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IAF warplanes target Hamas rocket chief in Gaza strike

Haaretz (Israel) | Israeli warplanes on Tuesday struck a building in Gaza in which the head of Hamas' rocket division was staying. | More...

Chronology of Israel's relationship with Gaza

AP | — June 1967: Israel captures the Egyptian-controlled Gaza Strip during six-day Mideast war. An Israeli census put the population at...

'We've been preparing for this for three years'

Jerusalem Post | One reservist showed up a week after his wife gave birth to their firstborn son. Another is scheduled to get married next week and his... | More...

Retired Japanese policeman on mission to prevent suicides

AFP | TOJINBO, Japan (AFP) — Retired policeman Yukio Shige is still on patrol, walking daily along the Tojinbo cliff, one of the best-known...

The End of the Financial World as We Know It

New York Times | As the New Year begins, Wall Street has a a brief chance to cure itself of the madness that led to the collapse of our financial system and... | More...

Paul Krugman: Fighting off depression

International Herald Tribune | 'If we don't act swiftly and boldly,' declared President-elect Barack Obama in his latest weekly address, 'we could see... | More...

The corruption of money

Sydney Morning Herald | Perhaps you had a rollicking New Year. I did not. A year ago, on New Year's Eve, my wife and I were sitting with the Governor-General... | More...

Political cartoons of the year: Your favorites from 2008

Houston Chronicle | Political cartoons of the week: Does the buck stop with Obama? And layoffs at the North Pole | Main To celebrate the first anniversary of... | More...

Nicholas D. Kristof: The evil behind the smiles

International Herald Tribune | : Western men who visit red-light districts in poor countries often find themselves surrounded by coquettish teenage girls laughingly... | More...

Sources: U.S. truce efforts have yet to address Israel's needs

Haaretz (Israel) | The U.S. has been engaged in intensive efforts with Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to formulate a framework for an agreement to end the... | More...