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Palestinian relatives of Hamas militant Mohammed Abu Shair, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, mourn during his funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 5, 2009. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

Israeli troops deepen push into Gaza

7 minutes ago

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces pressed closer and into cities in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday despite new international calls for a ceasefire in an 11-day-old conflict in which hundreds of Palestinians have been killed.

  • India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) speaks with Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega (L) during her official visit, in New Delhi January 5, 2009. (B Mathur/Reuters)
    India PM says Pakistan whipping up war hysteria 22 minutes ago

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that Pakistan was whipping up war hysteria, and that the Mumbai attacks must have had support from some of its nuclear-armed neighbor's official agencies.

  • Rescue personnel carry the body of a landslide victim outside San Cristobal, Guatemala January 5, 2009.Rescue workers dug with shovels and their bare hands to recover bodies on Monday after at least 34 coffee workers were killed by a landslide as they walked along a road in northern Guatemala. The landslide, triggered by a geological fault, brought some 10,000 tonnes of rock crashing down in a sparsely populated area near the small indigenous town of San Cristobal Verapaz, around 124 miles (200 km) north of Guatemala City. (Daniel LeClair/Reuters)
    Guatemalans dig for bodies after landslide kills 34 Mon Jan 5, 6:19 PM ET

    SAN CRISTOBAL VERAPAZ, Guatemala (Reuters) - Rescue workers dug with shovels and their bare hands to recover bodies on Monday after at least 34 coffee workers were killed by a landslide as they walked along a road in northern Guatemala.

  • U.S. marines raise the U.S. flag during a formal opening of the new U.S. embassy in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone January 5, 2009. (Erik de Castro/Reuters)
    U.S. opens new Iraq embassy Mon Jan 5, 10:16 AM ET

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States dedicated its new embassy building in Baghdad on Monday, a step meant to symbolize its transition from occupying power to an ally of a sovereign Iraqi government.

  • China faces wave of unrest in 2009 16 minutes ago

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China faces surging protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent, a state-run magazine said in a blunt warning of the hazards to Communist Party control from a sharp economic downturn.

  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (front) visits the Seoul Ryu Kyong Soo 105 Tank Division at an undisclosed place in North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA January 3, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. (KCNA/Reuters)
    North Korea shaking up cabinet, says South 1 hour, 45 minutes ago

    SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has replaced five ministers in the past few months, a South Korea government agency said on Tuesday, while a leading daily newspaper said the impoverished state was shaking up its leadership team.

  • Afghan staff members for a voter registration centre work in Parwan province, north of Kabul, October 6, 2008. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)
    North-south security divide could sway Afghan vote Mon Jan 5, 8:55 AM ET

    KABUL (Reuters) - A troubling north-south security divide could affect the outcome of Afghanistan's presidential election this year, a poll official warned on Monday, with voters still to be registered in some of the most dangerous provinces.

  • A worker checks the valve gears in a natural gas control centre of Turkey's Petroleum and Pipeline Corporation, 35 km (22 miles) west of Ankara, January 5, 2009. (Umit Bektas/Reuters)
    Ukraine says Gazprom cuts Europe gas supply to 1/3 34 minutes ago

    KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's state energy company Naftogaz said on Tuesday that Russia's Gazprom had cut gas supply to Europe via Ukraine to around a third of its normal flow and that the shortage would hit Europe in a few hours.

  • Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures at a summit of leaders from Latin American and Caribbean nations in Costa do Sauipe December 17, 2008. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)
    Chavez backs re-election for Venezuela politicians Mon Jan 5, 3:29 PM ET

    CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Monday that a constitutional referendum proposed for February to lift limits on presidential re-election will also include a measure to end similar limits for governors and mayors.

  • An arrow pointing to the direction of Mecca is seen on the floor of the 'Camp Four' detention facility movie room at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay December 10, 2008 in this image reviewed by the U.S. military. Camp Four houses the most 'compliant' detainees where they live in a more open, community-oriented manner. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/Reuters)
    U.N. urges nations to accept Guantanamo detainees Mon Jan 5, 10:19 AM ET

    VIENNA (Reuters) - More countries should offer to take in Guantanamo prisoners to help U.S. President-elect Barack Obama close the detention camp for terrorism suspects, the U.N.'s torture investigator said on Monday.

  • Investigators search for evidence along a street where a policeman was shot in the early hours in Athens December 5, 2009. Unknown gunmen shot and seriously wounded a policeman in Athens (Icon/Reuters)
    Gunmen seriously wound policeman in Greece shooting Mon Jan 5, 8:57 AM ET

    ATHENS (Reuters) - Gunmen linked to Greece's most militant guerrillas shot and seriously wounded a policeman in Athens on Monday, weeks after the killing of a teenager by police prompted the worst riots in decades.

  • Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe addresses mourners during the burial of National Hero, Gordon Tapson Sibanda at National Heroes Acre in Harare, Zimbabwe December 23, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)
    Mugabe set to form government in February: report Mon Jan 5, 9:42 AM ET

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    HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is expected to form a new government by the end of February despite stalled talks with the main opposition party, the state-run Herald newspaper said on Monday.

  • Iran's Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi poses before an interview with Reuters in her office in Tehran March 16, 2008. (Steve Crisp/Reuters)
    Closure of Nobel winner's office legal issue: Iran Mon Jan 5, 6:26 AM ET

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday the closing of the office of Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi was a legal matter and the authorities would provide security for her if she needed it.

  • Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso wipes his face during an upper house ordinary session at the parliament in Tokyo January 5, 2009. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
    Japan PM woes grow as MP threatens to quit party Mon Jan 5, 5:57 AM ET

    TOKYO (Reuters) - A former Japanese financial services minister threatened to quit the ruling party Monday if his policy demands were not met, in the latest sign of Prime Minister Taro Aso's fraying leadership as he tries to revive the economy.