Financial TimesIran wants to show regional power over Gaza crisisReuters - 50 minutes agoBy Edmund Blair - Analysis TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran wants to send a message to the new US administration and Arab governments that it is a power to be reckoned with in the region by championing the cause of its Palestinian ally, Hamas, in its fight with ...Video: Gaza civilians braced for new attacks RussiaTodayIsrael 'expands Gaza offensive' BBC NewsVoice of America - International Herald Tribune - guardian.co.uk - Washington Postall 23,454 news articles

ReutersIndia Accuses Pakistani ‘Agencies’New York Times - 1 hour agoBy SOMINI SENGUPTA and JEREMY KAHN NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India accused unspecified official agencies in Pakistan on Tuesday of supporting the gunmen who struck in Mumbai in late November, according to news reports.India PM says Pakistan whipping up war hysteria ReutersMumbai attacks backed by official Pakistan agencies: Indian PM AFPThe Associated Press - Reuters India - Indian Express - BBC Newsall 2,151 news articles

Gazprom Dispute Entangles EuropeNew York Times - 56 minutes agoBy DAVID JOLLY and ANDREW E. KRAMER PARIS - Russia’s gas price dispute with Ukraine began to entangle more of Europe on Tuesday, as the Bulgarian and Turkish authorities said that Russia had completely suspended their gas supplies and a Czech company ...Video: Ukraine to make up for stolen European gas RussiaTodayRussia gas to Turkey from west pipeline cut-minister ReutersBloomberg - The Associated Press - AFP - Aljazeera.netall 1,446 news articles

Times OnlineNew embassy & 'new era' in IraqNew York Daily News - 43 minutes agoBY STEPHANIE GASKELL The US opened a new $700 million, fortress-like embassy in Baghdad on Monday - signaling the start of new relations with a sovereign Iraq.Video: Raw Video: US Baghdad Embassy Opens AssociatedPressIraq killing headed for court Seattle TimesFOXNews - Los Angeles Times - Houston Chronicle - Detroit Free Pressall 800 news articles

guardian.co.ukSri Lanka moves to flush out Tigers from Jaffna peninsulaAFP - 1 hour agoCOLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops were battling Tuesday to flush out Tamil Tigers from the Jaffna peninsula after taking the rebels' political headquarters in the northern mainland, the military said.4073 LTTE cadres killed in ongoing battles: Army Hindu[ANN]Victory in Sri Lanka has to be for all Korea HeraldBloomberg - The Associated Press - BBC News - New York Timesall 3,422 news articles

Sydney Morning HeraldJapan seeks ban on whale protestersAljazeera.net - 46 minutes agoJapan's foreign ministry has said it plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling ship from using their ports to refuel.Japanese Whalers Hunt for Crew Member Lost in Antarctic Waters BloombergJapan wants anti-whaling ship barred from ports The Associated PressReuters - Times Online - AFP - United Press Internationalall 404 news articles

ITV.comBrown and fast broadbandBBC News - 32 minutes agoSo Gordon Brown's plan to create 100000 jobs might well involve massive public investment in next-generation broadband. The Prime Minister told the Observer that such a project could be the modern equivalent of the huge programme of public works ...BUSINESS LEADERS WELCOME BROWN PLEDGE TO CREATE JOBS ReutersGordon Brown attacks Tories' 'do nothing' economic policies guardian.co.ukFinancial Times - Times Online - NewsAhead Agency - Bloombergall 459 news articles

Sky NewsTaliban kill two US 'spies' in Pakistan: officialAFP - 1 hour agoMIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - Taliban militants hanged one man and shot dead another in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, after accusing them of spying for the United States, an official said Tuesday.Taliban whopper: claim 5220 foreign troops killed The Associated PressPakistan's tribal faultline Aljazeera.netUnited Press International - Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago Tribune - Daily Timesall 1,321 news articles

BBC NewsExtremist group in Greece attacks policeChristian Science Monitor - 12 hours agoBy Nicole Itano | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor ATHENS - The shooting of a Greek policeman Monday escalates a simmering conflict between police and leftist groups - and raises new concern over a resurgence of the militant left in a ...Greek unrest takes worrying turn BBC NewsGunmen in Greece Attack Policemen New York TimesLos Angeles Times - The Associated Press - Financial Timesall 662 news articles

Joy OnlineGhana: Poll Exposes AlbionAllAfrica.com - 3 hours agoHarare - IT won't come as a surprise to me, dear reader, if I find you do not know that Ghana, the first sub-Saharan African country to attain political independence, recently held highly competitive legislative and presidential elections.Court struck out ex-parte application Joy OnlineUN chief commends Ghana on vote BBC NewsVoice of America - Xinhua - AFP - The Statesman Onlineall 368 news articles

TVNZGerman SPD says could back some tax reliefReuters - 1 hour agoBERLIN, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) could support a rise in the tax-free salary allowance to boost the economy, but will not back other tax cuts planned by conservatives due to budget concerns, an SPD leader said.TOPWRAP 6-US, Germany mulls tax cuts, US autos sales fall guardian.co.ukGermany opts for `crass Keysnesianism' Telegraph.co.ukDeutsche Welle - Times Online - The Associated Press - International Herald Tribuneall 385 news articles

BBCSerbian.comFrance foils two Somali pirate attacks, holds 19: ParisAFP - Jan 4, 2009PARIS (AFP) - A French warship Sunday foiled attempts by Somalian pirates in the Gulf of Aden to seize two cargo vessels and intercepted 19 people, the French president's office said.French warship foils two new attacks by Somali pirates XinhuaFrench foil pirate attacks The Journal of Commerce OnlineNew Straits Times - BBC News - Foreign Policy Passport - TheSequitur.comall 1,283 news articles

Voice of AmericaEthiopia Leaves Somalia With Many Questions UnansweredVoice of America - 15 hours agoBy Joe DeCapua As Ethiopian troops withdraw from Somalia, the Ethiopian government has released a statement saying its mission in Somalia has been accomplished.Piracy raises pressure for new international tack on Somalia Christian Science MonitorAU plea to plug Somali troop gaps BBC NewsUnited Press International - AllAfrica.com - Bloomberg - AFPall 752 news articles

Digital Granma InternationalCubans can now build own housesUnited Press International - 16 hours agoHAVANA, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Another sign of change has cropped up in communist Cuba with President Raul Castro's announcement that Cubans can build their own homes with their own money.History Lessons on Cuba for a New President New York TimesThese 50 years have been ones of the resistance and strength of ... Granma InternationalTelegraph.co.uk - Bloomberg - Voice of America - Los Angeles Timesall 117 news articles

Voice of AmericaUS Initiates Immediate Airlift for Darfur PeacekeepersVoice of America - 2 hours agoBy Howard Lesser The Bush administration says it will waive a requirement to notify Congress 15 days in advance of undertaking an airlift of equipment for UN and African Union peacekeepers in Sudan.White House Defends Its Peace Efforts In Darfur Washington PostUS sending emergency aid to Darfur International Herald TribuneAllAfrica.com - Philadelphia Inquirer - Reuters - AFPall 193 news articles

BBC NewsKenya: President Ratifies 'Reactionary And Repressive' Media LawAllAfrica.com - 1 hour agoReporters Without Borders is stunned to learn that President Mwai Kibaki signed the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill 2008 into law on 2 January 2009.Kenya's prime minister looks back on 2008 violence, and with hope ... Los Angeles TimesHouse will review Media Act, says Raila The Citizen DailyBBC News - AFP - Daily Nation - Capital FMall 44 news articles

The Southern LedgerSKorea's opposition ends parliamentary occupationThe Associated Press - 3 hours agoSEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Opposition lawmakers ended their violent, 12-day siege of South Korea's parliament Tuesday after blocking - for now - a US free trade deal and other legislation.SKorea's opposition ends parliament sit-ins AFPOpposition ends Assembly occupation Korea HeraldBloomberg - eTaiwan News - The Standard - BBC Newsall 305 news articles

CTV.caKim Jong Il calls for hydropower stationsXinhua - 2 hours agoPYONGYANG, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has visited a newly built power station located in an eastern province and called for the building of more hydropower stations, the official ...North Koreans Rally in Pyongyang Supporting Army BloombergN Korea rallies for absent leader BBC NewsAFP - Washington Times - Korea Herald - Telegraph.co.ukall 281 news articles

National PostJournalists released in SomaliaUnited Press International - 11 hours agoMOGADISHU, Somalia, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A British journalist and a Spanish photographer have been freed by Somali kidnappers after being held for 40 days in caves, officials said.British reporter tells of mock execution in Somali 'hell-hole' AFPColin Freeman celebrates freedom Telegraph.co.ukSydney Morning Herald - ABS CBN News - Xinhua - The Media Lineall 478 news articles