Gaza death toll hits 400
The first day of 2009 dawned in Gaza with a sixth day of Israeli airstrikes, a bombardment Israel’s prime minister vowed would not end until Hamas militants quit firing rockets into the Jewish state.
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Parties around the world ring in 2009
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1 million celebrate New Year in New York
New Year’s revelers braved strong winds, freezing temperatures and blowing snow to usher in 2009. In Times Square, a winter weather advisory was in effect as Sen. Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton helped New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg push the button for the ball drop at 11:59 p.m.
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Bangkok nightclub fire kills 58
A fire and resulting stampede left 58 people dead at an upscale Bangkok nightclub where revelers were ringing in the new year, Thai police said. Steven Hall, a British national injured in the blaze, told CNN that flames spread along the ceiling above the stage where the band was playing, but some people seemed to [...]
At 50, Cuba’s revolution showing its age
Fifty years ago today Fidel Castro and a group of guerrillas toppled a longstanding U.S.-backed dictator in Cuba. Castro and his bearded rebels rolled into Havana on tanks and talked of sweeping changes — an end to corruption, justice for the poor and independence from foreign domination. A half-century later, the results of Cuba’s revolution [...]
NASA details final seconds for Columbia
A NASA report on the last minutes of space shuttle Columbia cited problems with the crew’s helmets, spacesuits and restraints, which resulted in “lethal trauma” to the seven astronauts aboard. But the report also acknowledged that “the breakup of the crew module … was not survivable by any currently existing capability.”
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Obama chides governor’s move to fill Senate seat
President-elect Barack Obama said today that it is “disappointing” that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ignored warnings from Senate Democrats about appointing a successor to his Senate seat. Senate Democratic leaders have said they will block the appointment and are urging the governor to step down after his arrest on corruption charges.
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‘Jena 6′ figure tried suicide, police say
A teenager whose arrest in a racially charged assault case drew thousands of protesters to his rural Louisiana hometown was in a hospital Tuesday after a shooting that his lawyer said was accidental.
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Olmert: Airstrikes, blockade ‘first stage’ in Gaza
Israel bombed a Hamas government compound early today, leveling at least three structures, including the foreign ministry building, eyewitnesses and Hamas security sources told CNN. Airstrikes have killed more than 375 Palestinians, most of them Hamas militants, Palestinian medical sources said.
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Gaza relief boat ‘rammed’ by Israeli vessel
An Israeli patrol boat struck a boat carrying doctors and supplies to Gaza early today in the Mediterranean Sea, witnesses and Israeli officials said. CNN correspondent Karl Penhaul was aboard the 60-foot Dignity when the boats collided. It was “very severely rammed” by the Israeli boat, Penhaul said. Also on the Dignity were several human [...]
Terror, chaos grip Gaza, U.N. official says
Palestinians in Gaza’s densely populated capital are in a state of panic as Israel continues its air assault and readies tanks at the border, a United Nations humanitarian spokeswoman told CNN on Monday.
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Israel in ‘all-out war’ with Hamas
Israel is in “all-out war” with Hamas, the nation’s defense minister said today as Israeli jets continued to hammer targets in Gaza. The Palestinian death toll reportedly has topped 300. “This is an all-out war against Hamas and its branches,” Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.
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8 missing in Canadian avalanches
Eight snowmobilers remain unaccounted for after two avalanches in British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. Three others survived the incident, which occurred south of the town of Fernie. The 11 had been in Harvey Pass, a popular backcountry snowmobile destination.
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Arabs protest reaction to Gaza attacks
The dramatic developments in Gaza over the past three days have driven Arab citizens to the streets, where they have displayed anger directed first and foremost at their own governments.
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People will soon thank Bush, Rice says
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that despite President Bush’s low approval ratings, people will soon “start to thank this president for what he’s done.”
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