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There has been fresh fighting in Gaza despite a supposed three-hour truce, prompting the Israeli prime minister to say a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire cannot work. ...more
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- Somali Pirates Release Oil Tanker 18 minutes ago
Somali pirates have reportedly freed Saudi-owned supertanker Sirius Star, hijacked in the Indian ocean in November. ...more
- Israel presses on with Gaza strikes... 36 minutes ago
Israel battered Gaza with bombs and shells on Friday, vowing its offensive on Hamas would go on despite an order by the UN Security Council to stop the assault that has killed hundreds of civilians. ...more
- Gotti Neighbour's 'Acid Bath' Dip 1 hours ago
A man who vanished 29 years ago was killed and his body dissolved in acid on the orders of a former crime boss, US federal prosecutors have claimed. ...more
- UN wants answers over Gaza bombing 1 hours ago
The UN says it wants answers about reports that Israeli soldiers evacuated more than 100 Palestinians into a house which they then bombed. ...more
- Why Wasn't India's Enron Noticed? 1 hours ago
Teams of Indian market regulators are going through the books at Satyam offices in Hyderabad and Bangalore to try to find out just how the multi-million-pound fraud dubbed "India's Enron" was hidden for so long. ...more
- Newspaper Editor Murder Condemned 1 hours ago
The US has strongly condemned the killing of a Sri Lankan newspaper editor and described it as an attempt to "silence independent voices". ...more
- Four killed in strong Costa Rica quake... 1 hours ago
Rescue workers rushed to try to free about 600 people, roughly half foreign tourists, trapped in Costa Rica on Friday after boulders and earth buried mountain roads in a strong earthquake that left at least four people dead. ...more
- Afghan suicide bomb kills six: governor... 2 hours ago
A suicide attack in a crowded fruit market on Afghanistan's border with Iran killed six people on Friday, a provincial governor said, revising downward an earlier toll. ...more
- China shuts 41 sites in porn crackdown... 2 hours ago
China has shut down 41 websites as authorities continue a crackdown on online porn that has seen Internet giants like Google and MSN ordered to cut links with such material, state-run media said Friday. ...more
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