Can Egypt broker truce in Gaza once again? - Christian Science Monitor

Correspondent Josh Mitnick discusses where the Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza could be headed. Tel Aviv - Israel held its fire on Hamas for three hours Wednesday afternoon, allowing strained Gazans to restock food and medical supplies, to ease a ...

Power lunch: Bush, Obama and 3 ex-presidents meet at White House - KVUE

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all U.S. presidents as an extraordinary event on Wednesday as the current occupant, President George W. Bush, reminded his predecessors and successor that the office ...

Bountiful polygamist arrested - Toronto Sun

VANCOUVER — Two top leaders of the controversial polygamous sect in Bountiful, B.C., have been arrested and charged with practising polygamy. B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal confirmed that Winston Blackmore and James Oler were arrested Wednesday ...

Burn victim begins home schooling - Minneapolis Star Tribune

A Sauk Rapids teenager critically burned bonfire accident nearly nine months ago took another step forward in her long recovery Wednesday as she began taking home school classes, according to her aunt Jamie Jo Conway, who posted an update on Taylor ...

Stranger brings hope to swamp - Fiji Times

Shyan Lata and Amit Krishna with school books at their home in Vatuwaqa yesterday. Picture: SITIVENI MOCE AMIDST the stench of the swamp, in a house patched with pieces of timber and iron, two children gleefully showed off their school books as if ...