Pakistan Valley falls to Taliban

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Sponsored Link --> http://www.TechHairBall.com Sponsored Link --> http://www.BlogOnIndia.com     Yahoo! News | My Alerts | Edit Alert Monday, December 29, 2008 10:03 PM PST Today's World News: Defiant Hamas hits Israel with dozens of rockets Israeli airstrikes kill dozens of Gaza civilians Police: 7 bodies recovered in Canada avalanches Analysis: Israel keeps objectives vague Scenic Pakistani valley falls to Taliban militants Doctors could get Internet post reviews: minister UN official says Israel attacked during lull Mexicans return home for migrant truck parade Coup leaders seize cars from regime loyalist Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina gets landslide Bangladesh win Japanese whalers disrupted by high seas pursuit: activists Defiant Hamas hits Israel with dozens of rockets Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:24 pm PST AP - Palestinian militants sent a deadly barrage of missiles flying deep into Israel on Monday, demonstrating that Hamas still had firepower three days into Israel's punishing air offensive in Gaza. Full Story Top Israeli airstrikes kill dozens of Gaza civilians Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:51 pm PST AP - Israel's three-day aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip has killed dozens of civilians, along with Hamas fighters, and has paralyzed life in a territory already battered by blackouts and supply shortages during 18 months of border closures. Full Story Top Police: 7 bodies recovered in Canada avalanches Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:22 pm PST AP - Search teams recovered the bodies of seven snowmobilers Monday, a day after they were swept away by avalanches in western Canada's backcountry, police said. An eighth man was missing and believed dead. Full Story Top Analysis: Israel keeps objectives vague Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:09 pm PST AP - Israel has dropped tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip in an unprecedented show of force to make Hamas stop rocket attacks, but it has not said it will try to topple the Islamic militants who have ruled the territory for 18 months. Full Story Top Scenic Pakistani valley falls to Taliban militants Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:45 pm PST AP - Taliban militants are beheading and burning their way through Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, and residents say the insurgents now control most of the mountainous region outside the lawless tribal areas where jihadists thrive. Full Story Top Doctors could get Internet post reviews: minister Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:40 pm PST AFP - Patients could soon rate their doctors by posting reviews on an official health service website, Health Minister Ben Bradshaw said in comments published Tuesday. Full Story Top UN official says Israel attacked during lull Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:35 pm PST AP - Palestinians in Gaza believed Israel had called a 48-hour "lull" in retaliatory attacks with Hamas when Israeli warplanes launched a massive bombardment of militant installations in the Gaza Strip, a U.N. official said Monday. Full Story Top Mexicans return home for migrant truck parade Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:22 pm PST AP - Organizers of central Mexico's annual parade of tricked-out "trocas," or trucks, say more migrants are returning to their homeland, and many are planning to stay for a while. Full Story Top Coup leaders seize cars from regime loyalist Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:54 pm PST AP - Dozens of soldiers supporting last week's coup in Guinea forced their way into the compound of a close confidant of the country's late dictator Monday, the official said, in a show of force against a powerful figure in the previous regime. Full Story Top Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina gets landslide Bangladesh win Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:53 pm PST AFP - Bangladesh's former premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed won the country's first election since 2001 in a landslide Tuesday, crushing her bitter rival to retake power in the impoverished south Asian nation. Full Story Top Japanese whalers disrupted by high seas pursuit: activists Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:07 pm PST AFP - Militant environmental campaigners said Monday they had prevented Japanese whalers harpooning any of the giant sea mammals for nine days by engaging them in a 1,000 nautical mile high seas pursuit. Full Story Top

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