Fighting continues as Israel considers peace plan
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:32:12 GMT
 AP - Plumes of smoke engulfed a neighborhood east of Gaza City on Wednesday as Israel's leaders considered a peace plan put forth by France and Egypt on the 12th day of their campaign to stop rocket fire into Israel.
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Democratic opposition to seating Burris cracks
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:56:40 GMT
 AP - Senate Democrats are looking for ways to defuse the standoff that has denied Roland Burris the vacated Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama of Illinois, but maybe not much longer.
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Ukraine: Russia stops sending gas to Europe
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:42:07 GMT
 AP - Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that Russia had cut off all gas supplies through pipelines crossing Ukrainian territory, the latest move in a devastating pricing dispute between the two neighbors that has already left a number of countries without gas.
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New Congress opens pledging to rescue economy
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:29:03 GMT
 AP - The Capitol rang loud with vows to fix the crisis-ridden economy Tuesday as Congress opened for business at the dawn of a new Democratic era. "We need action and we need action now," said Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Republicans agreed, and pledged cooperation in Congress as well as with President-elect Barack Obama — to a point.
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