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Israel launches Gaza airstrikes for worker killing

Israel launches Gaza airstrikes for worker killing


Israel launches Gaza airstrikes for worker killing

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 10:27 AM PST

A Palestinian relative weeps after seeing the lifeless body of 3-year-old Hala Abu Sebakha, who medics said was killed by shrapnel during an Israeli air strike on the Al Maghazi camp, at the morgue of Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. Israeli air and ground forces launched a series of attacks Tuesday on targets across the Gaza Strip, killing a young girl and wounding 10 in response to the deadly shooting of an Israeli civilian by a Palestinian sniper. Palestinian officials reported at least 16 Israeli attacks, causing a causing a series of loud explosions across the territory in rapid succession. Hamas ordered its forces to evacuate offices and compounds and redeploy to safer sites. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli air and ground forces launched a series of attacks Tuesday on targets across the Gaza Strip, killing a young girl and wounding 10 in response to the deadly shooting of an Israeli civilian by a Palestinian sniper.


Utah turns to higher court to halt gay marriage

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 04:47 AM PST

Dan Trujillo, left, and Clyde Peck get married as about 1,500 people gather to show support of marriage equality after a federal judge declined to stay his ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Utah, at Washington Square, just outside of the Salt Lake City and County Building Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Tom Smart)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah state lawyers have again turned to a Denver-based federal appeals court in their bid to put a stop to gay couples getting married, saying the state should not be required to abide by one judge's narrow view of a "new and fundamentally different definition of marriage."


UN says mass grave of 34 found in South Sudan

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 09:56 AM PST

In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 and released by the World Food Programme (WFP), a displaced woman walks with a box of food assistance on her head from a food distribution centre at a U.N. compound in Juba, South Sudan. South Sudan's military spokesman says there is increasing tension at a United Nations camp in the rebel-held city of Bor because armed elements have entered the congested area where the U.N. says about 17,000 civilians are seeking protection. (AP Photo/WFP, George Fominyen)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Amid the eruption of violence along ethnic lines in South Sudan, U.N. investigators discovered a mass grave in a rebel-held city, the United Nations said Tuesday as a possible opening occurred for negotiations to avert civil war in the world's newest country.


In typhoon's wake, Christmas infused with tragedy

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 08:09 AM PST

In this Dec. 20, 2013 photo, typhoon survivor Eledio Moro stands inside his destroyed house, with a shipping vessel that remains grounded after being washed ashore during Typhoon Haiyan, seen in background, in Tacloban, Philippines. Power has been restored and markets have reopened in many places. But mostly, Christmas in the areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan that struck Central Philippines on Nov. 8 will be a celebration amid deprivation in tents, makeshift homes and damaged churches.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Christmas lights blink in a handful of restaurants in Tacloban, but at nightfall, much of this city flattened by Typhoon Haiyan slips into darkness.


Russia grants Greenpeace activist amnesty

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 07:30 AM PST

From left: Greenpeace International activists Camila Speziale of Argentina, Phiip Ball of the United Kingdom and Sini Saarela of Finland pose during their meeting with residents of St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Dec. 23, 2013. Russia's parliament last Wednesday passed an amnesty bill that will likely apply to the 30-member crew of a Greenpeace ship detained after an Arctic protest, but it wasn't immediately clear if and when the activists would be allowed to leave the country. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — One of the Greenpeace activists detained in Russia's Arctic has been granted amnesty, the environmental group said Tuesday.


Crowds gather in Bethlehem for Christmas

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 10:26 AM PST

Christian worshippers visit the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world packed the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations on Tuesday, bringing warm holiday cheer to the biblical birthplace of Jesus on a cool, clear night.


Correction: Central African Republic-Fighting

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 08:09 AM PST

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — In a Dec. 23 and Dec. 24 story about ongoing violence in Central African Republic, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a United Nations peacekeeper had been killed in clashes in the town of Bossangoa. The deceased soldier was a peacekeeper for the African Union force deployed to the country.

After Christmas begins before the holiday

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 09:12 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2013, file photo, Best Buy employee Christopher Gervais, right, rings up a 32-inch LED TV in Dunwoody, Ga. Sales at U.S. stores dropped 3.1 percent to $42.7 billion for the week that ended on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, compared with the same week last year, according to ShopperTrak, which tracks data at 40,000 locations. (AP Photo/David Tulis, File)It's beginning to look a lot like ... the day after Christmas?


Syrian airstrikes kill at least 15 in Aleppo

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 05:44 AM PST

In this Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians inspect damages buildings following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. Government forces widened a bombing campaign in rebel-held areas of northern Syria on Monday, striking the northern city of Aleppo and a town on the Turkish border in raids that left an estimated 45 people dead, activists said. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — A new round of Syrian government air raids on rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo killed at least 15 people on Tuesday, including three children, activists said.


Deadline extended for health insurance sign-up

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 06:32 AM PST

FILE - This Dec. 20, 2013, file image shows part of the HealthCare.gov website in Washington, that notes to enroll by Dec. 23 for coverage starting as soon as Jan. 1, 2014. Anticipating heavy traffic on the government's health care website, the Obama administration effectively extended Monday's deadline for signing up for insurance by a day, giving people in 36 states more time to select a plan. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)CHICAGO (AP) — The deadline to sign up for insurance on the government's health care website arrived Tuesday, a day later than expected after the Obama administration granted those waiting until the last minute — or those tripped up by the site's glitches — an extra day to enroll.


Holiday sales down for 3rd week

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 06:49 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2013, file photo, Best Buy employee Christopher Gervais, right, rings up a 32-inch LED TV in Dunwoody, Ga. Sales at U.S. stores dropped 3.1 percent to $42.7 billion for the week that ended on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, compared with the same week last year, according to ShopperTrak, which tracks data at 40,000 locations. (AP Photo/David Tulis, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Stores are hoping Americans who've been tight-fisted with their money will get the last-minute itch to buy in the final week of the holiday shopping season.


10 Things to Know for Today

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 04:07 AM PST

FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, gun violence protesters participate in a lie-in during an anti-gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:


Manchin: Democratic success in Republican state

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 07:43 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2013 file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Many locals around here see Manchin as one of them, so much so they greet the 30-year veteran of West Virginia politics by his first name more often than by his title. But in the Senate, the 66-year-old upstart stands out as a rare breed: A back-slapping, gun-owning Democrat who attracts widespread support from working class whites in an increasingly Republican state. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)FRIENDLY, W.Va. (AP) — Many locals around here see Sen. Joe Manchin as one of them, so much so they greet the 30-year veteran of West Virginia politics by his first name more often than by his title.


NASA astronauts step out on Christmas Eve spacewalk

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 08:03 AM PST

This December 24, 2013 NASA TV still image shows astronaut Mike Hopkins (C) on the robotic arm during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS)Despite concerns about leaking spacesuits, the spacewalk got off to a smooth start.


Man in Santa Claus suit shot in DC with pellet gun

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 10:06 AM PST

Santa's Helper Shot With Pellet Gun, Grinch Saves DayWASHINGTON (AP) — A man dressed as Santa Claus at a toy giveaway in southeast Washington, D.C., is recovering after being shot in the back with a pellet gun.


For some troops, a holiday-dinner-in-a-box

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 06:17 PM PST

Meal ready to eat -- for the holidays.U.S. soldiers get a high tech pick-me-up for the holidays.


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