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Israel to Reopen Gaza Border Crossings
Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:25:00 PM
Israel was reopening some border crossings with Gaza on Sunday, an official said, after it closed them on Thursday following the launch of a rocket into the Jewish state by Palestinian militants.   Full Story
 

Flushing Residents Initiate Recall of Councilman and Assemblywoman
Sunday, July 06, 2008 8:25:00 PM
On the 234th anniversary of the United States Independence Day, a group of residents from Flushing, New York, formed a committee to recall their Councilman John Liu (Queens) and Assemblywoman Ellen Yo ...   Full Story
 

Indonesia Says Arrests Weakened Militant Groups
Sunday, July 06, 2008 8:22:00 PM
KUALA LUMPUR—Indonesia's foreign minister said on Sunday recent detentions of Islamic militants suspected of plotting to attack Western targets have weakened but not crippled terrorist movements i ...   Full Story
 

Babies' Deaths Cast Shadow on Egypt's Health Care
Sunday, July 06, 2008 8:05:00 PM
CAIRO—The video shows a poorly lit hospital nursery filled with premature babies in incubators. Doctors are frantically trying to resuscitate some babies while others wail in the background after a ni ...   Full Story
 

Hijackings Adding to Food Crisis in Darfur
Sunday, July 06, 2008 8:04:00 PM
An increase in hijackings, world food shortages and skyrocketing food prices have forced humanitarian agencies in Darfur to cut daily food rations by up to half, according to the UN Office for the Coo ...   Full Story
 

Parents of Murdered French Student Appeal to Killer
Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:40:00 PM
LONDON—The parents of one of the two French students murdered in London a week ago in a frenzied knife attack appealed on Sunday for the killer to come forward and said they would not rest until the g ...   Full Story
 

Accusations of Violence and Rape in Aftermath of Moroccan Demonstration
Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:55:00 AM
A week long demonstration by unemployed youth in Moroccan town met with brutal crackdown by the police and the army who then ransacked the town last month, claim witnesses and NGOs.   Full Story
 

Police Arrest Man in French Double Murder
Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:49:00 AM
Police arrested a man on Saturday in connection with the macabre murder of two French students who were bound and stabbed repeatedly in a case which has shocked the city.   Full Story
 

California's Priority Wildfire in Check, for Now
Saturday, July 05, 2008 10:10:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - Firefighters in California have fended off a blaze threatening more than 3,000 homes in and around the coastal town of Goleta and are turning their attention to preventing its spread t ...   Full Story
 

Colombia Foils Bomb Plot After Rescue, Officials Say
Saturday, July 05, 2008 10:05:00 PM
BOGOTA—Colombia found explosives set to be used in bombs across the capital in reprisal for this week's rescue of leftist rebels' highest-profile hostages, including Ingrid Betancourt, militar ...   Full Story
 

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