Tuesday 06 January 2009
Clashes escalate despite diplomatic efforts
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- GAZA
- Clashes escalate despite diplomatic efforts
- Tuesday 06 January 2009
- The heaviest fighting yet since the start of the Israeli offensive against Hamas raged in Gaza City early on Tuesday, even while EU leaders toured the region in a bid to obtain a ceasefire as the death toll reached at least 540.
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- GAZA
- Latest on the Israeli ground offensive
- Monday 05 January 2009
- Israeli ground troops began moving into the Gaza Strip on Saturday shortly before 7:30 pm Paris time (GMT+1). Keep track of the unfolding operations with the timeline below.
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- GAZA
- Israel rejects Sarkozy's calls for a ceasefire
- Tuesday 06 January 2009
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Israel on Monday to halt operations in Gaza, a call rejected by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Sarkozy earlier met for talks with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak.
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- ENERGY
- Russia reduces gas flows to Europe via Ukraine
- Monday 05 January 2009
- Russia reduced gas supplies bound for Europe that transit Ukraine on Monday, saying the move was aimed at stopping its neighbour from siphoning off fuel, a charge Kiev denies. Ukraine says Russia is engineering the supply crisis.
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- USA
- Obama picks Leon Panetta as CIA chief
- Monday 05 January 2009
- US President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Leon Panetta, former White House chief of staff under President Bill Clinton, to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, Democratic Party officials said.
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- JAPAN
- Toyota to suspend production temporarily
- Tuesday 06 January 2009
- Toyota Motor Corp. has announced that it will suspend production at its domestic plants for 11 days between February and March in response to plummeting sales. The move follows a three-day suspension in January.
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- MADOFF SCANDAL
- Prosecutors seek Madoff arrest on bail violation
- Tuesday 06 January 2009
- US prosecutors have asked a New York federal judge to imprison financier Bernard Madoff on the grounds that he violated his bail terms as he awaits trial on charges that he defrauded investors out of billions in a pyramid scheme.
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- MEDIA
- French public TV bids adieu to ads
- Monday 05 January 2009
- France's public broadcaster, France Television, has taken the first step toward eliminating advertisements from its programming. The evening prime-time slot will be absolutely ad-free beginning on Monday.
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