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Israel continues starvation of Gazans despite UN pleas
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
In what the UN has described as collective punishment, the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip continues.
Thousands demonstrate against continuing U.S. presence in Iraq
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
Thousands of noisy demonstrators filled Baghdad's renowned Firdous Square to protest a new military pact between Iraq and the United States which is being debated in parliament.
Syria discounts report by IAEA on nuclear reactor claims
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
Syria's nuclear energy chief said on Friday a UN watchdog report on an alleged secret Syrian nuclear site bombed by Israel proved nothing and the investigation should be closed.
Troop surge like to stabilise Afghanistan ahead of election says Gates
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressed confidence Friday that more troops being sent to Afghanistan’s Regional Command South will be sufficient to shore up security for Afghanistan’s elections in late September next year.
Small-town store takes sick bet on Obama
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
A store in Standish, Maine, has come under fire after asking customers to place bets on an assassination of President-elect Barack Obama.
US Attorney General fighting back after collapse
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who collapsed during a speech in Washington, has been recovering in hospital and is said to be conscious and alert.
US Military to proceed with execution
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
The US military will execute a former Army cook on due to his guilt in murder and rape incidents.
New strain of Ebola virus frightens UN organisation
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease that killed 37 people in Uganda last year is being regarded as a new strain of the virus.
Chinese reveal shocking school death statistics
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
Chinese officials have revealed that more than 19,000 people died in schools that collapsed when an earthquake hit Sichuan province in May.
Telecom company says staff accessed Obama phone
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
The Verizon Wireless company in the US has revealed that Verizon employees accessed records for one of Barack Obama’s phones during the election campaign.
Businessman guilty of stealing priceless pages
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
A wealthy businessman who stole pages from books in the British Library and Bodleian Library has pleaded guilty to theft.
Gays died because Milk was killed, says Sean Penn
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
Sean Penn believes that fewer gays would have died of AIDS if San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk hadn't been assassinated in his prime.
Obama set to unveil Geithner for Treasury, says report
Channel News Asia
President-elect Barack Obama is set to appoint New York Federal Reserve chief Timothy Geithner as his Treasury secretary to take charge of fixing the parlous economy, reports said...
Sandinistas party as Nicaragua opposition cries vote fraud
Channel News Asia
MANAGUA : Nicaragua's ruling Sandinistas were set to rally in the streets Friday after the Supreme Electoral Council said they held sway in more than two-thirds of local elections -- results the...
Improve our service and win big
International Herald Tribune
... article tools - narrow (used with span photos) --> This article will appear in The New York Times Magazine this weekend. The "Napoleon Dynamite" problem is driving Len Bertoni crazy. Bertoni is...
US teenager commits suicide live on webcam
New Zealand Herald
A Florida teenager died of a lethal drug overdose in front of a live online webcam audience 12 hours after he started blogging about his plan to commit suicide, an investigator said...
Obama Kids To Attend Private D.C. School
CBS News
In this Nov. 10, 2008 file photo, Sasha Obama and Malia Obama, the children of President-elect Barack Obama, not pictured, walk to school after their father dropped them off in Chicago.
200 trapped whales
The Australian
Hunters from the village of Pond Inlet on Baffin Island discovered the animals trapped near Bylot Island, The local hunters are allowed to...
Syria all but rules out more U.N. nuclear inspection
USA Today
A senior Syrian official on Friday all but ruled out new visits by U.N inspectors probing allegations that his country had a covert program that could be used to make nuclear...
Tri-state shoplifting ring busted
Philadelphia Daily News
Law enforcement agencies have busted a major shoplifting ring that authorities estimated may have sold millions of dollars worth of stolen merchandise through six bodegas in Camden, authorities said...
Johnson ponders immigrant amnesty
BBC
The Mayor of London is to commission a study of a potential amnesty for illegal immigrants in the capital. Boris Johnson said deporting thousands of people working illegally in the UK was "just...
Gunmen kill woman while trying to rape girl
CNN
U.N. says gunmen forced families from huts, looted dwellings in Congo camp Violence in Congo is offshoot of Hutu-Tutsi animosity after Rwandan genocide In addition to violence, camp faces threats of...

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