Israeli military chief: Resistance on Gaza flotilla was stronger than expected

Israeli military chief: Resistance on Gaza flotilla was stronger than expected


Israeli military chief: Resistance on Gaza flotilla was stronger than expected

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:56 PM PDT

JERUSALEM -- Israel's military chief on Wednesday told an inquiry into a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that although troops had been trained for a violent confrontation, the military did not anticipate the level of resistance they met and lacked intelligence about the activists on board.


Israel Defense Forces - Government - Gaza - United States - Military


Man dies after falling from ferry

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 01:09 PM PDT

A man has died after falling overboard from a Harris to Skye ferry, Northern Constabulary confirms.


Grenade attack in Rwandan capital

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 01:01 PM PDT

Seven people are wounded in a grenade attack in the Rwandan capital two days after elections, witnesses and officials say.


Zimbabwe sells controversial gems

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:44 PM PDT

About $72m worth of diamonds sold after regulators ease ban on stones from Marange field.


Pakistan Floods: How to Help

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:45 PM PDT

Millions of people have been affected by the worst monsoon floods in Pakistan's history. Here are some organizations that are taking donations for the relief effort.



Pakistan - Flood - Asia - Natural Disasters and Hazards - Earth Sciences


Live text - Murray v Malisse

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:34 PM PDT

Andy Murray takes on Xavier Malisse in the second round of the ATP Rogers Cup in Canada.


Study Looks at Babies Born to Illegal Immigrants

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:30 PM PDT

About 8 percent of the babies born in the United States in 2008 had at least one parent who was an illegal immigrant, according to a nonpartisan study.


Paul Simon’s ‘Capeman’ in Central Park This Weekend

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:35 PM PDT

The Public Theater will present a new version of the 1998 musical, which was a flop. Will it return to Broadway?


Ethiopia eyes end of food aid within five years: PM

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:31 PM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia may not need any food aid within five years thanks to an ambitious development plan that targets a heady average economic growth of 14.9 percent over the period, its prime minister said Wednesday.


Recluse stabbed mother to death

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:26 PM PDT

A plea of diminished responsibility is accepted at the murder trial of a son who killed his mother.


Firms closed in gas investigation

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:32 PM PDT

Businesses in Portstewart and Rasharkin close as part of the Health and Safety Executive investigations into gas safety concerns.


Kuwait to get US Patriot missiles

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:17 PM PDT

The US says it plans to sell Kuwait its latest Patriot anti-ballistic missile to meet "current and future threats".


Brazil will back Iran sanctions

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:13 PM PDT

President Lula da Silva signs decree despite pushing nuclear fuel swap proposal.


Scientists identify new superbug

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 11:59 AM PDT

Heatlh tourism could spread new superbug around the world, researchers say.


Lebanon rejects US aid with ties

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:07 PM PDT

Lebanon's Defence Minister says he will reject US military aid if it comes with a condition that any weapons are not used against Israel.


Grenade blast rocks Rwandan capital

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:45 PM PDT

About 20 people injured in Kigali shortly after president's re-election announced.


Bellamy overlooked for Europa tie

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 11:35 AM PDT

Craig Bellamy's Manchester City future looks increasingly uncertain after he is left out of City's Europa League squad to face Timisoara next week.


Sunderland confirm Mensah return

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 06:14 AM PDT

Sunderland re-sign Lyon centre-half John Mensah on a season-long loan deal.


Tips to avoid faux pas with foreign tourists

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 10:15 AM PDT

Britain's hoteliers, pub landlords and cabbies are getting tips on how to avoid cultural no-nos with the Chinese and faux pas with the French.


Badger cull legal bill of £57,000

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 11:21 AM PDT

The legal cost of the Welsh Assembly Government's fight to challenges to a planned badger cull topped £57,000, it emerges.


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