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Top Hamas strongman emerges from post-war hiding

" Gaza's top strongman  emerged Saturday from six weeks in hiding, leading a Hamas delegation to Egypt for cease-fire talks and reiterating the Islamic militant group is "flexible" over who should lead...

Britain struggles as Snow brings second day of travel havoc

Britain is still reeling from the heaviest snow for 20 years with more travel problems and the closure of thousands of schools. Follow live coverage of the disruption as the snow heads north and the south...

UN's role in Gaza rises among the rubble

If the UN was not inGaza and Hamas wasleft to provide for the people, even if Israelallowed free transitGaza would still bea basket case. "Beyond being schooled by the U.N., Abu al-Eish and her seven...

Royal Marine killed by Explosion Marks End of Bloodiest Year

During the invasion of Afghanistan by America and their allies in winter almost the resistance gone down and it was very hard to fight for both side resistance and the NATO in winter. but this year the realities...

FEMA refuses to help local PBS affiliate rebuild

"On the air, WYES-Channel 12 looks fine. Everywhere else, the local PBS affiliate's headquarters near City Park, devastated by 5 feet of Hurricane Katrina levee-failure floodwaters, remains a literal shell of...

Somalia attacks make mosque, market 'human butcher houses'

"MOGADISHU, Somalia (CNN) -- Heavy shelling struck Somalia's capital city on Thursday, leaving pools of blood around a neighborhood mosque, a devastated market and 11 civilians dead, according to witnesses and a local journalist."""Bakaraha market has turned into a human...

Georgia says Russian aircraft bombed its air bases

"Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive Friday to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict. Hundreds of civilians...

Wife 'died a hero' in Afghanistan

" Wife 'died a hero' in Afghanistan Cpl Bryant, Cpl Sean Robert Reeve and Paul Stout were among...

Myanmar approves all pending visas for UN aid workers

Myanmar has made good on its pledge to Ban Ki Moon, and approved the visas for foreign aid works that it had been delaying on. However it is still unclear if they will accept aid from American and French military...

China worries about flood threat in quake zone

Chinese Army had been working hard in clearing the clogged rivers in quake affected Sichuan province. Earth quake sent millions of tons of earth and rock tumbling into some of the region's narrow valleys....

Beware the toads...what's in your emergency kit?

UPDATE:  CNN has a video of the Bakersfield "frogswarm"Here's an interesting article from the "Unknown Country" website that just might make you go, "hmmmmm.""In the days prior to the gigantic earthquake that devastatedSichuan province in China, oddswarmsof frogs were...

Death Toll From Myanmar Cyclone Nearly Doubles to 78,000

At least 77,738 people have died since the cyclone hit Myanmar may 3, with 55,917 others still missing, reported Myanmar state television.Pressure continues to mount from the international community towards the...

Burma is in trouble

UPDATE: 5:53PM ESTSome disturbing allegations are coming to light this evening about the military stealing food from aid organizations that are meant to help the victims of the storms."The directors of several...

Family's anguish over murdered son in South-East London

A teenager who had just bought his first lottery ticket and was off to Disneyland later this year, bled to death in his brother's arms after an apparently unprovoked assault at a baker's shop in Lee Green, south...

Visitors leaving flowers for spider monkeys at Vancouver Zoo

Visitors to the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove are leaving cards and flowers for the two spider monkeys - Jocko who was killed, and Mia who is believed to have been taken. Police have no information on the...

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