| Israel unilaterally halts fire, rockets persist (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:54 AM CST  AP - Israel declared a unilateral cease-fire in the Gaza Strip on Sunday meant to end three devastating weeks of war against Hamas militants, but just hours later militants fired a volley of rockets into southern Israel, officials said, threatening to reignite the violence.
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| Russia and Ukraine reach gas deal (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 12:57 AM CST  AP - Negotiations dragged into the early hours Sunday, but in the end the prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine announced a deal to settle the gas dispute that has drastically reduced supplies of Russian gas to Europe for nearly two weeks.
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| Pakistan: 15 militants, 1 soldier killed (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:23 AM CST  AP - Security forces killed 15 militants during a raid in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where troops have battled al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents, the military said in a statement Sunday.
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| Sri Lanka military: Troops seize Tamil rebel camp (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:07 AM CST  AP - Sri Lankan soldiers captured a Tamil Tiger rebel camp and a factory in the north as government forces closed in on the beleaguered rebels, pushing them into a shrinking northeastern enclave, the military said Sunday.
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| Gaza civilians struggle with bombardments (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:54 PM CST  AP - The group of boys gather defiantly to play soccer each day, war-weary after three weeks of near-constant shelling and dearly in need of some childhood release.
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| Brown urges banks to come clean over bad assets (AFP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:20 AM CST  AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told banks that they must own up to the extent of their bad assets amid more reports his government could launch a fresh bailout of the struggling sector.
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| Iraq: Electoral commission investigates fraud (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:22 AM CST  AP - Iraq's electoral commission says it is investigating allegations that nearly 60 candidates for the Jan. 31 provincial elections have submitted fraudulent certificates for their educational degrees.
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| US moves 6 Gitmo detainees, rejects hearing delays (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 10:25 PM CST  AP - The U.S. Department of Defense announced Saturday that it transferred six detainees out of Guantanamo, leaving about 245 at the offshore prison as President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office.
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| Mugabe says opposition must accept power-sharing deal (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:21 AM CST  Reuters - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said the country's opposition MDC should accept a power-sharing deal signed last September or end talks over the implementation of the agreement, state media reported on Sunday.
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| "Erroneous" Western democracy not for China: official (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:16 AM CST  Reuters - China must build defenses against "erroneous" ideas involving Western-style democracy, a top government official said in comments published on Sunday, shooting down recent calls by dissidents for political reform.
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| Australia lists world's largest sea turtle as endangered (AFP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 10:53 PM CST  AFP - Australia on Sunday listed the world's largest sea turtle, the leatherback, as endangered due to the threats posed by overfishing and the unsustainable harvesting of its eggs and meat.
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