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2 death sentences given in China milk scandal (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:27 AM CST

AP - A Chinese court condemned two men to death Thursday and handed a life term to a former dairy boss in the first sentences for those involved in the country's contaminated milk scandal.

Analysis: US, Israel could coax Hamas to moderate (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:32 AM CST

AP - Postwar Gaza could become a test of President Barack Obama's inauguration speech offer to Muslims to "extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."

Pakistan arrests man linked to 2005 London bombs (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:21 AM CST

AP - Pakistani police acting on a tip from U.S. intelligence agents arrested an al-Qaida suspect believed linked to the 2005 London transit bombings, two Pakistani security officials said Thursday.

First war tally: 1,284 Gazans dead, 4,336 wounded (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:59 PM CST

AP - Squatting in the rubble, his briefcase perched atop his knees, the human rights researcher interviewed residents of a house shelled by Israel as he compiled a list of Gazans killed and wounded during Israel's offensive against Hamas.

Iran: Obama must seek 'new' Mideast foreign policy (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:07 PM CST

AP - Iran said Wednesday it is "ready for new approaches" from President Barack Obama as, across the Islamic world, countries cautiously welcomed his promise of mutual respect between the U.S. and Muslims.

French official household spending slides 0.9 percent in December (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:34 AM CST

AFP - French household spending on manufactured goods fell 0.9 percent in December from the November level and by 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter, the national statistics institute INSEE reported on Thursday.

Medic: Israeli gunboat fire wounds 2 Gazans (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 12:43 AM CST

AP - A Palestinian medical official says an Israeli gunboat firing off the shores of Gaza City has wounded a man and a girl.

Argentine prez: Fidel Castro `believes in Obama' (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 10:51 PM CST

AP - Fidel Castro watched the U.S. inauguration on television and said Wednesday that Barack Obama seems "like a man who is absolutely sincere," Argentina's president said after meeting with the ailing Cuban icon.

S.Africa to host new summit on Zimbabwe crisis in Pretoria (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 01:31 AM CST

AFP - South Africa will host the next emergency summit on Zimbabwe, the foreign ministry said Thursday, as regional leaders were trying to save a Zimbabwean unity deal and stem a humanitarian crisis there.

China sentences two to death over tainted milk (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:55 AM CST

Reuters - A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced two men to death for their role in the production and sale of melamine-tainted milk that killed at least six children and made nearly 300,000 ill.