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Today's World News:
Hamas dispenses politics along with aid to Gazans
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:33 pm PST
AP - The aid money from Hamas came with a heavy dose of politics. Full Story 		Top

Iraqi city of Mosul key electoral battlefield
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:15 pm PST
AP - This weekend's election in Mosul is a showdown for power between Arabs and Kurds, with the outcome likely to influence whether al-Qaida and other Sunni insurgents lose their last major urban foothold in Iraq. Full Story 		Top

NKorea ditches nonaggression pact with SKorea
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:16 pm PST
AP - North Korea said Friday it is ditching a nonaggression pact and all other peace agreements with South Korea, escalating tensions between the wartime rivals in a move seen as a possible prelude to an armed provocation. Full Story 		Top

Turkish PM welcomed home after Gaza spat in Davos
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:58 pm PST
AP - Turkey's prime minister received a hero's welcome home Friday after he reproached Israel's president over the Gaza offensive and stalked off the stage at the World Economic Forum. Full Story 		Top

Obama bid to suspend Gitmo proceedings hits snag
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:11 pm PST
AP - President Barack Obama's plan to suspend proceedings against Guantanamo detainees hit a snag when a military judge said it would be unreasonable to delay a hearing for the alleged mastermind of the USS Cole bombing. Full Story 		Top

Britain rejects massacre inquiry: Malaysian activists
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:49 pm PST
AFP - Malaysian activists said on Friday Britain has rejected their petition for an inquiry into the 1948 massacre of unarmed villagers by British troops. Full Story 		Top

Aid trucks stranded at Egypt's Gaza border
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:43 pm PST
AP - More than two dozen trucks loaded with food, aid and goods intended for the Gaza Strip were stranded on the Egyptian side of the border Thursday, leaving truckers with little to do but sip tea and exude frustration. Full Story 		Top

South American leaders join anti-Davos forum
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:52 pm PST
AP - South America's leading advocates of socialism got a hero's welcome from 100,000 activists at the mouth of the Amazon River Thursday as they demanded an overhaul of global capitalism. Full Story 		Top

Red Cross: Dozens missing after Nairobi blaze
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:40 pm PST
AP - Kenya's Red Cross says dozens of people are still missing two days after a massive fire swept through a supermarket in downtown Nairobi. Full Story 		Top

Indonesia says Myanmar boat people 'economic migrants'
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:52 pm PST
AFP - Scores of ethnic Rohingya Muslims who were allegedly abandoned at sea by the Thai military are "economic migrants" and will be repatriated to Myanmar, the Indonesian government said Friday. Full Story 		Top

Australian throws four-year-old daughter off bridge: police
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:02 am PST
AFP - An Australian man was charged with murder after allegedly throwing his four-year-old daughter from a city bridge into a river during peak hour traffic on Thursday, police said. Full Story 		Top


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