 | Egypt's Morsi emerges as key player Nov 21st 2012, 22:25 CAIRO — The week-long hostilities between Israel and Hamas came to a tenuous halt Wednesday, but the real victor may have been here in this city on the Nile, with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi emerging as the key player in a high-wire feat of international diplomacy. Read full article >>   | | A shattered Gaza celebrates cease-fire between Israel and Hamas Nov 21st 2012, 20:44 GAZA CITY — Celebratory gunfire crackled across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night as Palestinians hailed what they called a victory by Hamas in forcing an end to Israeli attacks. But the hum of Israeli drone aircraft lingered overheard, underscoring a sense of uncertainty about whether a week of violence that has killed more than 130 Palestinians had come to more than a temporary end. Read full article >>   | | Who won' the Israel-Gaza conflict? Nov 21st 2012, 20:43 As the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza takes effect, it's worth asking what the week-long conflict, which has left five Israelis and at least 140 Palestinians dead, actually accomplished. It's probably too soon to know the answer for sure, but some early signs are emerging regarding who the conflict may have helped, who it hurt, and what it may have changed. Read full article >> | | India hangs lone surviving terrorist from 2008 Mumbai attacks Nov 21st 2012, 19:43 NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday hanged the lone surviving gunman from the coordinated terrorist attacks in Mumbai four years ago that left 166 people dead, including six Americans. Ajmal Amir Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was one of 10 heavily armed terrorists who sailed into Mumbai, India's financial hub, and launched assaults on several sites, including two five-star hotels, the city's main train station, a restaurant and a Jewish prayer center. Read full article >>   | | Hamas-run TV channel celebrates Tel Aviv bus bombing Nov 21st 2012, 17:52 It wasn't long after a bomb detonated on a bus in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, wounding 22 people, that images from the aftermath made their way onto Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV. Hamas, the Gaza-based group that has been fighting the Israeli military all week, has not taken responsibility for the bombing; some reports say a separate group claimed it as their own. Still, Al-Aqsa TV couldn't help but express glee at the act of terrorism. Read full article >>   | | Britain poised for budget clash with E.U. Nov 21st 2012, 17:29 LONDON — When Prime Minister David Cameron goes to Brussels on Thursday for the start of talks on a new European Union budget, he should remember to take his purse. Rather than advice on accessorizing, the message delivered to Cameron this week by his conservative allies was a reminder to be more like Margaret Thatcher, this nation's Iron Lady famous for wielding her handbag and playing tough with continental leaders and bureaucrats. Not that Cameron needed reminding. As he prepares to yet again dig in his heels in Brussels, the British premier appears well aware that his nation is growing weary of the E.U. even as some in the E.U. are growing weary of Britain. Read full article >>   | |
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