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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Middle East

Israeli troops approach Gaza population centers

An Israeli soldier injured in the Gaza Strip is rushed for treatment into the Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, Monday.
By Associated Press
GAZA CITY, Gaza — Israeli shells slammed into Gaza and ground forces edged...
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Americas

The tragic last minutes for Jett Travolta

By Herald Wire Services
FREEPORT, Bahamas - An ambulance driver described a dramatic, tragic scene as rescue workers fought to save 16-year-old Jett...
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Americas

Travolta family returns to US with son’s remains

By Associated Press
FREEPORT, Bahamas — Actor John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston have returned to Florida with the remains of their 16-year-old son, Jett, who died at the...
Middle East

Sarkozy calls for end to Mideast fighting

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, speaks during a press conference at the Lebanese presidential palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009.
By Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria — French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Syria today to exert...
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Middle East

Israeli strike hits outside UN school, 34 dead

By Associated Press
GAZA CITY, Gaza — An Israeli bombardment hit outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge today, and Palestinian medics said...
Africa

UN proposes Green Zone-style base in Somalia

Several of the 19 captured Somali pirates, are guarded by the Puntland soldiers in Bassaso Puntland, Somalia, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009.
By Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya — Three masked gunmen fatally shot a Somali aid worker today, as the U.N. envoy to Somalia said...
Africa

Doctors stuck at bottleneck on Egypt-Gaza border

Egyptian paramedics look at smoke rising following an Israeli air strike that hit along the Egyptian border with Gaza, seen from the border crossing terminal of Rafah, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.
By Associated Press
RAFAH, Egypt — Frustration has been mounting at Egypt’s border with the Gaza Strip, where many local and...
Europe

Moving out: William and Harry set up own office

By Associated Press
LONDON — Princes William and Harry say they have been granted their own royal "household" by their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. While called a...
Middle East

Israel strikes homes, tunnels in Gaza attacks

By Associated Press
GAZA - Israel seized control of high-rise buildings and attacked houses, mosques and smuggling tunnels as it pressed its offensive against the Gaza Strip’s...
Europe

Turkey holds suspicious Iran-Venezuela shipment

By Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey was holding a suspicious shipment bound for Venezuela from Iran because it contained lab equipment capable of producing explosives,...
Around the World

Gov’t: Sec. of State Rice Due at UN on Gaza crisis

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is traveling to New York Tuesday to meet with Arab ministers and lobby for a U.S.-backed cease-fire plan...
Asia Pacific

China says 19-year-old woman dies from bird flu

By Associated Press
BEIJING — A Chinese woman has died from bird flu in a Beijing hospital, the government reported today, but the World Health Organization said the case...
Asia Pacific

India: Pakistanis ’must have’ backed Mumbai attack

By Associated Press
NEW DELHI — India’s prime minister said today that Pakistani authorities "must have had" a hand in the Mumbai siege, a remark dismissed by Pakistan...
Asia Pacific

Taliban count on baloney to inflate own prowess

By Herald Wire Services
KABUL - In an startling propaganda whopper, the Taliban is claiming it killed 5,220 foreign troops, downed 31 aircraft, destroyed 2,818 NATO and Afghan vehicles...
Asia Pacific

Fish fetches $100G at auction

By Staff and wire reports / NEWS in brief
TOKYO - Two sushi bar owners paid $104,700 for a Japanese bluefin tuna at a Tokyo fish auction yesterday. The 282-pound tuna fetched 9.63 million yen,...

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