China has released a blacklist of 19 major online portals and Web sites, including Google and Baidu, that it claims provide and spread pornographic or obscene content, state media reported. more...
As the Israeli military surrounded densely populated Gaza City on Tuesday, it says it has killed 130 Hamas fighters since beginning a ground offensive over the weekend. more...
Toyota announced Tuesday it will idle all 12 of its wholly owned factories in Japan for an extra 11 days in response to the slumping auto market. more...
Children in Gaza and Israel say they are frightened, having witnessed terrible images of tragedy during the conflict. Psychiatrists worry that the violence will sow the seeds for future violence. more...
U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday will designate nine sites in three areas of the central Pacific as marine national monuments, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Monday. more...
European Union delegations aimed at defusing tensions and re-establishing a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza poured into the region Monday. more...
Hundreds of people in southern Afghanistan have burned Israeli flags and shouted anti-Israel and anti-American slogans to protest Israel's military action in Gaza, according to eyewitness accounts from a CNN stringer. more...
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama launched his campaign for a massive package of tax cuts and spending proposals aimed at reviving an economy mired in recession. more...
Despite a bleak economic environment featuring wide-ranging layoffs and rising unemployment, the nation's premier law enforcement agency is touting "one of the largest hiring blitzes in our 100-year history." more...
As Apple enthusiasts speculate over why pancreatic cancer survivor Steve Jobs won't appear at Macworld Conference & Expo this year, the CEO asks them to think differently about his health. more...
