Israel Continues Bombing Of Gaza
Missiles from Israeli Jets crash down in Rafah near the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt on January 11, 2009. (UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad)
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LA PAZ, Bolivia, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday his South American nation has cut diplomatic ties with Israel over its military attacks in Gaza.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The European Union has put the brakes on closer diplomatic and economic ties with Israel, citing the deadly Israeli military incursion into Gaza.
GAZA, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza through diplomatic means persisted as the death toll in the two-week battle swelled to nearly 1,000, officials said.
BERLIN, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Germany's foreign minister tries to bring about a cease-fire, peaceful and violent anti-war demonstrators roam the country's streets, and a most unusual orchestra of young Israeli and Arab musicians electrifies crowds at a Berlin opera house -- Germany is dealing with the war in Gaza on multiple levels.
GAZA, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden apparently released a new audio message calling for a holy war against Israel for its military operation in Gaza, CNN reported.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's claim that he got the U.S. government to abstain on a U.N. measure on the Gaza crisis was untrue, officials said.
