Results tagged “israel”

Iraq launches study abroad initiative. Hamas proposes yearlong truce. MLK, Ghandi, Mandela ... and Blago? Portland Mayor to keep on keepin' on. British man kills wife over Facebook status. Cuts at Starbucks? Google to kill PCs?

Dick Cheney: It doesn't matter that we haven't captured bin Laden. Senator Burris or not? Maybe more info today. Strayhorn to run for mayor. Mideast situation escalates Toyota to sell tiny battery-powered car in 2012. Perfect for the impending apocalypse. Tony Blair on EU leadership list. Patrick Swayze hospitalized. Winners at last night's Golden Globes

• Obama eyes CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta for surgeon general
• Israel pauses Gaza strikes to allow humanitarian aid
• Mississippi passes Texas to claim nation's highest teen pregnancy rate

• Sydney -- the first major city to ring in 2009 -- celebrates with a $4M kaleidoscopic fireworks display
• Israel rejects calls for a cease-fire, attacks Gaza
• NASA reports that space shuttle Columbia astronauts were in an "unsurvivable" situation