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Israel rebuffs U.N. resolution, pursues Gaza war

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Israel rejected a U.N. resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Friday and warplanes and tanks pounded the Palestinian enclave. Isra… more

EU seeks to finalize Russian gas monitoring deal

By Robin Paxton and Sabina Zawadzki MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - The European Union sought to finalize details on Friday of a gas monitoring deal to allow the resumption of gas supplies to Europe via Ukr… more
A Palestinian woman sits beside her destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 9, 2009. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Israel rebuffs U.N. resolution and pursues Gaza war

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Israel rejected a U.N. resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on Friday and, as jets and tanks again pounded the Palestinian enclave, announced no decision … more

Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai seeks crucial Mugabe meeting

By Nelson Banya HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has requested a meeting with Preside… more

Tourists evacuated after fatal Costa Rica quake

By Roger Benavides VARA BLANCA, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Rescue helicopters ferried stranded tourists on Friday from a p… more

Peru moves Berenson to Lima jail for pregnancy care

By Dana Ford LIMA (Reuters) - Lori Berenson, a U.S. citizen serving a 20-year sentence in Peru for aiding leftist guer… more

U.S. says Iraqis may still be held without charge

By Peter Graff and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Some prisoners held indefinitely without charge by U.S. forces in… more

Liberian warlord's son gets 97 years in U.S. prison

MIAMI (Reuters) - The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced on Friday to 97 years in prison for… more

Israel rebuffs U.N. resolution and pushes ahead militarily

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Israel rejected a U.N. resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on Friday and,… more

Bombs kill more than a dozen in Afghanistan

By Sharafuddin Stanikzai HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A bomb killed three U.S. soldiers in southern Afghanistan on F… more
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