The exiled leadership of Hamas confirms the beginning of an immediate ceasefire with Israel. more »
Following intensive pressure by the EU represented by the Czech Presidency and the European Commission, Prime Ministers of Russia and Ukraine met for talks yesterday for the first time since the start of the gas crisis. more »
A U.S. Airways flight en route from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina crashed into New York's Hudson River immediately after takeoff in the afternoon. more »
A United Nations compound sheltering around 700 Palestinians has been hit by Israeli fire. Three of UN staff were wounded. more »
Denouncing the Russia-Ukraine gas impasse as “unacceptable and incredible”, President Barroso has urged EU countries to consider legal action and called for concerted action to find alternative sources. more »
Public anger is mounting in Europe's poorest country in the face of rampant corruption and economic meltdown. more »
Rules to protect animals aren't being enforced properly according to two British MEPs who will raise the issue in a debate in Parliament on Thursday morning. more »
A bump in the road for Timothy Geithner, President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the Treasury Department. more »
Within hours the European Union said its monitors were warning that barely a trickle, if that, was coming through to third countries. Russia's state gas monopoly Gazprom is accusing Ukraine of blocking the flow of gas to Europe. more »
Russia and Ukraine signed a deal for the second time - aimed at resolving their gas pricing dispute. more »
Within hours the European Union said its monitors were warning that barely a trickle, if that, was coming through to third countries. Russia's state gas monopoly Gazprom is accusing Ukraine of blocking the flow of gas to Europe.
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