Jamaica Gleaner International
Published: Monday Tuesday | December 30, 2008
NORTH KOREA - Kim cheered at concert appearance
SEOUL, South Korea (AP):Kim Jong Il attended a concert by North Korea's state orchestra, state media said yesterday, the latest in a series of official reports portraying Kim as healthy amid speculation he suffered a stroke in August...
GAZA - Defiant militants fire back with dozens of rockets
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP): Even with their leaders driven into hiding, the battered Islamic militants of Hamas managed to fire dozens of rockets deep into southern Israel yesterday in a sign of the limits of Israel's Gaza offensive.
Egypt takes in first wounded from Gaza
RAFAH, Egypt (AP):Egypt started taking in a trickle of wounded Palestinians from the Gaza Strip yesterday. An Egyptian official said 32 Gazans were taken to hospitals in Egypt as the Israeli assault on the coastal area continued for the third day...
White House blames extremists for new violence
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP):The Bush administration called yesterday for an end to the new flare up in Mideast violence, saying Hamas has "once again shown its true colours as a terrorist organisation" with attacks on Israel.
Gaza protests from Mideast to European capitals
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP): From Mideast countries to European capitals, protesters took to the streets yesterday to condemn Israel's assault on Gaza that has so far left at least 364 people dead, wounded hundreds more and reduced dozens of buildings...
Israel hits at Hamas roots in new air strike
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP): Israel turned the force of its punishing Gaza campaign toward Hamas field operatives yesterday, sending warplanes to bomb their houses in a sweep meant to tear at the roots of the militant organisation...
President quits amid international pressure
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP): Somalia's president resigned yesterday after a four-year term in which his Western-backed government failed to extend its power throughout a country crippled by infighting and a strengthening Islamic insurgency.Abdullahi Yusuf's...