David Cameron has described Gaza as a ''prison camp'' and appealed to the Israeli Government to allow the free flow of humanitarian goods and people in and out of the Palestinian territory. 

Mr Cameron's comments came during a visit to Turkey, where relations with Israel have been strained since Israeli troops stormed a flotilla of ships carrying supplies to Gaza in May, killing eight Turks and one Turkish-American. Speaking in Ankara, the Prime Minister denounced the attack on the flotilla as ''completely unacceptable'' and restated his call for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver a ''swift, transparent and rigorous'' inquiry. Mr Cameron said: "This attack in international waters can only be termed piracy. There is no other word to describe it.

But Mr Cameron also urged Turkey not to allow the incident to wreck its relationship with Israel.

Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has severely limited the movement of people and goods since 2007, has sparked outrage in Turkey, which provided the organisers and the bulk of the participants for the flotilla.

Who is David Cameron?

According to Wikipedia, David William Donald Cameron (pronounced /ˈkæm(ə)rən/; born 9 October 1966) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, and Leader of the Conservative Party. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney.

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Senate Set to Extend Jobless Benefits

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The Senate, after weeks of contentious debate, is poised to extend unemployment benefits Tuesday for more than 2.5 million Americans.The issue has become a flash point in the parties' attempts to define themselves for the fall election campaigns. Congress has voted six times since June 2008 to extend benefits, but Republican resistance has grown along with concerns about the deficit. GOP senators say they want to help the jobless but that the extended benefits must be paid for so as not to add to the deficit. Democrats say the spending is justified, given the struggles of the long-term unemployed in a poor economy.
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Senate likely to break deadlock on jobless benefits

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The Senate is expected Tuesday to break its deadlock over extending jobless benefits to millions of people when it votes on whether to end a lengthy standoff over how to pay for the program.

The vote will come a day after President Barack Obama escalated his attacks on Republicans, blasting them for opposing an extension of unemployment benefits while pushing tax cuts for the wealthy.

Republicans fired back, saying that Obama omitted an important point.

"It is appropriate for Congress to extend unemployment benefits. It's even more important for Congress to pay for them," said House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence of Indiana.

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Obama urges end to stalemate on benefits

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President Barack Obama on Monday urged Congress to end the legislative stalemate over unemployment benefits, ahead of a key vote on the contentious measures scheduled for Tuesday in the Senate.

“It’s time to stop holding workers laid off in this recession hostage to Washington politics,” Mr Obama said, flanked by three unemployed Americans in the Rose Garden as he delivered his most high-profile plea to lawmakers on the topic.

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