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Diplomats: Arabs and West agree on Gaza resolution (AP)

08-01-2009 20:15

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, second from left, talks with the American Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, after leaving consultations on the situation in Gaza at United Nations Headquarters, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Key Arab nations and Western powers reached agreement Thursday on a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate and durable cease-fire between Hamas militants and Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and moved for an immediate vote in the Security Council.

UN halts Gaza aid after Israel attack on workers (AP)

08-01-2009 18:39

Palestinian demonstrators use sling-shots to hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah,Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday after a three-hour lull to allow delivery of humanitarian aid, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt. Despite the heavy fighting, strides appeared to be being made on the diplomatic front with the U.S. throwing its weight behind a deal being brokered by France and Egypt. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - The U.N. suspended food deliveries to Gaza and the Red Cross accused Israel of blocking medical assistance after forces fired on aid workers, killing two, as the threat of a wider conflict emerged with Lebanon.

Arabs, West agree on elements of Gaza resolution (AP)

08-01-2009 18:15

In this photo provided by the United Nations, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, center, confers with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, and Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh prior to a meeting of the Group of Arab States to discuss the situation in Gaza Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/UN Photo, Evan Schneider)AP - Key Arab nations and Western powers reached agreement Thursday on key elements of a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate and durable cease-fire between Hamas militants and Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, the head of the Arab League said.

UN curbs Gaza aid after trucks hit by Israeli fire (AP)

08-01-2009 17:44

Palestinian relatives of a father and four of his sons from the Khalout family who were killed in an Israeli army operation, react in the family house during their funeral in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. The U.N. halted deliveries to the Gaza Strip on Thursday after gunfire from an Israeli tank killed an aid truck driver, and the international Red Cross said it would restrict activities after one of its drivers was injured in a similar incident. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - The U.N. suspended aid shipments in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and the Red Cross restricted its convoys after their trucks came under Israeli fire. The threat of a wider conflict arose when militants in Lebanon fired two rockets into northern Israel.

UN: 257 Palestinian children killed in Gaza (AP)

08-01-2009 17:36

In this Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 file photo, Palestinians carry the bodies of three toddlers Ahmed, Mohamed, and Issa Samouni, who according to Palestinian medical sources were killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City. At least 169 children and teens, ages 17 and under, have been killed, and many more wounded since Dec. 27, according to Palestinian medics and human rights researchers. In the ongoing chaos, with medics still unable to retrieve all bodies and some of the dead disfigured, exact figures are not yet available. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)AP - Tiny bodies lying side by side wrapped in white burial shrouds. The cherubic face of a dead preschooler sticking up from the rubble of her home. A man cradling a wounded boy in a chaotic emergency room after Israel shelled a U.N. school.

Strong earthquake rocks Costa Rica, 1 killed (AP)

08-01-2009 17:06

A seismologist points to a graphic showing an earthquake. Two children died when a strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked central Costa Rica Thursday, causing panic and widespread damage as residents fled from shaking buildings.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AP - A strong earthquake shook Costa Rica on Thursday, killing a child and sending frightened residents running into the streets of the capital as windows shattered and walls cracked.

UN truck comes under deadly fire in Gaza (AP)

08-01-2009 16:19

Fire and smoke is seen from Israeli miltary operations in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, ripping through a crowded nursing home and threatening to open a new front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with a bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed nearly 700 people. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)AP - The U.N. suspended aid shipments in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and the Red Cross restricted its convoys after their trucks came under Israeli fire. The threat of a wider conflict arose when militants in Lebanon fired two rockets into northern Israel.

Strong earthquake rocks Costa Rica (AP)

08-01-2009 16:05

A seismologist points to a graphic showing an earthquake. A strong earthquake shook Costa Rica Thursday, which the US Geological Survey said measured 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale, cutting off electricity in the capital and causing residents to run out of buildings.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AP - A strong earthquake shook Costa Rica on Thursday, shattering windows, cracking walls and sending frightened residents running into the streets of the capital.

Strong earthquake shakes Costa Rica (AP)

08-01-2009 15:18

A seismologist points to a graphic showing an earthquake. A strong earthquake shook Costa Rica Thursday, which the US Geological Survey said measured 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale, cutting off electricity in the capital and causing residents to run out of buildings.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AP - A strong earthquake shook the Costa Rican capital of San Jose Thursday afternoon, sending frightened residents running into streets.

UN, Red Cross curtail Gaza aid, criticize Israel (AP)

08-01-2009 14:28

Fire and smoke is seen from Israeli miltary operations in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, ripping through a crowded nursing home and threatening to open a new front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with a bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed nearly 700 people. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)AP - The U.N. and the Red Cross curtailed aid shipments in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after accusing Israeli forces of firing on their drivers, killing one. The threat of a wider conflict arose when militants in Lebanon fired two rockets into northern Israel.

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