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Gaza civilian toll rises; diplomats seek truce (AP)

Palestinians carry the bodies of three toddlers Ahmed, Mohamed, and Issa Samouni, who according to Palestinian medical sources were killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Israeli forces pounded Gaza Strip houses, mosques and smuggling tunnels on Monday from the air, land and sea, killing at least seven children as they pressed a bruising offensive against Palestinian militants. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - GAZA CITY, Gaza — Israel ignored mounting international calls for a cease-fire Monday and said it won't stop its crippling 10-day assault until "peace and tranquility" are achieved in southern Israeli towns in the line of Palestinian rocket fire.




Death certificate: Travolta son killed by seizure (AP)

Undated picture released by the Travolta family shows actor John Travolta (R) with his son Jett. Officials in the Bahamas on Monday conducted an autopsy on Jett Travolta, the teenage son of actor John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston, who died here last week during a family holiday, police said.(AFP/HO)AP - Jett Travolta's body shows no sign of head trauma and his death certificate says he was killed by a seizure, an undertaker said Monday, after doctors performed an autopsy on the 16-year-old son of the U.S actor.




Wanted: Border monitors to oversee Gaza truce (AP)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, gestures during a press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Sarkozy is in the Middle East to meet with Israeli, Palestinian and other regional leaders in a push to end the fighting in Gaza. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)AP - The contours of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas are emerging, with diplomacy focusing on international guarantees, including foreign border monitors to oversee any agreement.




US inaugurates $700 million embassy in Iraq (AP)

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, right, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani look on during a ceremony marking the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. The embassy in Baghdad is one of the largest U.S. embassies in the world.  (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The United States inaugurated its largest embassy ever on Monday, a fortress-like compound in the heart of the Green Zone — and the most visible sign of what U.S. officials call a new chapter in relations between America and a more sovereign Iraq.




Gaza hospital overwhelmed by dead, wounded (AP)

Palestinians carry the bodies of three toddlers Ahmed, Mohamed, and Issa Samouni, who according to Palestinian medical sources were killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Israeli forces pounded Gaza Strip houses, mosques and smuggling tunnels on Monday from the air, land and sea, killing at least seven children as they pressed a bruising offensive against Palestinian militants. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - Wailing in grief, Salah Samouni banged his head against a wall inside the hospital morgue where the bodies of his three young nephews lay on the floor Monday.




Marks & Spencer to shed 1,000 jobs: report (AFP)

File photo shows a Marks and Spencer shop in central London. The established clothing-to-food retailer is set to axe more than 1,000 jobs, The Times has reported, bringing further gloom to the British high street as it struggles under the weight of the downturn.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - Clothing-to-food retailer Marks & Spencer is set to axe more than 1,000 jobs, The Times reported Tuesday, bringing further gloom to the British high street as it struggles under the weight of the downturn.




US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,221 (AP)

Ashura battle : Iraqi Shiite Muslims reenact the battle in which the revered Imam Hussein was killed, in the holy city of Karbala, about 110 kms south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on the occasion of the Ashura mourning period. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - As of Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at least 4,221 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.




Guatemalan mudslide kills 35, injures 15 (AP)

Rescue workers stand among bags holding the victims of a landslide at a cemetary in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.  A massive landslide tore down the side of a mountain and buried a northern Guatemalan highway Sunday, killing at least 34 people and leaving rescue workers to dig for more victims Monday. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Rescuers dug through tons of mud late Monday in search of more victims of a massive landslide that buried a long stretch of highway in northern Guatemala, killing at least 35 coffee workers and travelers using the road.




Pirates attack French vessel off Nigerian coast (AP)

This photo taken Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009 provided by French Defense Minister shows suspected pirates arrested by Marine commandos of the French Navy in the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia coasts. French government officials say the Jean de Vienne intercepted and captured 19 pirates Sunday as they tried to take over two cargo ships, one Croatian and the other Panamian. French Navy vessel Jean de Vienne is seen on background. (AP Photo/French Navy/French Defense Minister/HO)AP - Pirates hijacked a French boat and took its nine crew members hostage in the latest attack in some of the world's most dangerous waters off oil-rich southern Nigeria, the boat's owner said Monday.




Thailand blocks 2,300 websites for insulting monarchy (AFP)

People use an Internet cafe in central Bangkok. Thai authorities have blocked 2,300 websites for allegedly insulting the country's revered monarchy and are waiting for court approval to restrict another 400, the government has said.(AFP/File/Miyuki Ryoko)AFP - Thai authorities have blocked 2,300 websites for allegedly insulting the country's revered monarchy and are waiting for court approval to restrict another 400, the government said Tuesday.




Australia wife charged for setting husband on fire (AP)
AP - An Australian woman has been charged with murder after allegedly setting her husband's genitals on fire because she thought he was having an affair.

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Augur et fulgente decorus arcu Phoebus acceptusque novem Camenis, qui salutari levat arte fessos corporis artus, si Palatinas videt aequos aras remque Romanam Latiumque felix alterum in lustrum meliusque semper prorogat aevom, quaeque Aventinum tenet Algidumque, quindecim Diana preces virorum curat et votis puerorum amicas adplicat auris.

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