Roland Burris is turned away at Senate
Chicago Tribune -
By Mike Dorning and Mark Silva | Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – Roland Burris of Illinois, rejected in his bid to take a disputed novel seat in the Senate this morning, averted any public showdown by quietly accepting the refusal of his credentials …
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Burris Is Blank From Taking Illinois Senate Seat
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Roland Burris is turned away at Senate – Chicago Tribune
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
International Gaza ceasefire plan taking shape – Reuters
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
International Gaza ceasefire plan taking shape
Times Online
Reuters -
By Adam Entous JERUSALEM, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Israel is taking seriously an international proposal for a Gaza ceasefire that would involve a pledge of foreign forces to prevent Hamas from rearming, Israeli officials and diplomats said on Tuesday.
Video: Doctors held up at Gaza border in Egypt – 06 Jan 09
Israeli blogs back Gaza operation
India's Premier Suggests Pakistani Agencies Backed Mumbai Attackers – Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
India's Premier Suggests Pakistani Agencies Backed Mumbai Attackers
Canada.com
Wall Street Journal -
By KRISHNA POKHAREL and ZAHID HUSSAIN India's prime minister accused Pakistan of using terrorism as a policy tool and said the Mumbai attackers must have had the support of some official Pakistani agencies, allegations that appeared to dim any prospect …
Video: Singh: Pakistan Agency Had Hand in Attack
India formally accuses Pakistan of involvement in Mumbai attacks
India, Giving Pakistan Dossier on Mumbai Siege, Seeks Extradition … – Novel York Times
Monday, January 5th, 2009
India, Giving Pakistan Dossier on Mumbai Siege, Seeks Extradition …
BBC News
Novel York Times -
By SOMINI SENGUPTA and JEREMY KAHN NOVEL DELHI – Calling the Mumbai terrorist attacks a “conspiracy” hatched on Pakistani soil, India on Monday handed Pakistan what it said was the first comprehensive evidence linking them to Pakistan and demanded that …
India hands Mumbai dossier to Pakistan to back extradition plea
India turns over Mumbai info to Pakistan
Warnings Not Enough for Gaza Families – Novel York Times
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Warnings Not Enough for Gaza Families
Times Online
Novel York Times -
By TAGHREED EL-KHODARY and ISABEL KERSHNER GAZA – The Samouni family knew they were in danger. They had been calling the Red Cross for 2 days, they said, begging to be taken out of Zeitoun, a poor area in eastern Gaza City that is considered a …
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Israeli Troops, Hamas Militants Clash in Gaza City
Obama Pitches Stimulus Package to House Republicans – Washington Post
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Obama Pitches Stimulus Package to House Republicans
GulfNews
Washington Post -
By Paul Kane, Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray President-elect Barack Obama arrived on Capitol Hill yesterday and immediately set to work reassuring skeptical Republicans about his massive economic stimulus package — part of a campaign that earned …
Video: Obama: Economy 'bad and Getting Worse'
Obama Pushes for Stimulus on Capitol Hill
Obama Plan Includes $300 Billion in Tax Cuts – Novel York Times
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Obama Plan Includes $300 Billion in Tax Cuts
Washington Post
Novel York Times -
By PETER BAKER and CARL HULSE WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama plans to include about $300 billion in tax cuts for workers and businesses in his economic recovery program, advisers said Sunday, as his team seeks to win over Congressional …
Obama sells stimulus to Congress
Obama wants tax cuts in stimulus plan
Israel vows no let-up over Gaza – BBC News
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Israel vows no let-up over Gaza
WELT ONLINE
BBC News -
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has said Palestinian militant group Hamas had sustained a "hard blow", but the offensive in Gaza would continue.
Video: Israels ground offensive in complete swing
Israeli Offensive Against Hamas Militants Continues Into Tenth Day
Mumbai evidence given to Pakistan – BBC News
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
Mumbai evidence given to Pakistan
Voice of America
BBC News -
India has handed over evidence to Pakistan linking the Mumbai attacks to "elements" in that country, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee says.
Pakistan Reviews Indian File on Mumbai Attacks
India hands evidence on Mumbai attacks to Pakistan
Doctor in Gaza: Patients 'lying everywhere' – CNN
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
Doctor in Gaza: Patients 'lying everywhere'
Washington Post
CNN -
GAZA CITY (CNN) — Gaza's main hospital, already complete of Palestinians wounded in the week-long Israeli air assault, reached critical mass on Sunday, according to a Norwegian doctor volunteering at Shifa Hospital.
Video: Red alert against rocket attacks in Sderot – 04 Jan 09
Politics, diplomacy behind Obama's Gaza silence