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Egypt warns Israel against 'devastating' assault on Gaza | Israel | Jerusalem Post

Report: Assad won't talk to Olmert gov't | Middle East | Jerusalem Post

Iran shuts office of Nobel winner's rights group - Yahoo! News

Iranian authorities shut down the office of a human rights group led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi on Sunday as the group was preparing to honor a political activist who spent 17 years in prison in the Islamic republic. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News

Afghanistan could get up to 30,000 new US troops - Yahoo! News

The top U.S. military officer said Saturday that the Pentagon could double the number of American forces in Afghanistan by next summer to 60,000 — the largest estimate of potential reinforcements ever publicly suggested. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News

Inaugural security: leave chairs, strollers home - Yahoo! News

No strollers near the Capitol. No tents on the National Mall. None of that Silly String on the parade route. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News

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Aeroflot Greek flight lands safely after bomb threat | International | Reuters

ATHENS (Reuters) - An Aeroflot flight from Athens to Moscow turned back in mid-air on Monday after receiving an anonymous bomb warning, but the plane landed safely and all the passengers were disembarked,

Turkey plans to purchase 32 strike helicopters from Russia

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Hama says open to new truce in Gaza | Reuters

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinians in Gaza observed a 24-hour halt to rocket fire against Israel at the request of Egyptian mediators who made efforts to restore a longer truce. Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak

AFP: Egypt aid waiting to enter Gaza after Hamas declares truce

One World: Repeating failure in Gaza | Columnists | Jerusalem Post

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4.9 magnitude quake shakes Trinidad - MSNBC Wire Services- msnbc.com

The U.S. Geological Survey says a moderate earthquake has rattled Trinidad and Tobago.

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Magnitude-4.1 quake shakes central California

Solidarity with Athens: Police Squash Violent Hamburg Protest - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

While police and demonstraters continued to battle on the streets of Athens over the weekend, German police broke up a large sympathy protest after it grew violent.

Violence in Greece continues as rioters firebomb buildings in Athens | World news | guardian.co.uk

Violent protests continue in Athens as rioters torch credit offices

Congo re-exported ammunition to Zimbabwe: UN experts

IMF chief warns of 'even darker' times unless governments spend more | World news | The Guardian

Dominique Strauss-Kahn advises other countries to follow British example of fiscal stimulus

AFP: Israel tells UN it will respond to Gaza rocket fire

The Hindu : National : “Free Trade Agreement will solve India-Pakistan problems”

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Oil Rises as OPEC Announces Resolve to Implement Output Cuts

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq says Iran exiles must leave

Iraq says that several thousand opposition Iranians must leave the country, after two decades living in exile.

tehran times : Iran deploys warship in Gulf of Aden

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Protests over car tariffs spread across Russia - International Herald Tribune

Protests over car tariffs spread across Russia

Russia starts missile delivery to Iran: Iranian MP - washingtonpost.com

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Russia has begun delivering S-300 air defense systems to Iran which could help repel any Israeli and U.S. air strikes on its nuclear sites, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.

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Iran, Armenia To Build Oil Pipeline

Iran and Armenia will start building an oil pipeline in 2009 which starts from the Iranian city of Tabriz and continues to the Armenian city of Eraskh, a senior Iranian official said.

Press TV - Iran set to build 5 new nuclear reactors

The Associated Press: UN says Darfur conflict shows no sign of ending

Mediterranean water strategy focus of Jordanian conference

Amman - A long-term water strategy for the Mediterranean region will be the focus when heads of state and government meet in Jordan on Monday.

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Big government will be Barack Obama’s New Deal - Times Online

President-elect Barack Obama is well aware that he is inheriting a very difficult economic situation indeed.

The East African - Uganda has world’s youngest population

CAUTION: The World Bank warns that unless Uganda, Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso scale up the campaign to create jobs, the youth could find their way into crime and armed conflict

EU enlargement commissioner urges Turkey to take steps toward admission - International Herald Tribune

EU enlargement commissioner urges Turkey to take steps toward admission

Strong Earthquake Hits Off Japan’s East Coast

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan’s Honshu island Saturday evening. There have been no reports of injuries

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Dream Come True: Buried Treasure Found Outside Temple Mount - Inside Israel - Israel News - Israel National News

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Increase in Aliyah from English-Speaking Countries in 2008 - Jewish World - Israel News - Israel National News

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A Quarter of Schools in Range of Rockets - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News

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BBC NEWS | Africa | Nigeria ex-minister is wanted man

Ex-minister Nasir el-Rufai is declared a wanted man over the disappearance of millions of dollars from Nigeria.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Germany 'mulling Guantanamo move'

Germany says it is considering accepting prisoners released from the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay.

ABC News: Four North Carolina Teens Charged in Bizarre Killing

Police found a group of North Carolina teenagers suspected in murdering a friend in a bizarre case of reading tarot cards and beating him in the head with a hammer, tying him up and suffocating him with duct tape.

ABC News: Winter's First Day Packs a Wallop

Wicked winter weather worked its way across the country snarling air and road traffic, while pounding the northwest with whiteout conditions before heading toward the Midwest and northeast. Airports on both coast face flight delays, snow and ice.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Heavy fighting in north Sri Lanka

Dozens of Sri Lankan soldiers and Tamil rebels have been killed in the latest heavy fighting in the north, the two sides say.

Police called out to more than 7,000 violent incidents in schools last year | Education | guardian.co.uk

Police were called to deal with violence in schools more than 7,000 times last year, according to the Conservatives

US property developers call for government aid | Business | guardian.co.uk

US property developers are pleading for assistance from the government, joining a lengthening queue for public support behind banks, financial services corporations and carmakers

Robert Bryce: Obama's selection of Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary shows commitment to ethanol production | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Robert Bryce: Ethanol production won't solve America's energy problems – a fact Obama and his agriculture secretary don't seem to grasp

Five found guilty of plotting to kill Fort Dix soldiers - CNN.com

A jury has found five men guilty of conspiring to kill soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office said Monday.

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Israel moves closer to Gaza invasion - Yahoo! News

Israel moved closer to invading Gaza, saying Thursday it had wrapped up preparations for a broad offensive after Palestinian militants fired about 100 rockets and mortar shells across the border in two days. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News

Strong earthquake jolts southern Philippines - CNN.com

A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Will the world end? - Newburyport, MA - The Newburyport Current

Will the world end? - Newburyport, MA - The Newburyport Current

Crisis a valuable lesson | The Australian

WHEN Lehman Brothers went bankrupt and sent its employees home in September, someone in the firm's London offices had a sense of humour and played an old R.E.M. song through the internal speaker system. It's the End of the World as We Know It, the bankers heard as they packed their belongings into brown cardboard boxes. It was the swan song to an era in which many saw financial institutions such as Lehman as the masters of the universe.

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Watch out for the "military" police - The Denver Post

Watch out for the "military" police

Brazil - Brazzil Mag - Sarkozy Attacks Protectionism in Visit to Brazil

Brazzil - Trying to understand Brazil since 1989., Sarkozy wants Brazil in the Security Council

Messianic Jews detained at Ben-Gurion | Israel | Jerusalem Post

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Survivalist businesses surge in uncertain times | csmonitor.com

Increasing numbers of mainstream Americans are preparing for disasters, many of these companies say.

DEBKAfile - Tehran deflects Hamas SOS to threaten intervention against an Israeli attack

Suspected Santa gunman takes life; 6 others dead - CNN.com

Police said they recovered six bodies from a Los Angeles house where a man dressed as Santa Claus fired gunshots and started a fire Christmas Eve.

Vehicle crashes into Hanukkah celebration - CNN.com

Fourteen people were hospitalized Thursday after an elderly man lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a Long Island building where a Hanukkah festival was under way, police told CNN.

Report: Terror Threats to Target Economic Losses - FOXNews.com Transition Tracker

Nuclear, chemical, biological and radiological attacks could be most devastating, but are hardest to carry out, reads a new threat assessment from the Department of Homeland Security.

FOXNews.com - Germans Save Egyptian Ship From Somali Pirates - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

Germans Save Egyptian Ship From Somali Pirates, A passing ship alerted the Kuala Lumpur-based bureau, which asked a multinational naval coalition force in the area to help.

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19 killed in explosion at apartment building in Ukraine - International Herald Tribune

19 killed in explosion at apartment building in Ukraine

Dead Sea to receive water from Red Sea to save it from drying up - Telegraph

The Dead Sea could be saved from drying up under a groundbreaking plan to flood millions of gallons of seawater in from the Red Sea more than 110 miles away.

AFP: Yemen to set up anti-piracy centre

Heavy snowfall hits transport, schools in Turkey_English_Xinhua

No payment problem for Turkey, gas price cut on the way: Russia

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Medvedev Threatens Ukraine With Sanctions Over Unpaid Gas Bill - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2008

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said Ukraine's economy will face "sanctions and demands" from Russia if Kyiv does not pay off its gas debt.

Press TV - Iraq, Turkey up anti-PKK cooperation

AFP: Ebola epidemic kills nine in central DR Congo: report

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RWE and OMV ink Caspian Sea to EU gas pipeline deal

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VOA News - Russia Expects Early Meeting with Obama in 2009

Despite defiance, Russia eager to work with Obama, analysts say

Pakistan eyeing better national security - UPI.com

Pakistan's National Assembly has adopted a resolution aimed at enhancing national security by uniting the country's resources, sources said Wednesday.

Weak prices may push CNOOC into red

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The Associated Press: Russia, Serbia sign controversial energy deal

BBC NEWS | Business | Russia devalues the rouble again

Russia devalues the rouble for the third time in a week, to its lowest value against the US dollar since January 2006.

Iranian leader's Christmas message prompts outcry - Home News, UK - The Independent

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, delivered Channel 4's alternative Christmas address yesterday, sending a message of

China arrests 59 in Tibet for rumour-spreading-state media | Reuters

BEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities in the restive mountainous region of Tibet have arrested 59 people for spreading rumours and trying to stir up racial hatred and incite violence, state media

Russia warns of domestic unrest over economic crisis

Russia’s worsening economic situation may spark popular unrest, the interior ministry warned Wednesday,

FOXNews.com - Military-Style Guerilla Attack Rattles Greek Riot Police - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

Military-Style Guerilla Attack Rattles Greek Riot Police , Ballistics tests show two military-type automatic rifles were used in an attack on a riot-police bus in Athens. The discovery raised fears of renewed violence by urban guerrilla groups that have targeted police in the past.

Russia clears 15.7 pct oil pipeline shipping fee rise | Markets | Reuters

MOSCOW, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Russia's federal tariff service said on Wednesday it had approved a generous rise of oil shipping fees by oil pipeline monopoly Transneft , another blow to

tehran times : Gazprom eyes Iran’s oil, gas fields

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China denounces Zimbabwe arms reports - UPI.com

China is denouncing as fabrications media reports that it funneled arms to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe via the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Is It Time to Prepare for a Nuclear Iran? | The Jewish Exponent

Is It Time to Prepare for a Nuclear Iran?

Violence leaves five dead, 27 injured in Baghdad, Mosul (Roundup)

Baghdad - Acts of violence in Baghdad and Mosul claimed the lives of at least five people on Thursday, and left some 27 injured, while Iraqi authorities began preparations to take security responsibility for the capital s heavily fortified Green Zone.

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Unusually strong earthquake hits northern Italy | Reuters

(Updates with details) PARMA, Italy, Dec 23 (Reuters) - An earthquake of 5.1 magnitude struck northern Italy on Tuesday near the city of Parma, but no damage or injuries were reported, Italy's civil protection

Earthquake could be precursor to larger event - NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

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The Associated Press: Deep snow in West, some travelers wait at O'Hare

Snow Storms Sweep Across North Japan; JAL, ANA Cancel Flights

UN peacekeepers in DR Congo on alert amid signs of new rebel build-up

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'Syria awaiting Israeli land-for-peace commitment before direct talks' | Middle East | Jerusalem Post

Bomb causes fire in Iraqi domestic oil pipeline | Markets | Reuters

KIRKUK, Iraq, Dec 25 (Reuters) - A bomb blew up and set fire to a crude oil pipeline carrying oil from a town in northern Iraq to the city of Kirkuk, Iraqi and U.S. military officials said on Thursday.

Press TV - Leopard tanks to join Lebanon's fleet

Undersea Stretch Of Spain-Algeria Gas Pipeline Built - Medgaz

Iran, Malaysia agree on economic cooperation_English_Xinhua

AFP: Gas exporting states agree Qatar-based 'gas OPEC'

Gazprom warns of European gas delivery cut - Oil & Gas Journal

Oil & Gas Journal - Gazprom warns of European gas delivery cut - Europe's gas supplies could be disrupted because of OAO Gazprom's dispute with Ukraine over unpaid bills, the company's chairman warned.

AFP: Venezuela's Chavez denies Iran-Syria weapons connection

Israel should be non-nuclear, says former senior British diplomat

Israel should be a non-nuclear member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and be subject in the long term to a Middle East nuclear-weapons-free zone, says a former senior British diplomat.

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Beijing Considers Upgrades to Navy - WSJ.com

China is seriously considering adding a first aircraft carrier to its navy fleet, a fresh indication of the country's growing military profile.

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UPDATE 1-Suez signs $393 mln financing for Chile project | Markets | Markets News | Reuters

(Adds details from third paragraph) SANTIAGO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - GDF Suez Energy Andino, a unit of French utility Suez , said on Monday it obtained $393 million in financing to build a

The Associated Press: Russia to get 70 nuclear missiles in 3 years

Metal workers face job cuts in Russia's Urals | Reuters

YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Metal workers in the industrial cities of the Ural mountains were the elite of the working class when prices were at record highs this year. Now, they worry about how

Palestinian, Russian presidents talk Mideast peace - International Herald Tribune

Palestinian, Russian presidents talk Mideast peace

Russia wants OSCE to split Georgia, Ossetia teams | World | Reuters

VIENNA (Reuters) - Russia has demanded that the OSCE divide its operations in Georgia to reflect the independence of separatist South Ossetia if it wants to extend its monitoring mission beyond December

Envoys: Syria says it won't block Hezbollah arming - Haaretz - Israel News

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6.5-Magnitude Earthquake Hits off Japanese East Coast, No Reports Of Damage Or Injuries | AHN | December 25, 2008

6.5-Magnitude Earthquake Hits off Japanese East Coast, No Reports Of Damage Or Injuries | December 25, 2008

GDF Suez signs 10-year gas supply agreement with Gaznat - Energy Business Review

French energy major GDF Suez and Swiss company Gaznat have entered into a 10-year supply contract. At the conclusion of this agreement, GDF Suez will be supplying almost one-third of Gaznats natural gas requirements, the equivalent of approximately 300 million cubic meters between October 2009 and September 2019.

Bulgaria, Turkmenistan sign gas deal - News news

Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov, who is currently on an official visit to Turkmenistan, said on December 19 that Bulgaria was ready to buy two billion cu m of natural gas every year. The statement came after Purvanov met his counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, as reported by the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR). The two heads of state discussed the potential possibilities for developing bilateral relations and improving co-operation in the energy sector.

Paris: Iran nuclear program is military | JTA - Jewish & Israel News

Iran's nuclear goals are military, and the country could have a nuclear bomb in two to three years, a French Foreign Affairs Commission said.

AFP: Zimbabwe may have received Chinese arms via Congo: UN

U.S. plans to open diplomatic mission in Crimea, Ukraine_English_Xinhua

The Associated Press: Strong earthquake shakes Chile

Building Babylon - The National Newspaper

Art An exhibition at the British Museum explores the multiple ways in which the legendary city of Babylon has been imagined and re-imaged – mostly by Westerners. Kanishk Tharoor visits in search of a city.

AFP: Gazprom reaches pipeline deal with Turkmenistan: company

Mystery helicopter hovers over Tempe neighborhood

Mystery helicopter hovers over Tempe neighborhood, After some Tempe residents spotted a helicopter hovering over their neighborhood last Friday morning and again on Saturday, they were concerned. Answers about the situation are hard to come by.

IDF prepared for limited Gaza operation | Israel | Jerusalem Post

Americans hold anti-Hamas rally in J'lem | Israel | Jerusalem Post

Dmitry Medvedev issues warning to ex-Soviet states - Telegraph

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued harsh warnings to the country's ex-Soviet neighbours in an interview heavy with nationalism that aired on Russia's three state-run television channels late on Wednesday.

Turks Arrest 38 Suspected in 2003 Al Qaeda Synagogue Massacres - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News

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1948 Gunrunner for Israel Pardoned Posthumously by Bush - Jewish World - Israel News - Israel National News

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Hamas pushes for Sharia punishments | Middle East | Jerusalem Post

The Associated Press: Russia launches 3 navigation satellites

BBC NEWS | Africa | Senegal leader backs Guinea coup

Senegal's president urges the international community to recognise Guinea's new military junta.

Army restricts leaves: Pakistan diverts troops from FATA to Indian border

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Magnitude 6 Earthquake Strikes Off Pakistan’s Coast, USGS Says

Iran and Turkey plan to set up a gas pipeline company

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Local earthquake draws attention months later - RecordOnline.com - The Times Herald Record

NEW HAMPTON — As earthquakes go, the temblor that hit parts of Wawayanda at 6:42 p.m. March 14 was pretty small — magnitude 2.3 — but it continues to pique the interest of seismologists.

Kilauea lava flowing again after unusually long 3-day pause | HonoluluAdvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser

Scientists are closely watching the Kilauea eruption, which stopped pouring lava out of the so-called Thanksgiving Eve Breakout on Monday, but resumed just in time for Christmas.

Christian refugees from Iraq pack pews in Lebanon -- chicagotribune.com

BOUCHRIEH, Lebanon — In Iraq, the priests routinely celebrate mass in nearly empty churches—if they dare open their church doors at all.

Thirteen Killed in Jailbreak in Western Iraq - washingtonpost.com

BAGHDAD, Dec. 26 -- Three suspected insurgents fled a jail in the western city of Ramadi on Friday morning after overpowering guards, Iraqi officials said. The jailbreak led to a gunfight in which six policemen and seven suspected insurgents were killed, authorities said.

Peace talks in jeopardy after Yule attacks | The Philippine Star >> News >> Headlines

The government’s efforts to revive peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are in jeopardy following the latest attacks by the separatist group in Central Mindanao on Christmas eve that killed nine people and left several others wounded, a Malacañang official warned yesterday.

Paul Thomas: Stockpile the contraceptives, it's a desperate world - Opinion - NZ Herald News

During the Cold War you sometimes heard people say the ever-present threat of nuclear war had put them off having kids. These conscientious non-breeders fell into two broad categories:…

AFP: Rock-thowing children wound UN peacekeeper in Darfur

U.S., Georgia to Sign Strategic Pact | Danger Room from Wired.com

Months after Georgia fought a short, nasty war with its northern neighbor, the United States is moving to shore up security ties with the former Soviet Republic. Agence France-Presse reports

ONGC, GAIL to supply gas to China-India Business-Business-The Times of India

China woos Africa, hoping for long-term gains

When China broke ground last month on a 20 million headquarters for the African Union, the chief organization of African nations, Wu Bangguo, one of China's top leaders, called the gift \"another example of the growing friendship between China

UN medical supplies arrive in Zimbabwe as cholera deaths top 1,500

Monitor Online | News | Kony kills 35 on Christmas Day

Kiryat Gat Joins 'Color Red' Communities in the Crosshairs - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News

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Joseph’s Tomb Gets a Paint Job After 9 Years of Arab Desecration - Inside Israel - Israel News - Israel National News

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Tel Aviv recruits gay athletes for 2009 World Outgames - Israel Culture, Ynetnews

Culture: Municipality begins forming team of some 30 homosexual athletes to represent Israel in gay sporting event in Denmark this summer

Report: Russia selling missiles to Syria, Egypt - Israel News, Ynetnews

News: Business daily reports Russia begins to fulfill $250 million weapons deal to deliver surface-to-air missiles seven countries including Syria, Egypt, Libya and Venezuela

As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God | Matthew Parris - Times Online

Before Christmas I returned, after 45 years, to the country that as a boy I knew as Nyasaland. Today it's Malawi, and The Times Christmas Appeal includes a small British charity working there. Pump Aid helps rural comm

AFP: Government and police cars, bank attacked in Greece

Police detain 59 in Tibet - UPI.com

Police detained 59 people in Tibet for allegedly threatening national security by pushing for independence for Tibet, officials said.

FOXNews.com - Winter Storm Blankets West With Snow, Ices Midwest - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

Winter Storm Blankets West With Snow, Ices Midwest, Yet another snowstorm closed highways in parts of the West on Friday, the latest in a tiring week of bad weather, and a dangerous sheet of ice in parts of the Midwest contributed to a looming flood problem.

Israel demolishes Hamas compounds, over 200 dead - Yahoo! News

Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of airstrikes Saturday, killing more than 200 people and wounding nearly 400 in the single bloodiest day of fighting in years. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News