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
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan's president promised on Saturday to rid the country of terrorism and his prime minister said the military would not take action first in any face-off with India. ... > full story
MOGADISHU, Dec. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Twelve people were killed on Saturday when an Islamist group seized control of a central Somali town in a battle with hardline al Shabaab militants, residents said. ... > full story
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, Dec. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan canceled army leave and redeployed some troops Friday in a sign of rising tension with India. ... > 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
HERAT, Afghanistan, Dec. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of foreign troops on Friday in Afghanistan's western Herat province, wounding one U.S. soldier and two Afghan civilians, a provincial official said. ... > 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
MOGADISHU, Dec. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf has decided to resign, his spokesman said on Wednesday, in a move the African Union said would be positive for the peace process in the Horn of Africa nation. ... > full story
DHAKA, Dec. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Bangladesh deployed some 6,000 elite soldiers who fanned out across the country on Wednesday as intelligence reports warned that the main contenders in a December 29 election may be targeted by Islamic militants. ... > full story
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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 ...
Musharraf: No threat of India-Pakistan war Dec. 26, 2008 (GulfNews, United Arab Emirates) — Former president Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that there were no chances of a Pakistan-India war, adding that both countries should work for ...
Mid-Term elections are not PML-N agenda: PML-N Nawaz Dec. 26, 2008 (Pak Tribune, Pakistan) — Emphasizing that PPP should complete its five years term, Quaid Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz, Nawaz Sharif has said that the Mid-Term elections is ...
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