Israeli warplanes have continued to pound Hamas targets in Gaza as the world waited to see whether Israel would launch a ground attack.

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[Source: CNN.com - World]
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Excerpt: Updated at 7:50 p.m. EST, Jan. 1, 2009

At least 13 Iraqis were killed and 10 more were wounded on the first day of complete Iraqi control of security. The country formally took control of the Green Zone and likewise the rest of Iraq during a ceremony today; however, U.S. troops will remain in the Green Zone for three more months.. Meanwhile, Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani issued a strongly worded statement blaming Arabs for the growing rift between the two ethnic groups.

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[Source: AntiWar.com]
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Excerpt: CAIRO – Formally, the Israeli-Palestinian “peace process” appears set to continue, in line with the last UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution. But the chances of finding a resolution are virtually nil in light of Israel’s new campaign against the Gaza Strip.

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[Source: AntiWar.com]
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Excerpt: The “Israeli model” has long been held up by hawks in the United States as the gold standard for dealing with adversarial nation-states, guerrillas, and terrorists.

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[Source: AntiWar.com]
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Ethiopia says its troops have begun pulling out of Somalia, after two years helping the government fight insurgents.

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[Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition]
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Opposition candidate John Atta Mills wins a tight presidential run-off in democratic hope Ghana, electoral officials say.

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[Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition]
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Ebay is not the only auction site.


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Why Che Guevara’s image still shines in Latin America

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[Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition]
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Excerpt: Ever since Hamas triumphed in the Palestinian elections nearly three years ago, the story in Israel has been that a full-scale ground invasion of the Gaza Strip was imminent. But even when public pressure mounted for a decisive blow against Hamas, the government backed off from a frontal assault.

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[Source: AntiWar.com]
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The Australian government turns down a US request to help resettle former detainees from its Guantanamo Bay military prison.

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[Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition]
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Gertrude Baines, a spry 114-year-old California resident, will likely be crowned the world’s oldest woman, according to the organization that keeps track of such honors.

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[Source: CNN.com - World]
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US president says his country working to reach meaningful truce in Gaza that includes monitoring mechanisms to halt weapons smuggling into territory. ‘Another one-way ceasefire that leads to rocket attacks on Israel is not acceptable,” he adds in first public comments on fighting

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[Source: ynet - News]
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Excerpt: Moral relativism, political double talk, and a military juggernaut blind to its violence against an occupied people highlight the most recent, tragic conflagration in Israel and Palestine.

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[Source: AntiWar.com]
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Excerpt: For a decade Russian academic Igor Panarin has been predicting that the US is going to fall apart. He says D-Day will be in 2010. For years he was ignored, but now he’s being sought out by the media and invited to Kremlin receptions. Could America’s time be over?

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[Source: AntiWar.com]
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Roman Pavlyuchenko’s two goals and Luka Modric’s header see Tottenham beat Wigan 3-1 in the opening FA Cup third-round tie.

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[Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition]
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