Israel offers Gaza aid corridor
Israel offers to open a humanitarian corridor into Gaza as the UN Security Council meets on the conflict.
Israel offers to open a humanitarian corridor into Gaza as the UN Security Council meets on the conflict.
Several EU countries report major disruption to their gas supplies from Russia as Moscow accuses Ukraine of shutting pipelines.
Apple Inc agrees to start selling digital songs from its iTunes store without copy protection software.
Migrant workers make an early start home for the Lunar New Year as China’s economic slowdown leaves many jobless.
The new US Congress opens amid a row over the man chosen to fill Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat.
German billionaire Adolf Merckle commits suicide after his business empire runs into trouble in the global economic slowdown.
The US recession is likely to drag on well into 2009, according to forecasts from the US Federal Reserve.
Renowned Nigerian writer and novelist Elechi Amadi has been kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta region, say officials.
An air passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script is awarded a payout of $240,000, his lawyers say.
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