Widening range, rockets strike Beersheba kindergarten
[Scary stuff. First time the rockets have ever reached so far.]

Israel air strikes spark protests worldwide

Syria suspends indirect talks with Israel

Israeli planes violate Lebanese air space

IAF air strikes target Hamas centers at Islamic University

Hamas: Our leaders do not fear death

Mashaal Calls for 'Third Intifada,' Israeli Arabs Declare Strike

Palestinians: 10 dead, 40 hurt in latest airstrikes in Gaza

Jerusalem-area Arabs step up rioting

Iran leader orders Muslims to defend Palestinians

Hezbollah chief calls for uprising in Palestinian territories and Arab world

Iran hardliners register volunteers to fight Israel

Israeli forces mass on Gaza border

Olmert: Don't talk about truce

Egyptian guard, Palestinian man killed at Gaza border

Egypt responds to Hezbollah criticism over Gaza

Egypt: Army will defend country from people like Nasrallah

'New security environment' is the goal

Israel faces threat of Gaza conflict spreading to northern frontier with Lebanon

Lebanon is no one's playground - Sleiman

US gives 85 million dollars to Palestinian refugees
[Well, great! They needed more money for rockets to fire into Israel!]

Lebanon to donate one million dollars to Gaza

Israel mulls brief truce, says blitz could last weeks

Israeli airstrikes widen scope against Gaza





Pakistan: Marriott reopens as bomber kills 34

Rare Suicide Bombing in Iran Kills 4

Rash of Bombings in Afghanistan

Gaza, financial crisis dominate Gulf economic summit

Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti

Bomb kills 37 at Pakistan polling station

Iran asks Arab states to keep away from nuclear row

Scenic Pakistani valley falls to Taliban militants

Gang trained in Syria ?

Bahrain TV airs terror plot confessions

GCC summit eyes common currency

Gulf leaders to discuss Gaza at economic summit

Suicide bomber hits anti-Israel protest

Iraq to offer 10 oil fields in year-end bid round

Oil pipeline in Yemen bombed




Two more dead from Ebola outbreak in DR Congo: MSF

Cholera deaths soar in Zimbabwe

More than 200 prisoners die of cholera

Zimbabwe cholera deaths not slowing; 1,600 dead

Zimbabwe Calls on Bangladesh Doctors to Arrest Cholera Outbreak

Zimbabwe to prosecute 140 white farmers: report

Zimbabwe doomed to another failed harvest

Zimbabwe charges on 'toilet bomb'

Our major challenge is human trafficking -Ambassador

Nigerian gov't committed to Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline project: envoy

26 arrested in Senegal after deadly riots: police

Ugandan army says rebels kill 45 people in Congo church

Another Malaysian ship hijacked by Somali pirates



Thai Police Try to Shove Aside Parliament Protesters

Hunan Plans to Build Jiangxi-Xiangtan Gas Pipeline

Army phone links China and Russia

US warship docks in Georgia

More unrest in Malmö suburb
[Ah, 'youths'. Wanna guess what religion these 'youths' are?]

Maldives News Police Use Pepper Spray on Protesters

Sea pirates shoot dead father, wound son off Zamboanga



Global financial crisis to last for several more quarters:IMF

IMF argues for large stimulus packages

Insurance for fire, flood -- why not recession?

An imaginary retrospective of 2009

Argentina temporarily takes over gas pipeline operator



N.J. rules against church group in lesbian case
[Saw that comin'.]

Family dog finds newborn's body in Milton
[This is local. :( ]




Quake sends tremors through NW Pakistan

Magnitude-4.7 earthquake hits parts of Mindanao

Report highlights dangers of Chaiten volcano

Yellowstone Earthquakes Under Supervolcano Caldera - Capital Commerce (usnews.com)

Moderate earthquake hits China

Eruption of Koryak Volcano Might be Dangerous – Russian Scientist Warns

Mud volcano still causing havoc in East Java

Oregon town an earthquake hot spot



Observing Highlights - Eclipses in 2009