Upon the launching of the attack on Gaza, Ehud Barak struck the pose of Julius Caesar, who announced with his crossing of the Rubicon that “the die is cast,” and declared “combat has begun.”

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) utterly condemns the mass killing of civilians by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) during its ongoing military operation in the Gaza Strip. The current death toll stands at 983, including at least 673 civilians, of whom approximately 225 are children.

A group of leading international aid agencies today said that more than 200 lives have been lost since the UN passed its binding resolution stipulating an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel which was dismissed by the conflicting parties.

Arish, Egypt— Yesterday, en route to the Rafah border crossing that leads into Gaza, our driver pointed to a long line of trucks laden with goods that are desperately needed in every area of Gaza. "You see," he said, "all of this is to help people."

The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) convened a second round of hearings Monday, January 12, 2009, to determine if the PSC should grant Georgia Power certification to build two new nuclear power generation units at Plant Vogtle in southwest Georgia.

St. Louis – More than 150 union leaders from 31 states gathered in St. Louis last weekend to step up a grassroots campaign to enact comprehensive national healthcare reform. The group is promoting a single-payer plan, which would work like an improved and expanded Medicare program to cover everyone.

The Palestinian People's Party expresses outrage and complete condemnation, at the horrific and inhuman attacks by Israel on Gaza and call upon all the fraternal parties, democratic forces and organizations to take immediate action to condemn Israel’s actions and to call for an immediate end to Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

U.S. corporate media coverage of the Israeli military attacks that have reportedly killed over 900--many of them civilians--since December 27 has overwhelmingly failed to mention that indiscriminate attacks on civilian targets are illegal under international humanitarian law.

China has attracted the attention of the world because of its consistently high economic growth rate and stunning improvements in infrastructure, science and technology and culture.

The House of Representatives moved to help promote equal pay for equal work by passing two bills last week, the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and the Paycheck Fairness Act.

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 12 (acn) US President-elect Barack Obama has reaffirmed his commitment the closing the prison at the US Naval Base his country illegally maintains at Guantánamo Bay, in the southeastern region of the Cuban archipelago.

President-elect Obama's economic recovery package could help create or save between 3 and 4 million jobs in a variety of job markets over the next two years, according to a report authored by Christina Romer, Obama's designee to chair the Council of Economic Advisors, and Jared Bernstein, Vice President-elect Joe Biden's top economic advisor.

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip received on 10 January air-dropped leaflets warning them that the Israeli military was about to step up operations against militant targets there and that they should take necessary precautions.

Over 40 United Socialist Party (PSUV) supporters have been injured by members of the opposition during the swearing in of the newly elected governor of Tachira state, according to national assembly member, Iris Varela.

The UN Security Council decision Friday morning caught Israel when the troika, Olmert, Barak, Livni, was in another squalid fight, this time about whether to continue on to phrase III of the war. Phrase III is the plan to expand the ground operation to take complete control of the entire strip.

Whether global warming is somehow to blame or not, much of the United States is getting walloped this winter. The Seattle area has suffered its most significant and lingering snowfall—and lower than average winter temperatures—in decades.

As the economic crisis drags on, more people in the United States are struggling to get the food they need, turning to food pantries and food stamps for help at a greater rate than at any time in recent history.

Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa described the Cuban Revolution as the most important event of the 20th century, during a keynote speech at the Main Hall of Havana University on Friday night.

Dick Cheney tried to re-write history this week. Surprised? Well, no. But the subject he tried to revise and the way he did it gives a snapshot of the mindset of the ultra right and its disastrous policies.

Employers cut 524,000 jobs in the months of December, the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed Friday, Jan. 9th. Altogether the jobless rate jumped to 7.2 percent, the highest in 16 years.