THIS IS AP NEWSMINUTE

CHINA SHOWCASED ITS DEVELOPING MILITARY MIGHT AT A PARADE MARKING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II ON WEDNESDAY.

THE PARADE LASTED ABOUT 90 MINUTES AND INCLUDED MISSILES, FIGHTER JETS AND OTHER MILITARY HARDWARE.

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TANKS AND MILITARY VEHICLES WERE SEEN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE ISRAELI BORDER WITH GAZA.

ISRAEL HAS BEGUN MOBILIZING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RESERVISTS AND REPEATED EVACUATION WARNINGS AS PART OF ITS PLAN TO WIDEN ITS OFFENSIVE INTO GAZA CITY.

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SEVERAL COASTAL TOWNS IN CROATIA WERE AFFECTED BY FLOODING FOLLOWING SEVERE STORMS.

TOWNS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE ISTRIAN PENINSULA WERE HIT BY FLOODS AFTER SUDDEN STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL HIT THE REGION ON TUESDAY.

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AND HAWAII'S KILAUEA VOLCANO CONTINUES TO SHOOT LAVA FROM ITS SUMMIT CRATER AS IT HAS DONE ABOUT ONCE A WEEK SINCE LATE LAST YEAR.

ON TUESDAY, THE VOLCANO HAD ITS 32ND EPISODE SINCE DECEMBER AND SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THEY ARE ALL PART OF THE SAME ERUPTION.