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Israel, Hamas Trade Fire as Gaza Truce Efforts Fail (Update1)Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:36AMJan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli soldiers and Hamas gunmen engaged in pitched battles last night throughout the Gaza Strip, as increased diplomatic efforts to end the 11-day conflict failed to make headway.

Mumbai attacks have links to Pakistan: BoucherMonday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:49PMISLAMABAD : US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher on Monday said that Mumbai attacks have links to Pakistan or it leads to Pakistan soil. Talking to a select group of journalists at the American embassy, B ....

WINDS OF CHANGE STIR IN CUBAMonday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:25PM WASHINGTON -- World history is filled with dramatic, often heartbreaking and occasionally redemptive stories of great marches.

Estonian court acquits defendants in Bronze Soldier protestsMonday, January 5, 2009 @ 6:16PMTALLINN, January 5 (RIA Novosti) - The Harju district court in Estonia acquitted on Monday activists charged with organizing mass riots during the dismantling of a Soviet-era statue in the capital Tallinn in April 2007.

Diplomats make little progress in efforts to quiet Mideast gunsMonday, January 5, 2009 @ 3:29PMWith little sign that the departing Bush administration will press Israel to halt the ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, diplomats and political leaders throughout the Middle East and Europe scrambled to find ways to bring an end to the violence.