Archive for January 8th, 2009

Critics Vote Milk, Slumdog, Heath, Anne and Meryl

Written by on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 in Latest News.

Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Picture at 14th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards; five thesps share in top four acting categories

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

China names more Web sites for vulgar content (AP)

Written by on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 in Latest News.

AP – China has expanded its campaign against pornography and vulgar content online, naming more than a dozen Web sites, including Microsoft’s MSN, that it says need to clean up.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

UN Security Council calls for immediate Gaza truce (AP)

Written by on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 in Latest News.

Palestinian demonstrators use sling-shots to hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah,Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday after a three-hour lull to allow delivery of humanitarian aid, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt. Despite the heavy fighting, strides appeared to be being made on the diplomatic front with the U.S. throwing its weight behind a deal being brokered by France and Egypt. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP – The U.N. Security Council called for an “immediate” and “durable” stop-fire in Gaza in a resolution Thursday night even as fighting between Israel and Hamas raged ? with early morning airstrikes killing seven Palestinians and pushing the death toll to about 760 in the near two-week conflict.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back



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