Israeli Shells Kill 40 Near a U.N. School in Gaza
At least 40 people were reported killed, as diplomats said that Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would travel to Egypt to discuss a cease-fire on Wednesday.
At least 40 people were reported killed, as diplomats said that Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would travel to Egypt to discuss a cease-fire on Wednesday.
John Howard, former prime minister of Australia and a long-time ally of President Bush, will be in town to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Israel is applying the military insight it gained from the 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, but diplomatic lessons do not seem to have been so well applied.
The aluminum maker said it would cut 13,500 jobs, 13 percent of its total work force, as well as slash spending and output to cope with the global economic slowdown.
Russia’s gas price dispute with Ukraine escalated, disrupting deliveries to the European Union in the midst of a bitter cold spell.
Barack Obama delivered a stark assessment of the economy, saying that his administration would be forced to impose tighter discipline on government.
Journalists have been barred from the battle zone in Gaza, but they are given full access to sites in Israel hit by Hamas rockets.
The document compiled by Indian authorities and seen by The Times seems designed to demonstrate that the attackers were sent from Pakistan.
Dr. Gupta is a medical correspondent for the news network and a neurosurgeon.
El Museo del Barrio's annual Three Kings Parade included the traditional camels and sheep, but only after a last-minute fund-raising appeal that irritated some in the Latino community.
Environmental groups in the U.S. and Canada are pushing for a slowdown to oil sands development.
Apple said it would begin selling song downloads without anticopying measures and change its pricing structure.
Although his brother, President George W. Bush, has been promoting his potential candidacy, Jeb Bush, has decided not to run for the Senate in 2010.
The House Speaker began a new session of Congress with a swollen majority and a potentially daring legislative agenda.
Senator Dianne Feinstein broke with many of her Democratic colleagues to say that Roland W. Burris should be seated as a Senator from Illinois.