Top stories http://newshourly.net/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:56:52 +0100 http://newshourly.net/news_558288.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/wl_asia_afp/bangladeshvote_newsmlmmd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090106/capt.photo_1231261639766-6-0.jpg?x=108&y=130&q=85&sig=REdQCIiWwuxUu4qfvp5_MQ--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="Sheikh Hasina Wajed was sworn in for her second spell as Bangladesh's prime minister, restoring democracy to the impoverished country after almost two years of rule by an army-backed regime.(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sheikh Hasina Wajed was sworn in for her second spell as Bangladesh's prime minister Tuesday, restoring democracy to the impoverished country after almost two years of rule by an army-backed regime.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/wl_asia_afp/bangladeshvote_newsmlmmd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090106/capt.photo_1231261639766-6-0.jpg?x=108&y=130&q=85&sig=REdQCIiWwuxUu4qfvp5_MQ--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="Sheikh Hasina Wajed was sworn in for her second spell as Bangladesh's prime minister, restoring democracy to the impoverished country after almost two years of rule by an army-backed regime.(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sheikh Hasina Wajed was sworn in for her second spell as Bangladesh's prime minister Tuesday, restoring democracy to the impoverished country after almost two years of rule by an army-backed regime.</p><br clear="all"/> wiadomosci_en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:49:01 +0100 http://newshourly.net/news_558288.html http://newshourly.net/news_558289.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_en_tv/people_swayze_walters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.df7660500a65440e9ab886421db61020.people_swayze_walters_nyet671.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=W0yesUFdJda81QqJQNGhRw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this image released by ABC, Barbara Walters, right, poses with actor Patrick Swayze at his California ranch on Dec. 6, 2008. In his first television interview since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Swayze and his wife Lisa Niemi speak to Barbara Walters in 'Barbara Walters Special-Patrick Swayze: The Truth', airing Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, at 10:00 p.m. EDT. (AP Photo/ABC, Ron Tom)" border="0" /></a>AP - Patrick Swayze says his yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer put him "through hell" while he pushed ahead on his new TV series.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_en_tv/people_swayze_walters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.df7660500a65440e9ab886421db61020.people_swayze_walters_nyet671.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=W0yesUFdJda81QqJQNGhRw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this image released by ABC, Barbara Walters, right, poses with actor Patrick Swayze at his California ranch on Dec. 6, 2008. In his first television interview since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Swayze and his wife Lisa Niemi speak to Barbara Walters in 'Barbara Walters Special-Patrick Swayze: The Truth', airing Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, at 10:00 p.m. EDT. (AP Photo/ABC, Ron Tom)" border="0" /></a>AP - Patrick Swayze says his yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer put him "through hell" while he pushed ahead on his new TV series.</p><br clear="all"/> wiadomosci_en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:49:01 +0100 http://newshourly.net/news_558289.html http://newshourly.net/news_558290.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_go_co/senate_burris"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.f62d2e27a9c34dc88779b042f1024949.aptopix_senate_burris_dcsw106.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=EOfTgDOs0AACL3Ws79VRPg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Illinois U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris makes a statement after departing Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats' opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply the legal thing to do. Democratic leaders, set to meet with Burris on Wednesday, were searching for a way to defuse the dispute before it further overshadows the 111th Congress.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_go_co/senate_burris"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.f62d2e27a9c34dc88779b042f1024949.aptopix_senate_burris_dcsw106.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=EOfTgDOs0AACL3Ws79VRPg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Illinois U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris makes a statement after departing Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats' opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply the legal thing to do. Democratic leaders, set to meet with Burris on Wednesday, were searching for a way to defuse the dispute before it further overshadows the 111th Congress.</p><br clear="all"/> wiadomosci_en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:49:01 +0100 http://newshourly.net/news_558290.html http://newshourly.net/news_558271.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_sc/eu7_natural_wonders"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.a9ec20a078c04c1887b3c164869a02ca.7_natural_wonders_won502.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=Tn6fJ7DGfmLlD8Yc9ij0cg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="In this March 6, 2008 file picture, tourists get their picture taken at the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon, Loch Ness and Niagara Falls are among over 200 natural sites competing to become the New 7 Wonders of Nature in a global poll that is expected to draw around a billion voters, organizers said Wednesday, Jan 7, 2009. The 261 nominees from 222 countries around the world include some of the most famous mountain peaks, lakes, national parks or reefs, such as Mount Everst or the Great Barrier Reef. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Meyers)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organizers said Wednesday. The 261 nominees from 222 countries include some of the most famous mountain peaks, lakes, and other attractions, such as the Great Barrier Reef and Niagara Falls.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_sc/eu7_natural_wonders"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.a9ec20a078c04c1887b3c164869a02ca.7_natural_wonders_won502.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=Tn6fJ7DGfmLlD8Yc9ij0cg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="In this March 6, 2008 file picture, tourists get their picture taken at the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon, Loch Ness and Niagara Falls are among over 200 natural sites competing to become the New 7 Wonders of Nature in a global poll that is expected to draw around a billion voters, organizers said Wednesday, Jan 7, 2009. The 261 nominees from 222 countries around the world include some of the most famous mountain peaks, lakes, national parks or reefs, such as Mount Everst or the Great Barrier Reef. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Meyers)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organizers said Wednesday. The 261 nominees from 222 countries include some of the most famous mountain peaks, lakes, and other attractions, such as the Great Barrier Reef and Niagara Falls.</p><br clear="all"/> wiadomosci_en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:16:01 +0100 http://newshourly.net/news_558271.html http://newshourly.net/news_558272.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_re_us/hadley_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.14b164ccc79f4a3abab7d196a7c7dd98.hadley_interview_whmc101.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=KflMN.wEIjCCXENKovdxHQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in his office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - President George W. Bush's national security adviser said Tuesday that Iran is the biggest challenge President-elect Barack Obama will face in the Middle East and that more sanctions will be needed to force Tehran to forgo its nuclear ambitions and support for extremists.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_re_us/hadley_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.14b164ccc79f4a3abab7d196a7c7dd98.hadley_interview_whmc101.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=KflMN.wEIjCCXENKovdxHQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in his office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - President George W. Bush's national security adviser said Tuesday that Iran is the biggest challenge President-elect Barack Obama will face in the Middle East and that more sanctions will be needed to force Tehran to forgo its nuclear ambitions and support for extremists.</p><br clear="all"/> wiadomosci_en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:16:01 +0100 http://newshourly.net/news_558272.html http://newshourly.net/news_558273.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_go_co/senate_burris"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.f62d2e27a9c34dc88779b042f1024949.aptopix_senate_burris_dcsw106.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=EOfTgDOs0AACL3Ws79VRPg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Illinois U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris makes a statement after departing Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats' opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply the legal thing to do.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_go_co/senate_burris"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.f62d2e27a9c34dc88779b042f1024949.aptopix_senate_burris_dcsw106.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=EOfTgDOs0AACL3Ws79VRPg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Illinois U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris makes a statement after departing Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats' opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply the legal thing to do.</p><br clear="all"/> wiadomosci_en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:16:01 +0100 http://newshourly.net/news_558273.html http://newshourly.net/news_558274.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.8e49ad4735354361a9118705b1fd3af8.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl164.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=at7wDlKPpQjrBKHPpZbBFA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a street near a U.N. school, after an Israeli attack killed dozens of Palestinians, in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. An Israeli bombardment struck outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge on Tuesday, the U.N. and Palestinian medics said, killing at least 30 people, many of them children whose parents wailed in grief at a hospital filled with dead and wounded. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>AP - France and Egypt announced an initiative to stop the fighting in Gaza late Tuesday, hours after Israeli mortar shells exploded near a U.N. school sheltering hundreds of people displaced by the onslaught on Hamas militants. At least 30 Palestinians died, staining streets with blood.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.8e49ad4735354361a9118705b1fd3af8.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl164.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=at7wDlKPpQjrBKHPpZbBFA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a street near a U.N. school, after an Israeli attack killed dozens of Palestinians, in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. An Israeli bombardment struck outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge on Tuesday, the U.N. and Palestinian medics said, killing at least 30 people, many of them children whose parents wailed in grief at a hospital filled with dead and wounded. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>AP - France and Egypt announced an initiative to stop the fighting in Gaza late Tuesday, hours after Israeli mortar shells exploded near a U.N. school sheltering hundreds of people displaced by the onslaught on Hamas militants. At least 30 Palestinians died, staining streets with blood.</p><br clear="all"/> wiadomosci_en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:16:01 +0100 http://newshourly.net/news_558274.html http://newshourly.net/news_558241.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/bs_afp/russiaukraineeuenergygasnaftogaz_newsmlmmd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090106/capt.photo_1231265264717-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2zlflOcvJAHw4RqnwI54kQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A local worker controls a gas valve and the gas pressure at the gas-main center of FGSZ Natural Gas Transmission Closed Company Limited, in Vecses, more than 20 kms to Budapest. Gas shortages spread across Europe as far west as France and Italy on Tuesday as cuts in Russian supplies through Ukrainian pipelines escalated an increasingly bitter crisis in the depths of winter.(AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Gas shortages spread across Europe reaching France and Italy on Tuesday as cuts in Russian supplies through Ukrainian pipelines escalated an increasingly bitter crisis in the depths of winter.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/bs_afp/russiaukraineeuenergygasnaftogaz_newsmlmmd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090106/capt.photo_1231265264717-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2zlflOcvJAHw4RqnwI54kQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A local worker controls a gas valve and the gas pressure at the gas-main center of FGSZ Natural Gas Transmission Closed Company Limited, in Vecses, more than 20 kms to Budapest. Gas shortages spread across Europe as far west as France and Italy on Tuesday as cuts in Russian supplies through Ukrainian pipelines escalated an increasingly bitter crisis in the depths of winter.(AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Gas shortages spread across Europe reaching France and Italy on Tuesday as cuts in Russian supplies through Ukrainian pipelines escalated an increasingly bitter crisis in the depths of winter.</p><br clear="all"/> wiadomosci_en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:40:02 +0100 http://newshourly.net/news_558241.html http://newshourly.net/news_558242.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/wl_afp/mideastconflictgazaclashes_newsmlmmd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090107/capt.photo_1231270099124-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=oWr9g4KNvFGJ5M1yWrcSBg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A general view shows the destroyed Palestinian security Saraya compound following an Israeli air strike on Gaza City overnight. Israeli tanks and troops blazed into towns across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday striking Hamas targets, but hits on three UN-run schools killed at least 48 people and sparked urgent new ceasefire calls.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Israeli forces blazed into towns across Gaza on Tuesday striking Hamas targets and also hitting three UN-run schools in attacks that killed at least 48 people and sparked urgent new ceasefire calls.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/wl_afp/mideastconflictgazaclashes_newsmlmmd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090107/capt.photo_1231270099124-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=oWr9g4KNvFGJ5M1yWrcSBg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A general view shows the destroyed Palestinian security Saraya compound following an Israeli air strike on Gaza City overnight. Israeli tanks and troops blazed into towns across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday striking Hamas targets, but hits on three UN-run schools killed at least 48 people and sparked urgent new ceasefire calls.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Israeli forces blazed into towns across Gaza on Tuesday striking Hamas targets and also hitting three UN-run schools in attacks that killed at least 48 people and sparked urgent new ceasefire calls.</p><br clear="all"/> wiadomosci_en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:40:02 +0100 http://newshourly.net/news_558242.html http://newshourly.net/news_558243.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090107/ts_nm/us_palestinians_israel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090107/2009_01_06t103429_306x450_us_palestinians_israel.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=9Djzh_Ak1kXzL8woxD.pfA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="A Palestinian boy, who fled his house with his family during Israel's offensive, stands at a United Nations school in Gaza January 6, 2009. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Israel and Hamas studied a proposal by Egypt for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday that won immediate backing from the United States and Europe, hours after Israeli shells killed 42 Palestinians at a U.N. school.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090107/ts_nm/us_palestinians_israel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090107/2009_01_06t103429_306x450_us_palestinians_israel.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=9Djzh_Ak1kXzL8woxD.pfA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="A Palestinian boy, who fled his house with his family during Israel's offensive, stands at a United Nations school in Gaza January 6, 2009. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Israel and Hamas studied a proposal by Egypt for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday that won immediate backing from the United States and Europe, hours after Israeli shells killed 42 Palestinians at a U.N. school.</p><br clear="all"/> wiadomosci_en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:40:02 +0100 http://newshourly.net/news_558243.html