Friday, 9 January 2009

Breaking News

The one-time fugitive financier Marc Rich lost between $10 million and $15 million in the Bernard Madoff scheme, according to the New York Times.
Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip killed a Ukrainian woman and her child, the first foreign nationals killed in the war.
Israeli officials said the resolution to the Gaza Strip war would most likely emerge from talks in Cairo and not at the United Nations.
Israel and Hamas ignored the U.N. Security Council call for a cease-fire.
The United Nations said it will stop aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip after an aid worker was killed.
The International Red Cross said Israeli forces must have been aware of dead and wounded Palestinians left four days without attention.
Israel-based human rights groups petitioned Israel's Supreme Court to demand that Israel stop the collapse of Gaza's sewage and water system.
Muslim leaders in Britain warned Gordon Brown of the dangerous effect of American policy in the Middle East.
Israel's state comptroller alleges in a newly released report that the government mishandled the evacuees from the Gaza Strip.
A Jewish federation umbrella group said it is looking forward to working with Barack Obama on an economic recovery plan.
A high-profile elected official participated in a large protest in South Africa against Israel's operation in the Gaza Strip.
Rome's mayor and provincial president went shopping at Jewish-owned stores after a trade union called for a boycott to protest Israel's attacks on Gaza.