Tuesday, November 27, 2012
CAIRO, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Egyptian officials met separately with Israeli and Hamas officials Tuesday in Cairo to discuss the cease-fire in Gaza. Discussions focused on easing the blockade imposed on Gaza and reopening border crossings between Gaza and Israel, Ahram Online said. Egyptian officials... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Quake jolts China; no casualties reported
BEIJING, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China and caused some damage Monday, officials said. No casualties were reported. Local officials said the earthquake damaged some houses in the Mongolian prefecture of Bayingolin, Xinhua... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Larry Hagman, TV's J.R. Ewing, dies
DALLAS, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Larry Hagman, the actor who became one of TV's favorite villains as J.R. Ewing in "Dallas," died Friday at a Dallas hospital, family members said. Hagman, 81, was in the city to film a new version of "Dallas" for TNT, The Dallas Morning News reported. His family said he had... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Workplace chemicals up breast cancer risk
STIRLING, Scotland, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- U.S., Canadian, British and Scottish researchers said there was a link between breast cancer in women who work in jobs exposed to a "toxic soup" of chemicals. The study involved 1,005 women with breast cancer and 1,147 without the disease and found women who... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Cairo announces Israel, Hamas truce
JERUSALEM, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Israel must use the cease-fire ending eight days of hostilities with Hamas to achieve a long term truce, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. At a joint press conference in Jerusalem with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman,... Sign in to see full entry.