Israeli Navy attacks and wounds Dignity in International Waters

(Larnaca, Cyprus) On Tuesday, December 30, at 5 a.m., several Israeli gunboats intercepted the Dignity as she was heading on a mission of mercy to Gaza. One gunboat rammed into the boat on the port bow side, heavily damaging her. The reports from the passengers and journalists on board is that she is taking on water and appears to have engine problems. When attacked, the Dignity was clearly in…
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Medical shortages in Gaza may lead to surge of deaths among wounded, UN warns

WHO calls for an immediate end to hostilities in the Gaza Strip30 December 2008 – Warning that hundreds of wounded people in Gaza hospitals face a surge in preventable deaths due to the lack of medical supplies, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has called for an immediate end to hostilities and urged Israel to ensure immediate provision of fuel and critical life-saving and trauma care supplies….
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Hasina coalition wins first Bangladesh election in 7 years

Humayun Kabir said Hasina’s alliance won a two-thirds majority in Parliament in Monday’s elections after votes in most districts had been tallied. “This has been a very free and fair election,” Kabir said on Channel-i television. But as votes were counted Monday night, the main rival party, led by Khaleda Zia, launched allegations of irregularities and forgery. The voting marked the country’s first election in seven years, but with no fresh faces — and with both leading candidates facing corruption charges — many feared the vote would just mean a return to the corruption, mismanagement and paralyzing protests of previous attempts at democracy. Hasina and Zia are heirs to Bangladeshi…
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U.S. house prices fall at record rate

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities declined at the fastest rate on record, depressed by mounting foreclosures and slumping sales. The S&P/Case-Shiller index declined 18% in the 12 months to October, more than forecast, after dropping 17.4% in September. The gauge has fallen every month since January 2007, and year-over-year records began in 2001. The financial market meltdown that’s reverberated around the globe has prompted banks to curb lending, signalling the housing slump will persist for a fourth year in 2009. Falling property values have eroded household wealth, causing consumers to pare spending and deepening what is projected to be the longest recession in the postwar period. “As 2008…
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Thai PM gives inaugural speech, dodges protesters

BANGKOK - New Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva promised economic and political revival as he gave his first policy speech Tuesday, despite being forced to switch venue by protesters blockading parliament. The British-born leader, who was elected by parliament about two weeks ago, instead addressed lawmakers at the foreign ministry in a bid to evade red-shirted supporters of ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Riot police failed to clear a path through the demonstrators for MPs to enter the parliament building following a two-day siege, and…
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Sydney Opera House designer Joern Utzon dies

DANISH architect Joern Utzon who designed the Sydney Opera House has reportedly died. Mr Utzon’s son Kim says his father died in his sleep early yesterday, Associated Press has reported. He was 90. Mr Utzon drew up the design for the opera…
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Siege hotel scoured after battle ends

Elite Black Cat commandos are scouring the wreckage of a three-day battle with militants which killed 195 people in Mumbai.
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Protesters send Thai riot police fleeing

Hundreds of Thai riot police have fled their checkpoint near Bangkok’s besieged airport after they were attacked by protesters.
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UK terror link probe in Mumbai

The Foreign Office has said there is “no evidence” to suggest those responsible for attacks carried out in Mumbai are British.
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Britney’s got the X Factor

Britney Spears will belt out her latest hit on the X Factor stage later in her first UK television performance in over four years.
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Indian forces kill last gunmen in Mumbai

Troops began searching through Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel Saturday after a raid by Indian commandos killed the last three gunmen who had been barricaded inside the building.
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Fears British death toll will rise in Mumbai siege aftermath

Hours after Commandos ended the bloody three-day Mumbai siege fears are
growing that the toll of 195 dead may rise including some Britons.
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1000 Tibetan political prisoners allegedly released

Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala: 29 November 2008-China claims to have released more than 1,000 Tibetans arrested for their involvement in the March 10th protests in Tibetan capital Lhasa. “Most of the released rioters had turned themselves in right after the riot,” said Zhu…
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Fears British death toll will rise in siege aftermath

Hours after Commandos ended the bloody three-day Mumbai siege fears are
growing that the toll of 195 dead may rise including some Britons.
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Indian commandos mop up last of Mumbai militants

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Commandos ended a three-day rampage by Islamist gunmen in Mumbai on Saturday, killing the last of the militants after nearly 200 people died in attacks that struck at bastions of the Indian financial capital’s elite.

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