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Aruba prosecutor: End is near in Holloway case (AP)

Posted: January 6th, 2009, 5:30pm PST

AP - Aruban prosecutors said Tuesday their investigation into the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway is nearing the end and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
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Australian police hunt blow-up doll sex bandit (Reuters)

Posted: January 6th, 2009, 5:28pm PST

Reuters - An Australian man broke into three adult shops, had sex with blow up dolls named "Jungle Jane" and then dumped his plastic conquests in a nearby alley, local media reported on Wednesday.
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Report: Al-Qaida No. 2 blames Obama for Gaza fight (AP)

Posted: January 6th, 2009, 5:23pm PST

AP - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader lashed out at President-elect Barack Obama in a new audio message Tuesday, accusing him of not doing anything to stop Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, according to an intelligence monitoring center.
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North Korea says to elect MPs in government shake-up (Reuters)

Posted: January 6th, 2009, 5:20pm PST

Reuters - Communist North Korea announced on Wednesday it will elect new delegates to its rubber stamp parliament in March, marking another step in a leadership shakeup that has already included a cabinet reshuffle.

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Gaza truce proposed after Israeli shell kills 30 (AP)

Posted: January 6th, 2009, 4:20pm PST

AP - France and Egypt announced an initiative to stop the fighting in Gaza late Tuesday, hours after Israeli mortar shells exploded near a U.N. school sheltering hundreds of people displaced by the onslaught on Hamas militants. At least 30 Palestinians died, staining streets with blood.

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European Peace Efforts on Gaza Hit Roadblocks (Time.com)

Posted: January 6th, 2009, 4:10pm PST

Time.com - European efforts to broker a truce are hobbled by factors ranging from Israel's goals to the E.U.'s own positions on Hamas
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Egypt and France propose plan to end Gaza conflict (AP)

Posted: January 6th, 2009, 3:22pm PST

AP - The presidents of Egypt and France have proposed a plan to end the escalating Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Tuesday.

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Palestinian working for Iran media held in Israel (AP)

Posted: January 6th, 2009, 3:19pm PST

AP - A Palestinian working for an Iranian television station was held for questioning by Israeli police Tuesday on suspicion of violating censorship rules.
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World's biggest beer maker to shut ancient brewery (AP)

Posted: January 6th, 2009, 2:39pm PST

AP - The world's largest brewer said Tuesday it plans to close a historic 600-year-old brewery on the banks of the river Thames in London.
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Venezuela expels Israeli ambassador over Gaza (AP)

Posted: January 6th, 2009, 2:32pm PST

AP - Venezuela ordered the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and some embassy staff on Tuesday to protest Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

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