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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:34:04 GMT

ABC News

Israel considers stepping up Gaza offensive
guardian.co.uk - 45 minutes ago
Israel's most senior political leaders were meeting in Tel Aviv todayto decide whether to expand their devastating offensive in Gaza or consider the first outlines of a ceasefire proposal.
Video: Obama Breaks Silence On Gaza CBS
Israel Hits UN-Run School in Gaza Washington Post
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:31:05 GMT

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Gazprom Halts Gas Supply to Europe Via Ukraine Pipes
Bloomberg - 47 minutes ago
By Kateryna Choursina Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- OAO Gazprom, Russia’s gas exporter monopoly, halted all natural gas shipments to Europe via Ukraine at 7:44 am Kiev time, said Valentyn Zemlyanskiy, a spokesman for Ukraine’s state-run energy company NAK ...
Video: Europe running out of gas RussiaToday
Ukraine: Russia stops sending gas to Europe The Associated Press
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:10:29 GMT

ABC News

Transcript: Mumbai gunmen were commanded by phone
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
NEW DELHI (AP) - The gunman said into the phone, "We have three foreigners, including women." The response was plain and brutal: "Kill them," the man said.
Video: Singh: Pakistan Agency Had Hand in Attack AssociatedPress
Pakistan rejects India 'propaganda' Aljazeera.net
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:37:39 GMT

BBC News

Sri Lanka's Tigers vow to beat back army offensive
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago
By C. Bryson Hull Sri Lankan soldiers pressured the Tamil Tigers' last stronghold on the Jaffna Peninsula on Wednesday, while the separatist rebels vowed to overcome the latest in a series of battlefield losses.
Sri Lanka Army Advances; LTTE Vows to Meet Challenges Bloomberg
Police: Private TV station in Sri Lanka attacked The Associated Press
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:52:54 GMT

Senators Turn Burris Away at Capitol
Washington Post - 3 hours ago
By Perry Bacon Jr. Blocked from claiming a Senate seat, a man who once said his success in politics was the result of "divine intervention" stood outside the Capitol yesterday and declared: "Members of the media, my name is Roland Burris, ...
Video: Burris Barred As New Congress Starts Work AssociatedPress
Senators, With 2 Exceptions, Sworn In for New Term New York Times
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:11:12 GMT

The Miami Herald

For 111th Congress, Somber Topics Eclipse Ceremony
Washington Post - 2 hours ago
By Paul Kane The 111th Congress began yesterday with debates over how to ease the nation's worsening recession and to fight a pair of wars overseas, adding a sense of gravity and purpose to a day normally dedicated to symbolism and the swearing-in of ...
New Voices in Congress Will Change the Tone of the Democratic Majority New York Times
USA Economy tops agenda as US Congress convenes 07/01 07:57 CET euronews
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:35:31 GMT

CBC.ca

Obama Seeks to Mend a Party Rift Over Panetta
New York Times - 4 hours ago
By MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama and his top aides called lawmakers, deployed surrogates and offered public testimonials on Tuesday as they scrambled to mend a divide in Democratic ranks over the nomination of Leon E. Panetta, ...
Obama Faces Heavy Fire Over Panetta Selection Washington Post
How many presidents at a time? CBC.ca
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:57:51 GMT

Reuters

A rare gathering: Bush, Obama and 3 ex-presidents
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago
AP WASHINGTON: An entire generation has gone by since the nation last saw this tableau of American history: every living US president together at the White House.
Bollywood bids Bush goodbye with a parting shot Reuters UK
Bush, Obama to Have Lunch With Former US Presidents Voice of America
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:14:23 GMT

CTV.ca

France fears anti-Semitism spike as Gaza burns: report
eTaiwan News - 4 hours ago
France, home to Europe's biggest Arab and Jewish populations, was yesterday braced for an increase in anti-Semitic violence as the conflict in Gaza stirred communal tensions.
Fears mount of Gaza conflict spill over in Europe The Associated Press
Gaza conflict sowing violence, attacks on Jews in Europe CBC.ca
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:25:05 GMT

CTV.ca

Canadian confirmed dead in Bangkok nightclub fire
CBC.ca - 9 hours ago
A Canadian was one of the 59 people killed in a massive fire that swept through an upscale Bangkok nightclub on New Year's Eve, Foreign Affairs officials confirmed Tuesday.
Canadian among victims of Bangkok nightclub fire CTV.ca
Canadian killed in Thai nightclub fire: Foreign Affairs Vancouver Sun
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:00:18 GMT

ABC News

Obama offers new hope on Cuba
Toronto Star - 20 hours ago
ISMAEL FRANCISCO/AP Cuban President Raul Castro speaks during the 50th anniversary celebration of the Cuban Revolution at the main plaza in Santiago, Cuba.
Fidel-ity to the cause Indian Express
Raul Castro lifts ban on Cubans building their own homes Telegraph.co.uk
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:02:58 GMT

BBC News

Japan whalers say activists disrupted sailor search
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Rob Taylor CANBERRA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Japanese whalers accused hardline anti-whaling activists on Wednesday of disrupting a search for a missing sailor believed to have drowned after toppling overboard in stormy and frigid seas close to Antarctica.
Whaling activists deny disrupting Japanese sailor search AsiaOne
Japan wants anti-whaling ship barred from ports The Associated Press
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:10:52 GMT

TVNZ

Bush protects unique areas across the Pacific
San Jose Mercury News - 2 hours ago
By Paul Rogers Mercury News President George W. Bush on Tuesday established three new national monuments in the Pacific Ocean, setting aside for permanent protection pristine coral reefs, the world's deepest underwater canyon and marine environments ...
President Bush's Last Act of Greenness TIME
Bush to Protect Three Areas in Pacific Washington Post
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:27:03 GMT

Voice of America

Tremor hits Indonesia quake area
BBC News - 6 hours ago
A strong earthquake has hit the Indonesian province of West Papua, the latest in a series of tremors felt in the region since Sunday.
Indonesia’s West Papua Province Hit by Earthquake Bloomberg
Strong quake rattles Indonesia`s West Papua province Antara
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:16:07 GMT

Voice of America

Barack Obama Spends First Full Day in DC as President-elect
Voice of America - 12 hours ago
By Carolyn Presutti US President-elect Barack Obama arrived in Washington DC on Sunday. His first task on Monday was visiting Congressional leaders to talk about the financial crisis which he has called "an extraordinary economic challenge.
Obama's Kenyan stepgrandmother to attend ball The Associated Press
Barack Obama ally Bill Richardson steps down Times Online
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:45:15 GMT

Washington Post

CNN Reporter Tops Obama List for Surgeon General
New York Times - 4 hours ago
By GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON - Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon and CNN’s chief medical reporter, is the leading contender to become the next surgeon general, a pick that will give the moribund office a higher profile but one that has received a mixed ...
Video: CNN Correspondent Approached for Surgeon General AssociatedPress
Obama offers CNN's Gupta US surgeon general post Reuters
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:51:53 GMT

Boston Globe

Endless Vote Recounting Tests Minnesota Niceness
New York Times - 5 hours ago
By KIRK JOHNSON ST. PAUL - Minnesota’s parodied but also admired temperament of tolerance and equanimity has been seriously strained by the endless campaign for the state’s still-unfilled Senate seat.
Video: Coleman Sues Over Minn. Senate Recount Result AssociatedPress
Lawsuit blocks Franken from claiming US Senate seat CBC.ca
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:30:50 GMT

Sify

Pakistani, Afghan Leaders Vow Joint Terrorism Fight
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Pamela Constable KABUL, Jan. 6 -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, whose government has been accused by India of supporting a major terrorist attack there, vowed Tuesday to work closely with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to combat terrorism, ...
Zardari and Karzai agree to forge new relationship Pakistan Dawn
Karzai and Zardari declare end to hostility between neighbours Financial Times
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:49:36 GMT

Voice of America

Donor to Richardson Also Gave To Obama
Washington Post - 29 minutes ago
AP The president of a California financial firm, whose political donations sparked an investigation that prompted New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) to drop out of the incoming Obama administration, also gave generously to the Democratic Party and the ...
Video: Richardson Addresses Withdrawing Nomination AssociatedPress
Grand Jury Said to Probe Richardson’s Former Chief of Staff Bloomberg
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:25:42 GMT

ABC News

32 insurgents killed in E Afghanistan
Xinhua - 53 minutes ago
KABUL, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The US-led Coalition forces on Tuesday killed 32 armed insurgents including one female during an operation to disrupt the Taliban's roadside bomb network in eastern Afghan province of Laghman, said a Coalition statement ...
NATO-led soldier killed in Afghanistan CNN International
NATO force rejects Afghan civilian death claim Reuters UK
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