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Page last updated at 09:05 GMT, Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Palestinian firemen inspect buildings destroyed during an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on 30 December 2008
Israelis ponder ceasefire calls
The Israeli cabinet discusses international calls for a halt to air raids on Gaza in order to bring in humanitarian aid, as firing from both sides continues.
Leaders 'split on truce call'
Taking cover on Sderot front line
Long wait at Rafah crossing
Palestinians struggle on
Jeremy Bowen: Battle lines
Aid worker diary: Part three

Muchdi Purwoprandjono during his trial in Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesian spy freed over killing
An Indonesian court acquits a retired deputy intelligence chief of ordering the murder of a leading rights campaigner.

Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris (L) with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Obama rejects Senate replacement
Barack Obama says Democratic senators should reject the man the scandal-hit Illinois governor wants to send to the US Senate.


VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
Russia's Koryakski volcano Russia's Koryakski volcano erupts

Alligator subdued at scout campsite
Palestinian victim crosses into Egypt Injured Gaza victims cross into Egypt

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Irish No camp celebrating referendum win, 13 June 08 Mardell's Europe
No to Lisbon Treaty clouded EU's successes in 2008
Yves St Laurent, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and Joerg Haider Not forgotten
Stylish, serious and notorious - those we lost in 2008
Zimbabweans chant slogans praising Mr Mugabe Harare diary
A look back at the lows and highs of 2008 in Zimbabwe

AROUND THE WORLD NOW

AFRICA
Ghana knife-edge result delayed
AMERICAS
Mood amongst US consumers worsens
ASIA-PACIFIC
Australia signs Iraq troop deal

EUROPE
New Belgian leader takes office
MIDDLE EAST
Iraq shoe thrower trial postponed
SOUTH ASIA
'Militants die' in Afghan attacks

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BUSINESS
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HEALTH
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SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT
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ENTERTAINMENT
Pratchett leads showbiz honours
TECHNOLOGY
Crime to boom as downturn blooms


FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Cygnus (Orbital Sciences Corporation) Space market
Nasa aims to create competition for re-supplying the ISS
A man looks at logo of Slovakia's euro coin Eurozone virgin
Slovakia sees euro as a vital shield in times of turmoil
Rebecca Adlington, Barack Obama They said it...
Quotes of the year from the good, and the not-so-good

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Grim details of Columbia disaster
Sick Yukos official freed on bail
Vegetable oil tested on NZ flight
Hasina urges rival to accept poll
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Screen-grab of unearthed 'olive jar', Buenos Aires, Argentina, 30 December 2008 Argentine builders strike oil - olive oil, that is - in a Spanish galleon

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SPORT HEADLINES
Chris Hoy's knighthood heads the sporting honours list Hoy knighted in New Year honours

Smith savours 'greatest moment'
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Destruction in Gaza Are the Israeli strikes on Gaza justified?


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