News - Powered by Yahoo NewsBlair: 'Israeli ceasefire achievable'
Shutting down smuggling routes which supply arms and money to Hamas is the only way of halting the attacks on Gaza, Tony Blair has said.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:47:44 GMT - (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Report to supervisors: County uses $2.1 million in WCCA services in 2008
Families in Crawford County daily face the struggle to become and remain self-sufficient. For most residents, buying food, providing childcare and paying bills is an achievable challenge, but nearly 13 percent of individuals encounter shortfalls.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:36:37 GMT - (Southwest Iowa News)
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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:46:35 GMT - (Scoop.co.nz)
Closing Gaza tunnels could bring quick ceasefire: Blair
Cutting off Gaza's smuggling tunnels from Egypt could secure an immediate ceasefire, Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair said Tuesday, while warning that Israel was otherwise in for a protracted campaign.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:30:20 GMT - (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sunderland can finish in top ten, insists Sbragia
Sunderland boss Ricky Sbragia believes they could finish in the top ten this season. ?I think it?s still achievable,? he said. ?Especially with the table being as tight as it is. read more
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:37:30 GMT - (tribalfootball.com)
A dangerous gamble in Gaza
Israel's decision to pour ground troops and armour into the Gaza Strip is a dangerous gamble. If the goal is to reduce the number of rockets Hamas can fire at neighbouring, southern Israeli towns, it is probably achievable - for now.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:10:09 GMT - (Zawya)
Forty killed after Israeli shell hits UN-run school in Gaza
At least 40 Palestinians were killed when an Israeli tank opened fire outside a UN-run school in the Gaza, the second attack on a school in the war torn enclave in just one day.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:41:45 GMT - (Times Online)
Proposed stimulus package would inject $33 billion into Canada?s economy: think tank
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is urging the federal government to adopt a massive $33 billion spending package that would stimulate the creation of 400,000 new jobs in its upcoming budget.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:38:48 GMT - (Investment Executive)
Stimulus package to create 400,000 jobs: Think-tank
A one-year fiscal stimulus package worth almost $33-billion that bolsters employment-insurance benefits, municipal infrastructure, training and post-secondary education, and promises to create more than 400,000 jobs, is being proposed Tuesday by an economic think-tank.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:43:18 GMT - (National Post)
Femtos Flesh Out Standards
The development is significant because the specifications for UMTS femtocells -- or Home NodeB in 3GPP terminology -- that were agreed to at the 3GPP meeting in December are firm enough for vendors to develop products to them.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:31:20 GMT - (Unstrung.com)