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A column of Israeli armoured vehicles advance on Wednesday as Israel intensifies its wide-scale ground assault against the Gaza Strip.  David Silverman/Getty Images

Israel briefly suspends Gaza attacks

Both sides also study Egyptian ceasefire proposal which has won immediate backing from the U.S. and Europe.


Mumbai gunmen were commanded by phone

Indian newspaper obtains transcripts of calls intercepted during November attacks


Burris refused seat in U.S. Senate

But leaders of both parties expect that he eventually will be allowed to sit in chamber


Gupta as surgeon general?

Obama approached CNN's chief medical correspondent, though final decision not yet made

Lewis MacKenzie

What is the UN waiting for? Deploy in Gaza

Retired major-general and former commander of UN peacekeeping forces argues that the Security Council should show some backbone.


Frank Ching

Flotilla politics

Frank Ching

By joining an international anti-piracy task force, China sails into new world order


Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari

Bhutto's daughter grieves with hip-hop eulogy

Song, I Would Take the Pain Away, has been airing on Pakistani state television and posted to YouTube

 
 
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Venezuela expels Israeli ambassador

All embassy personnel expelled in response to military offensive in Gaza

Diplomat charged with impaired driving returns to Europe

Poland's consul in Vancouver has returned home

Man's recent death ruled homicide 35 years after shooting

‘He never had any serious health problems, so I was a little surprised to hear all this homicide business after all these years,' his wife says

Coleman sues over Minnesota recount

Democrat Al Franken can't yet claim victory in senate race

Cleared by RCMP, Canadian still can't return

Despite writing several letters of support, Ottawa continues to deny passport or travel documents to marooned citizen

Al Franken wins Senate seat in recount

Former Saturday Night Live star declared winner by 225 votes in Minnesota contest but lawsuit looms

Bush announces airlift to Darfur

President waives State Department requirements to launch airlift of equipment and vehicles right away.


U.S. presidential transition 

Gaza crisis adds to Obama's imperatives

President-elect will take office amid fervent anticipation in the Arab world of even-handedness

Online dress registry aims to prevent inaugural embarrassments

May help Michelle Obama avoid what was possibly Laura Bush's most noteworthy blunder during her otherwise tame tenure as first lady

Toronto-based choir to perform at Obama inauguration

A performance by the Toronto-based Nathaniel Dett Chorale will be Canada's gift to the U.S. public at the presidential inauguration ceremonies of Barack Obama

Panetta Obama's surprise choice to lead CIA

Former White House chief of staff has relatively little experience in national security matters

Obama supports $300-billion tax-cut plan

U.S. president-elect says economy 'very sick'; total spending could top $800-billion

Richardson affair taints Obama administration

President-elect's audacious agenda being undermined by petty state-level scandals


Europe 

Europeans shiver from Russia-Ukraine dispute

Continent will now look for energy alternatives to avoid being left in the cold by the Kremlin and Kiev, observers say

A prayer for the jobless

The Church of England offers comfort for Britons who have been laid off - and for those who haven't but feel guilty

William and Harry on their own

Queen lets princes set up own 'household' to handle public affairs

Obituary: Alan Walters, economic aide to Margaret Thatcher

Sir Alan persuaded Thatcher to take one of her biggest risks by raising taxes during a recession in 1981

Greece: attack weapon tied to extremist group

Gunmen sprayed Athens riot police with automatic weapons fire early Monday, seriously wounding a policeman


Middle East 

Israeli strike kills dozens at UN school

Violence reaches critical junction as Israel accuses Palestinians of using human shields

Ottawa blames Hamas for civilian deaths at school

Harper government's staunch support for Israel stands in sharp contrast with international reaction to incident

Injured Fatah veterans rooting against Hamas

'Hamas consider us infidels. They brutalized us, their own people. I have no sympathy for them.'

Diplomatic efforts heat up as Israeli assault intensifies

Israeli troops and Hamas militants said to have fought their first major battles in Gaza City

Reporters still locked out of war zone

Israel scraps arrangements Monday to allow first foreign reporters into the Gaza Strip


Asia 

India: Pakistanis 'must have' backed attack

Prime Minister cites 'sophistication and military precision' of the deadly Mumbai siege

Hasina takes oath as new Bangladesh PM

Swearing-in ends two years of rule by an army-backed interim government


Africa 

Zimbabwe cholera fears grow as rains peak

Disease has killed 1,608, World Health Organization says, and infection rate shows no signs of slowing


South Asia 

Kandahar's new governor gets an earful

Afghan-Canadian goes on tour to meet constituents, urging them to solve their own problems

Gunmen destroy Sri Lankan broadcast studios

President Mahinda Rajapaksa condemned the early morning attack on MBC Network's studios and ordered an investigation


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