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A Palestinian woman sits in near darkness in a room lit by a lantern after electricity was cut in the area of Gaza City, Aug. 21, 2007. A Palestinian company cut off power to parts of the Gaza Strip after Israel closed a crossing through which fuel is br

Fuel shortage forces Gaza blackout
Canada Dot Com

GAZA - A fuel shortage forced the Gaza Strip's main power station to shut down on Saturday, leaving much of the Hamas-controlled territory without electricity, a senior official at the generating plant said. "We are shutting down because we have run out of fuel ... we cannot meet the demand for electricity," said the official who did not want to be...

photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

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Infowars

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Robert Fisk: Hizbollah rules west Beirut in Iran's proxy war with US
The Independent

Another American humiliation. The Shia gunmen who drove past my apartment in west Beirut...

Leading article: One over-egged pudding...
The Independent

Nobody would deny that Gordon Ramsay is a magnificent chef. And his skill in the realm of...

Jenna Bush's wedding is low-key affair at ranch

AOL

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - Jenna Bush couldn't see herself getting married at the White House surrounded by antique furniture and oil portraits of presidents. She and Henry Hager opted to say "I do" Saturday at President Bush's ranch in Crawford where...
photo: AP Photo / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Stocks decline as AIG reveals need for cash, oil surges

A trader blows a bubble as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday Oct. 12, 2006. Stocks advanced Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average crossing 11,900 for the first time, after big consumer names like McDonald´s Co

Orlando Sentinel

NEW YORK - Wall Street ended the week with a big decline as investors grappled with two of the biggest threats to the economy: fallout from turmoil in the credit market and surging energy prices. All three major indexes suffered losses for the week....
photo: AP /Richard Drew

Official: Egypt opens Rafah crossing to medical cases for 3 days

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli air strike in Rafah

International Herald Tribune

: Egyptian authorities have ordered a three-day opening of the Rafah border crossing on Saturday to allow Palestinians to cross into Egypt from the Gaza Strip for medical treatment, said a security official at the terminal. Palestinians in urgent...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

Thunderstorms bring flash floods

Local residents make their way along a flooded road in Tewkesbury, England, Monday July 23, 2007. Heavy rain over the weekend has left large areas across central and western England under flood water, some homes are left without water and electricity sup

BBC News

Parts of Wales have been hit by flash flooding after powerful storms brought heavy overnight rain and hailstones. Homes in several areas of south Wales had to be pumped out when rain poured down at what forecasters called "an incredible rate"....
photo: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

MDC leader sets out conditions

Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirayi at a news conference in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, May 10, 2008.

News24

Pretoria - Zimbabwe opposition leader called on Saturday for an end to violence and asked the Southern African Development Community to send peacekeepers to monitor an upcoming presidential run-off. He detailed a series of conditions needed to ensure...
photo: AP / Denis Farrell

Report: 2 killed in Beirut funeral attack

CNN

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Hezbollah militants have set up checkpoints in western Beirut a day after taking control in Lebanon's capital and dealing a major blow to the U.S.-backed government, as the previous violence largely subsided on Saturday....
photo: AP Photo / Bela Szandelszky