Articles from 'December 2008'
Election candidate shot dead in northern Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - A candidate standing in Iraq's provincial elections in January was shot dead in a cafe in the northern Iraqi city of ...
Newman soldier killed in Iraq
Family left decorations up so son would have holiday By Rosalio Ahumada / Modesto Bee NEWMAN -- Marylynn Gonzales has not taken down her Christmas ...
Two US soldiers killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Two US soldiers died on Wednesday from injuries sustained in attacks in Baghdad and executed president Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, the ...
US diplomat says Afghan road bombings up in 2008
By Jason Straziuso / Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan – The number of roadside bombs and kidnappings doubled in Afghanistan in 2008 from the year previous, the ...
Downgrades and Downfalls
How could a single unit of AIG cause the giant company's near-ruin and become a fulcrum of the global financial crisis? By straying from its ...
ON ENTERING THE AGE OF JOY ...from Yoko Ono Lennon
Dear Friends This last day of the year 2008 All of us can come together at www.IMAGINEPEACE.com To enjoy spectacular images from the IMAGINE PEACE ...
Gonzales Defends Role in Antiterror Policies
By Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON -- Alberto Gonzales, who has kept a low profile since resigning as attorney general nearly 16 months ...
Gazan civilians increasingly at risk in assault on Hamas
By Joshua Mitnick / Christian Science Monitor Tel Aviv – On the fourth day of airstrikes in Gaza Tuesday, one of Israel's many targets was ...
Israel Rejects Proposed Truce as Talks Continue
Assault on Gaza Strip Continues for Fifth Day as Rockets Fall on Southern Israel By Sudarsan Raghavan and Griff Witte / Washington Post JERUSALEM, Dec. ...
Gaza aid boat damaged by Israelis reaches Lebanon
Tyre, Lebanon (Reuters) - A small boat carrying international activists with aid for Gaza docked in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre on Tuesday ...
The Noose Tightens
Rumsfeld, Ashcroft and other top Bush officials could soon face legal jeopardy By Jonathan Tepperman / Newsweek The United States, like many countries, has a ...
U.S. seeks 147-year sentence in torture case
Son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor to be sentenced Jan. 9 Associated Press MIAMI - U.S. prosecutors want a Miami judge to sentence the ...
Trial Delayed for Iraqi Who Threw Shoes at Bush
By Ahmed Rasheed / Reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The trial of an Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush in ...
Israel Rejects Truce, Presses on With Gaza Strikes
By Griff Witte and Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post JERUSALEM, Dec. 30 -- Israel continued airstrikes against Gaza Strip targets for a fourth day on ...
Israel vows to sweep Hamas from power
By James Hider / London Times Israel vowed yesterday to sweep Hamas from power in Gaza, pledging "all-out" war and promising to smash every building ...
Wal-Mart to Settle 63 Suits Over Wages
By Miguel Bustillo / Wall Street Journal NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. agreed Tuesday to pay up to $640 million to settle 63 suits ...
Wal-Mart Employee Settlements May Cost $640 Million
By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Chris Burritt / Bloomberg Dec. 24 -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., accused of cheating hourly workers and forcing them to work ...
IAF uses new US-supplied smart bomb
By Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post The Israel Air Force used a new bunker-buster missile that it received recently from the United States in strikes ...
Rocket fired by Gaza militants kills Israeli woman
ASHDOD, Israel (Reuters) - A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed an Israeli woman in the southern city of Ashdod ...
Gazans pay price of Israel's strikes against Hamas
Associated PressGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Israel's three-day aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip has killed dozens of civilians, along with Hamas fighters, and has paralyzed ...
Grief, fury over death of five sisters in Gaza
AFPJABALIYA, Gaza Strip: Anwar Baalusha was sleeping when the mosque next door collapsed onto his house after an Israeli air strike. Beneath the rubble, he ...
Carl Levin vs. Dick Cheney
By Susan J. Demas / MliveAmidst the wall-to-wall coverage of the bridge loan for GM and Chrysler, something got lost. U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Detroit) ...
WARN act falls short for job layoffs
Lawmakers say reform overdue and hope it will be high priority for Obama By Steve Eder / Toledo Blade As the realities of the economic ...
Rice: People will soon thank Bush for what he's done
CNNSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that despite President Bush's low approval ratings, people will soon "start to thank this president for what he's done." ...
Laura Bush defends husband's legacy
By Michael O'Brien / The Hill First Lady Laura Bush on Sunday defended her husband's administration less than a month before he is leaving office, ...
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