2008年12月31日星期三

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Israel pushes ahead as Gaza assault enters day 5 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:24 AM CST

Palestinian mourners carry the body of 4-years-old girl, Haya Hamdan, killed with her sister, Lama, 12, in background, in an Israeli missile strike, during her funeral in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. Israeli aircraft kept up a relentless string of assaults on Hamas-ruled Gaza on Tuesday, smashing a government complex, security installations and the home of a top militant commander as thousands of Israeli ground troops, backed by tanks and artillery, massed along the border, waiting for a signal to attack. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Israeli leaders decided to reject an immediate 48-hour pause in fighting and push ahead with the devastating air offensive against Hamas, sending jets and assault helicopters to pound targets in the Gaza Strip for a fifth day Wednesday.

Vulnerable Israeli homefront rethinks withdrawals (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:29 AM CST

Relatives and friends of Irit Sheetrit, killed after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza hit Ashdod Monday night, stand around her body during her funeral in the southern Israeli city of Ashod, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. Israeli aircraft kept up a relentless string of assaults on Hamas-ruled Gaza on Tuesday, smashing a government complex, security installations and the home of a top militant commander as thousands of Israeli ground troops, backed by tanks and artillery, massed along the border, waiting for a signal to attack. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - As Arab rockets reach ever deeper into Israel, they may be weakening what for years has been a cornerstone of Mideast peace efforts — an exchange of land for peace.

Gazans unsure where to flee violence (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:42 PM CST

A Palestinian woman checks the damage to her house following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. Israeli aircraft kept up a relentless string of assaults on Hamas-ruled Gaza on Tuesday, smashing a government complex, security installations and the home of a top militant commander as thousands of Israeli ground troops, backed by tanks and artillery, massed along the border. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - In four days of Israeli airstrikes, Rasha Khaldeh has already fled twice.

China dairy boss delayed reporting quality issues (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:14 AM CST

In this Sept. 18, 2008 file photo, a child cries as he waits for ultrasound exam to look for problems related to consuming tainted milk formula at a hospital in Shi Jiazhuang, north China's Hebei province. The companies whose tainted milk products sickened nearly 300,000 children and were blamed in the deaths of six will likely pay 1.1 billion yuan ($160 million) in compensation to victims' families, a state-run newspaper said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - A former dairy boss who could face the death penalty in China's tainted milk scandal testified Wednesday that she began investigating product quality issues in May but did not notify authorities until August, a state news agency said.

Arab outrage over Gaza carnage targets Egypt (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 01:55 PM CST

Egyptian women march raising Palestinian flags as they protest in Tanta, north Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, against the Israeli attacks against Hamas-ruled Gaza where over 350 people were killed. (AP Photo)AP - The Israeli bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip has unleashed outrage across the Middle East — but the anger is being vented as much against Egypt as it is at Israel.

Czechs taking over EU presidency (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:18 AM CST

AP - A weak government. A Euro-skeptic president. Parliament in stalemate over an EU reform treaty. The Czech Republic does not look ideally suited to assume leadership of the European Union.

Volunteer Iranian bombers ask to go to Israel (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:21 AM CST

AP - Hard-line Iranian student groups are asking the government to authorize volunteer suicide bombers to leave Iran and fight against Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip.

2008 winds down with 843 killings in Tijuana (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 10:29 PM CST

Weapons are displayed before being destroyed by the Mexican Army in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. The Mexican Army collected 1,932 weapons, 70 grenades, and 2,131 cartridges turned in voluntarily by citizens as part of a campaign to remove weapons from the streets in Baja California State. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - This border city across from San Diego is winding up a violent year with at least 843 killings so far in 2008, a Mexican official said Tuesday.

Ethiopian troops packing up to leave Somalia (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:15 AM CST

AP - Ethiopian troops who have been propping up Somalia's government for the past two years were packing up to leave Wednesday amid fears their departure will allow a strengthening Islamic insurgency to take over.

Muted New Year festivities in India, Mumbai quiet (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:24 AM CST

Pigeons fly around Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai in this December 22, 2008 file photo. Scanners, blocked roads and tight security will temper New Year revelries across India on Wednesday as fear of militant violence hangs over the country after last month's Mumbai attacks. (Arko Datta/Reuters)Reuters - Scanners, blocked roads and tight security will temper New Year revelries across India on Wednesday as fear of militant violence hangs over the country after last month's Mumbai attacks.

NZ airline flies jetliner partly run on biofuel (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:50 PM CST

Test Pilot Captain Keith Pattie, right, Air New Zealand's Chief Pilot Captain David Morgan, left, pose with the company's CEO , Rob Fyfe before their test of a Bio Fuel mixture in the left hand engine of Boeing 747 in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. Air New Zealand tested one engine of a Boeing 747-400 airplane powering it by a 50:50 blend of oil from jatropha plants and A1 jet fuel for the flight to test the fuel's viscosity.(AP Photo/NZ Herald, Paul Estcourt)AP - Air New Zealand has tested a passenger jet powered partially with oil from a plum-sized fruit known as jatropha, in efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and cut its fuel bill.

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