swarmed into Egypt for the second day Thursday after militants blew open the border. Rice again pinned the blame on the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement for provoking the Israeli blockade. "This problem has come first and foremost out of the security situation created by Hamas in Gaza, their unwillingness to stop" firing rockets into Israel, Rice said.
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