The Associated Press | Jan. 6, 2008
Drawing sharp international criticism, Israel shelled a fourth U.N. facility in Gaza on Tuesday in an attack that claimed the lives of at least 30 civilians and injured 55 others who had sought shelter at a school.

Cspinet.org | Jan. 6, 2008
After a decade-long gestation period, the Food and Drug Administration has finally ordered that food and cosmetics manufacturers that color their products with carmine and cochineal list them by name in ingredient lists. Until now, these colorings, extracted from the dried bodies of the tiny cochineal bug, have been hidden under the terms "artificial colors" or "color added." Naming those ingredients on labels will help people who suffered allergic reactions determine if the colors were the culprits.

By Mike Ramsey & Alan Ohnsman | Bloomberg.com | Jan. 6, 2008
U.S. auto sales plunged 36 percent in December, dragging the industry’s volume in 2008 to a 16-year low as the recession ravaged demand. General Motors Corp.’s annual total was the smallest in its home market since 1959.

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Henry Kissinger discusses Israel's invasion of Gaza, endorses President-elect Barack Obama's cabinet selections and calls on Obama to create a New World Order out of the current state of global affairs. Or as he calls it, a "great opportunity", not a "crisis".

Reuters | Jan. 5, 2008
The worst financial crisis in more than a half century is going to get even worse, putting further pressure on U.S. home prices and driving the unemployment rate above 11 percent, according to two prominent academic economists.

Reuters | Jan. 4, 2008
The Federal Reserve has embarked on a campaign of unsupervised industrial policy to end the country's financial crisis, a move that could undermine its independence, a former top U.S. official said on Saturday.

By Andrew McLemore | RawStory.com | Jan. 4, 2008
If you don't get punished, you didn't do anything wrong, right? That's the message Vice President Dick Cheney gave in an interview with CBS' Bob Schieffer on Sunday, suggesting that a president's actions are legal if those actions didn't result in his impeachment.

By Margaret Griffis | AntiWar.com | Jan. 4, 2009
Thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims, many foreign, are making their way to Karbala to observe the Ashuraa holiday which culminates in three days. As in the past, troublemakers have taken advantage of the 10-day holiday despite increases in security. Overall, at least 27 Iraqis were killed and 52 Iraqis were wounded across Iraq, while approximately 16 Iranians were killed and 37 more were wounded at an important shrine in Baghdad. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, outgoing U.S. Vice President Cheney said that the U.S. is close to achieving its aims in Iraq, and U.S. forces handed over authority of a security group in Diyala to the Iraqis.

By Randeep Ramesh | The Guadian | Jan. 5, 2008
New evidence from interrogation of surviving gunman, conversations between the gunmen and alleged handlers, recovered weapons and satellite intercepts. India handed to ­Islamabad today a dossier of evidence of Pakistani "links" to the gunmen who led a bloody rampage through Mumbai in November that left more than 170 dead, in an attempt to mobilise world opinion against its neighbour.

By Sheera Frenkel & Michael Evans | Times Online | Jan. 5, 2009
Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday. The weapon, used by British and US forces in Iraq, can cause horrific burns but is not illegal if used as a smokescreen.

Presstv.ir | Jan. 4, 2008
Medics tell Press TV they have found traces of depleted uranium in some Gaza residents wounded in Israel's ground offensive on the strip.

WorldNetDaily.com | Jan. 3, 2009
Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network, announced at his staff's annual prayer retreat that God told him Americans would embrace socialism in 2009 "in order to relieve their pain" and that the economy would rebound under an Obama administration.

By John Leland | IHT | Jan. 5, 2008
At Franklin Mills, a mall here, past the Gap Outlet and the China Buddha Express, is a $13 million video arcade that the U.S. Army hopes will become a model for recruitment in urban areas, where the armed services typically have a hard time attracting recruits.

By Jeremy R. Hammond | ForeignPolicyJournal.com | Jan. 3, 2009
Lie #1) Israel is only targeting legitimate military sites and is seeking to protect innocent lives. Israel never targets civilians.

Dailynewscaster.com | Jan. 3, 2009
Barak Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel discusses his book The Plan in which he outlines a mandatory civil service requirement for all Americans from ages 18 to 25.