The Israeli air force intensified its operations across Gaza overnight, launching strikes against approximately 60 targets in the Palestinian territory, a military spokesman said Thursday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=ciXZsVKv"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=ij3hnOR1"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=55ioyviG"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=55ioyviG" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=HIrMbvtf"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=U71ZpUw1"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=U71ZpUw1" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/fpKDkv4s6rE" height="1" width="1"/

Efforts by government troops to secure control of a main highway that links mainland Sri Lanka to the northern Jaffna peninsula came a step closer Thursday when they re-captured Pallai, a palm-fringed village under rebel control.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=2Lq1vpj7"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=2ddf7KDF"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=8aEiCEx4"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=8aEiCEx4" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=sqn96z03"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=ZNtCTV3W"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=ZNtCTV3W" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/mC7yTwzIVAM" height="1" width="1"/

The Zimbabwean government has announced restrictive licensing fees for foreign journalists working in the country, demanding they pay an annual fee of US$4,000 to practice journalism.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=3uAXHbRi"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=WkXei2M2"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=b6qqwFD8"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=b6qqwFD8" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=gzg1HYUU"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=7RSnNbOW"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=7RSnNbOW" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/WvOxpxzj3IA" height="1" width="1"/

The heads of Russian energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine's state-run gas company Naftogaz held brief talks overnight in Moscow to discuss the impasse on natural gas deliveries, a Gazprom spokeswoman said Thursday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=Mn7T1GP9"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=DpXiMyEI"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=o48GCV31"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=o48GCV31" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=WVgqZF80"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=oZvlPBdN"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=oZvlPBdN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/8FPi5vC3-jk" height="1" width="1"/

A woman in rural Papua New Guinea was bound and gagged, tied to a log and set ablaze on a pile of tires this week, possibly because villagers suspected her of being a witch, police said Thursday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=R1CavoRY"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=00dsjyms"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=03NxccOM"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=03NxccOM" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=XRr5jmCP"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=yn5gyrPX"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=yn5gyrPX" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/U-jGjvJ1ZJE" height="1" width="1"/

At least three rockets struck northern Israel from Lebanon on Thursday, wounding two people, Israeli police and emergency medical services said.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=fHPh4lO4"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=H5sFuaAm"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=6QVrjFRp"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=6QVrjFRp" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=OMpGdU7p"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=wRFAL8Zu"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=wRFAL8Zu" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/ZPQeEggfCdU" height="1" width="1"/

North Korea will hold its delayed parliamentary elections in March, a sign that leader Kim Jong-il's health is improving, according to South Korean state-run media.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=BlpV3LRW"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=R4MFacI2"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=D0jiwzV7"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=D0jiwzV7" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=hoTmqy61"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=4M97qh64"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=4M97qh64" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/yMPfmKLYaN8" height="1" width="1"/

The International Committee of the Red Cross called on Israel to allow it immediate access to Gaza, saying a trip into Gaza City revealed weak children laying with their dead mothers and other "shocking" scenes.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=RNYylWna"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=13HzGlTx"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=x7BECz48"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=x7BECz48" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=mjp3mTRl"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=aGT8aKwS"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=aGT8aKwS" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/2dJf6lpX9ss" height="1" width="1"/

Two leaders of a Canadian polygamist sect were arrested Wednesday and charged with polygamy in what could be a landmark case, said Wally Oppal, attorney general of British Columbia.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=tEP17yRx"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=AoKq20RG"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=NzxeWZec"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=NzxeWZec" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=hskwjv6E"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=Fa5QKqh7"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=Fa5QKqh7" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/BCDnQYsnZjg" height="1" width="1"/

A principal and teacher were killed Wednesday when a masked gunman opened fire in a private elementary school in Budapest, Hungary's capital city, police said.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=XBZIWPQW"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=tiAnk9xs"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=dDuA0xnb"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=dDuA0xnb" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=L1IcytCC"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=A2A6LakX"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=A2A6LakX" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/iviRh33JrXU" height="1" width="1"/

Western governments stepped up efforts to rescue their citizens from Gaza Wednesday as violence swept the area for the 12th day in a row.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=L9Xu6bsP"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=1GKAX6nw"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=Yx4Vjrbe"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=Yx4Vjrbe" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=6Sk8QigV"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=EOkCkYCc"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=EOkCkYCc" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/pgGD3Fb8_gQ" height="1" width="1"/

Mexican President Felipe Calderon outlined a series of economic recovery measures Wednesday, including freezing gasoline prices for the rest of the year and lowering natural gas prices by 10 percent.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=i3dS73X4"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=nZk7mw2b"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=xMH6canQ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=xMH6canQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=hHwddOIt"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=2slgsOyt"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=2slgsOyt" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/nyW6d_DR_Ds" height="1" width="1"/

Felix Batista disappeared December 10 from a restaurant in Mexico -- a case that made international headlines because of its irony. The anti-kidnapping expert was kidnapped, authorities said, and no one has heard from him since.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=hWIvbQEB"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=9AaxIKD0"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=2PHJxc1t"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=2PHJxc1t" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=88IhYLdw"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=vyq4b9le"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=vyq4b9le" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/4RAj7Q88EK0" height="1" width="1"/

Israel will send two envoys to Cairo, Egypt, in the coming days to discuss a Gaza truce plan which is still in its early stages, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=312Dsw4v"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=8Cf1lt99"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=j13vFDHm"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=j13vFDHm" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=13d4v1Q8"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=pHMhyTpV"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=pHMhyTpV" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/R5vc8lz0Luc" height="1" width="1"/

Two days after the suicide of one of Germany's richest men -- who was apparently despondent over financial troubles -- banks agreed to rescue his business holdings, the companies said in a statement.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=6pvRL0VA"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=isJGYebL"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=EiG7fTCU"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=EiG7fTCU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=ZvEpl3AR"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=z2dKOIAd"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=z2dKOIAd" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/SE4A0cZwU44" height="1" width="1"/

Troops in Afghanistan launched raids against militants over the last two days, killing 32 armed insurgents near the nation's capital and six militants in western Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in statements Wednesday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=wIC1teVr"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=JkTqrlTI"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=M0ZKEDLK"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=M0ZKEDLK" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=5vvbUVM6"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=VFBm4Jgp"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=VFBm4Jgp" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/rdsRM84C4n4" height="1" width="1"/

Pakistan's government acknowledged Wednesday that there is a connection between November's attacks in Mumbai, India, and elements inside Pakistan.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=hHKdHQcZ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=pfn7rHd5"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=vkx1eZfO"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=vkx1eZfO" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=Gb5zHKn7"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=npvAyLAc"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=npvAyLAc" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/yiHZja1ru70" height="1" width="1"/

The global economic crisis could lead to a growth in terrorism, the head of Britain's internal security service says.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=uyEVac7M"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=RFdDj3IT"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=bP8Cuas0"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=bP8Cuas0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=aItZApAi"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=9w2V1EPX"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=9w2V1EPX" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/EU4pAh3TuOA" height="1" width="1"/

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has lost his position at the top of football's rich list but David Beckham remains the wealthiest player.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=8IlJNJPQ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=wDLVeLn8"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=dpn8N0g4"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=dpn8N0g4" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=wAdfsbpj"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=Pp5IJmLj"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=Pp5IJmLj" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/XG4Lj7SHg-s" height="1" width="1"/

The chairman of India's fourth-largest software-services provider resigned Wednesday after confessing to inflating the company's profits for years with "fictitious" assets and non-existent cash.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=F81yLGUN"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=18qRTiX2"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=opi7o8ct"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=opi7o8ct" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=DvV1SJTN"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=GImBaPnx"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=GImBaPnx" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/fMTuDfr6GHA" height="1" width="1"/

U.N. officials are "99.9 percent certain" there were no Palestinian militants in or on the grounds of a school that was shelled by Israeli forces, killing more than 40 people, a spokesman said Wednesday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=Q1M5uyFl"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=VTJnK0HT"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=mvJKPnro"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=mvJKPnro" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=P0hGxsw5"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=xA4sPsma"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=xA4sPsma" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/ric6ZsUTK88" height="1" width="1"/

Gas supplies to Europe from Russia remained cut or reduced Wednesday as Russia and Ukraine continued their dispute over the supply of natural gas.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=gGDhqVko"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=Bp8uRnjo"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=mHvBfyQ1"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=mHvBfyQ1" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=V5ndtzQ3"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=UuNTh81g"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=UuNTh81g" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/67TCSbeOOqc" height="1" width="1"/

Israel will halt its bombardment of Gaza for three hours every day to allow residents of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory to obtain much-needed supplies, a military spokesman says.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=8BF4QxP0"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=FZhgqbUj"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=mlO4B4nd"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=mlO4B4nd" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=U5TKkEm6"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=WGwFmeeE"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=WGwFmeeE" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/NocSLRp_oOE" height="1" width="1"/

Two Chinese destroyers and a supply ship were patrolling the waters in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on Wednesday, according to news reports, and at least 15 vessels have requested their protection.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=ABPkXEln"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=cD0Bokq6"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=2WLIn7g0"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=2WLIn7g0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=tI5do9He"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=rDRKLvYg"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=rDRKLvYg" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/uUTSKiytF8o" height="1" width="1"/

Israel said Wednesday it may expel Venezuela's top diplomat from the country in a tit-for-tat gesture after the South American nation ordered the Israeli ambassador to leave over the increasingly bloody ground war in Gaza.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=8kVAydTZ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=MAPlOBWo"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=AUk5m5Xb"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=AUk5m5Xb" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=JHwecCeJ"img sr