Foreign Leaders Call for Peace in Gaza
As leaders from around the world upped the pressure on Israel to end their assault into Gaza – including French President Nicolas Sarkozy who arrived in Israel on Monday and began talks with both Israeli and Palestinian officials in the West Bank – the Israeli military pushed deeper into Gaza city, pushing the total Palestinian death toll to over
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British PM Brown Sets Iraq Pullout Date: May 31 2009
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set the Iraq deadline for British troops to pull out of Iraq to May 31. More than 4,000 British troops are currently in Iraq. 178 have been killed during the war.
23 Killed After Philipines’ Ferry Capsizes
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An overcrowded ferry with more than 100 passengers capsized after being battered by big waves in the northeastern Philippines, drowning at least 23 people and leaving 33 missing, officials said Monday. The wooden-hulled ferry, Maejan, was approaching its destination in Aparri
Baghdad Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 17
Baghdad was rocked by three explosions on Monday, killing at least 17 people two days before the Iraqi parliament is to vote on a controversial military pact which would require all US troops to leave Iraq by the end of 2011. The first attack killed 13 people when a roadside bomb exploded near a
Sen. Obama Speaks About His Grandmother’s Death
The day before the election that will probably make him the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama lost the woman who helped raise him: his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham. Obama said Dunham “poured everything she had into him.”
6.5 Earthquake Kills Over 100 In Pakistan
The death toll sits at 170 as of now. Hundreds more are injured and close to 6,000 have been left homeless. The earthquake began in the middle of the night and destroyed mud housing in the cities as well as created major land