Egypt floats truce plan after Gaza school deaths GAZA (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas studied an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday that won immediate backing from the United States and Europe, hours after Israeli shells killed 42 Palestinians at a U.N. school.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:52:06 -0500
Pakistani spy chief says no war with India ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The chief of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has said there will not be a war with India over November's militant attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai, Der Spiegel reported. Lieutenant-General Ahmed Shujaa Pasha told the German magazine in an interview terrorism, not India, was Pakistan's enemy, and he said he took orders from the civilian president.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:13:19 -0500
Russian gas flow through Ukraine to Europe halted MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Russian gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine shut down completely on Wednesday, leaving growing numbers of European Union member states without Russian fuel in freezing mid-winter temperatures.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:58:22 -0500
Lawyer says Madoff cooperating with probes NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff is cooperating with government investigations into his alleged $50 billion fraud, one of his lawyers said on Tuesday, as prosecutors sought to revoke his bail and jail him.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:40:13 -0500
Democrat Roland Burris blocked from Senate WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roland Burris proclaimed himself the new junior senator from Illinois -- but it appeared only one fellow Democrat in the U.S. Senate chamber publicly agreed with him.