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Palestinians Want Cease-Fire Resolution From U.N. The Palestinian Authority urged the U.N. Security Council Monday to quickly adopt a resolution calling for a cease-fire, border monitors in Gaza and an international force to protect civilians. Iran Claims 70,000 Volunteer to Fight Israel More than 70,000 Iranian students have volunteered to carry out suicide bombings against Israel, Iran's state news agency reported Monday, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has not responded to their request for permission. Homicide Bomber Kills 7, Injures 25 in Pakistan A homcide bomber attacked police in northwest Pakistan as they rushed to treat civilians injured by an earlier explosion, killing seven people and wounding at least 25 others, said a police official. Cracknuts! English Town Bans Dirty Street Names A British town is setting guidelines to ensure that new streets don't wind up with names like Cockshut Road, the Daily Mail reports. Cops: Man Hacks Doctor With Machete for Not Treating Son Police in western Mexico have arrested a farmworker who allegedly hacked a doctor to death with a machete for refusing to treat his son. Guatemala Mudslide Kills at Least 35 on Highway A massive landslide tore down the side of a mountain and buried a highway in northern Guatemala, killing nearly three dozen people and leaving rescue workers frantically digging for more victims Monday. Slain Pakistani PM's Daughter Sings Tribute Rap The former prime minister of Pakistan's older daughter has written a rap song about the assassination of her mother, expressing anguish over her death, Reuters reported. Taliban Whopper: Claim 5,220 Foreign Troops Killed The Taliban claims to have killed more than 5,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan last year a figure nearly 20 times the official death toll. Frustrated Reporters Blocked From Gaza War Zone Israel scrapped arrangements Monday to allow the first foreign reporters into the Gaza Strip since the military launched its offensive against Palestinian militants, adding to mounting media frustration at being locked out of the war zone. India Hands Pakistan Proof of Mumbai Attack Links India gave Pakistan the most detailed evidence yet that it says ties the militants who attacked Mumbai to "elements" in Pakistan responding Monday to weeks of demands from Islamabad for proof that the siege was launched from across the border. Police: Gun Fired at Cop Was Used in Extremist Attack Greek police said a weapon that was used in a pre-dawn attack on riot police in Athens that left a policeman critically injured was also used in a 2007 attack claimed by a domestic extremist group. Wheelchair-Bound Beggar Flees Crime Scene on Foot Mexican police say a woman who begged from a wheelchair fled a crime scene on foot -- and was only arrested when she returned later to pick up her wheelchair. Premium Tuna Fetches Over $100,000 at Auction Two sushi bar owners paid more than $100,000 for a Japanese bluefin tuna at a Tokyo fish auction Monday, about ten times the average price and the highest in nearly a decade, market officials said. Israel Enters Urban Zones in Major Clashes in Gaza Israeli troops engaged in major clashes with Hamas gunmen in northern Gaza Monday night, marking Israel's first incursion into Gaza's densely populated urban centers as air support and artillery shelling backed up the ground troops. 50 Muslim Brotherhood Members Arrested in Egypt Egyptian police arrested 50 members of the Muslim Brotherhood Monday following the outlawed group's organizing of protests in Cairo. Man Discovers Neighbor Is His Long Lost Sister A brother and sister in England spent 40 years trying to find each other then discovered they lived only 300 yards apart. U.S. Embassy in Iraq Largest, Most Expensive Ever After much delay the United States opened its new $700 million embassy in Iraq on Monday, inaugurating thd largest, and most expensive, embassy ever built. Cops Seize 40,000 Doses of Drug Used in Jungle Rites Spanish police raided a home in a Madrid suburb, seizing 40,000 doses of a pyschoactive substance used by South American shamans in religious rituals. France Tries 9-11 Plotter for Tunisia Synagogue Blast A European convert to Islam was tried by France Monday for his alleged role in a bombing in Tunisia that killed 21, along with Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Moroccan-Born Muslim Becomes Mayor of Rotterdam A Moroccan immigrant was installed as the mayor of Rotterdam Monday, the first Moroccan-born immigrant to become a mayor in the Netherlands. |