Articles Archive for December 2008
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israel destroyed symbols of Hamas power on the third day as air strikes continued along the Israeli-Palestinian border.
The air strikes flattened buildings and ministerial offices in Gaza City as well as a structure belonging to the Islamic University, witnesses said.
The three-day death toll rose to 364 on Monday, with some 1,400 reported wounded. The U.N. said at least 62 of the dead were civilians, and medics said eight children under the age of 17 were killed in two separate strikes overnight. Israel launched its campaign, …
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Canadian police recovered the bodies on Monday of six of the eight snowmobilers missing since they were hit by a pair of avalanches in western Canada’s backcountry.
“There are six bodies recovered, and we’re still looking for two more,” said RCMP Cpl. Chris Faulkner, who acknowledged it was very unlikely the missing men were still alive.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 American film whose main character is adapted from a 1921 short story of the same name written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, although the plots of the film and written story have very little else in common. The movie stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
It has 5 Golden Globe Nominations including Best Picture.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber has hit a government building in Afghanistan in an attempt to attack a meeting of tribal elders. The bomber blew himself near an Afghan school on Sunday, killing 16 people, 14 of them children, and 58 were wounded, the AP reports.
U.S. Gen. David McKiernan, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan, said he believes that Siraj Haqqani’s militant network was responsible for the attack.
“The brutality and disregard for human life by terrorists is sickening, as I continue to witness innocent men, women and children being …





