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Palestinian Christians live in constant fear Print E-mail
Wednesday, 20 February 2008

Father Raymond J. De Souza,  National Post  Published: Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Abid Katib, Getty Images

JERUSALEM -Here with an item from last week's news that you might not have heard about: Unidentified gunmen blew up the YMCA library in the Gaza Strip on Friday morning. While no one was hurt, two guards were temporarily kidnapped while the offices were looted, a vehicle stolen and all 8,000 books destroyed. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, although Fatah accused Hamas of being behind it. Hamas, for its part, strongly denied any responsibility and condemned the attack. Meanwhile, confidential sources in Gaza told the Jerusalem Post that the attack was in response to the reprinting of the Muhammad cartoons in Danish newspapers last week.



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Quake hits near Indonesia's Aceh, at least 3 dead Print E-mail
Wednesday, 20 February 2008

Wed Feb 20, 7:43 AM ET

A 7.5 magnitude quake struck off Indonesia's Aceh province on Wednesday killing at least three people and damaging buildings on the nearby island of Simeulue, a local official said.



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Sadr ceasefire in Iraq may not be renewed: clerics Print E-mail
Wednesday, 20 February 2008

2008-02-20

The six-month ceasefire order given by Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to his Mahdi Army militia may not be renewed, his aides warned on Wednesday three days before the "freeze" expires.



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Pakistan president won't step down Print E-mail
Wednesday, 20 February 2008

By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer 2008-02-20

Pakistan's president will not step down as head of state and intends to serve out his five-year term, his spokesman said, despite a sweeping victory by his opponents in an election that President Bush on Wednesday judged to be fair.



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Tornado Outbreak Toll Rises to 57 Print E-mail
Monday, 18 February 2008

AP

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A man has died in Tennessee of injuries suffered in a
deadly tornado outbreak earlier this month. That brings the death toll
across the South to 57.



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