GAZA, Jan. 9, 2009 (Reuters) — Israel rejected a U.N. resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Friday and warplanes and tanks pounded the Palestinian enclave. ... > full story
DAMASCUS, Jan. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — A senior Iranian politician met Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Damascus on Wednesday as the Palestinian Islamist group considered an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. ... > full story
GAZA, Jan. 6, 2009 (Reuters) — Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip killed more than 30 Palestinian civilians on Tuesday, medical officials said, and international efforts to secure a ceasefire focused on an Israeli demand to prevent Hamas from rearming. ... > full story
PRAGUE, Dec. 31, 2008 (Reuters) — The Czech Republic took the helm of the European Union on Thursday for a six-month stint in which it must help the bloc tackle its worst economic crisis in generations and deal with renewed conflict in the Middle East. ... > full story
CONAKRY, Dec. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Guinea's ruling military junta named banker Kabine Komara as prime minister on Tuesday, a week after it took control of the West African bauxite exporter. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Protesters burned Israeli and U.S. flags on Sunday in a string of Arab countries and demanded a stronger response from their leaders to Israel's attack on Gaza. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Israeli warplanes pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 229 people in one of the bloodiest days for the Palestinians in 60 years of conflict with the Jewish state. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Israel eased a blockade of the Gaza Strip on Friday but militants there aimed rockets and mortars across the border, one of which misfired and killed two Palestinian girls. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Israel eased a blockade of the Gaza Strip Friday but militants there aimed rockets and mortars across the border, one of which misfired and killed two Palestinian girls. ... > full story
CAIRO, Dec. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit urged Israel and Gaza's Islamist Hamas rulers to hold their fire to enable Cairo to try to broker a new truce between them. ... > full story
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Iran asks Japan to help end Gaza attacks Jan. 7, 2009 (Tehran Times, Iran) — Iran Wednesday asked Japan to play a larger role in opposing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, the Japanese government said. Iranian Foreign ...
Iran demands end to Gaza offensive Jan. 7, 2009 (Daily Star, Bangladesh) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent 22 envoys to Europe and Asia to push for an immediate halt to Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip ...
Motlanthe urges 2-State solution Dec. 27, 2008 (News 24, South Africa) — President Kgalema Motlanthe has urged Israelis and Palestinians on Saturday, to stop the violence and has asked the international community to find ...
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