With every image of the dead inflaming the Arab world, officials in Egypt and Jordan are worried that the so-called two-state solution is slipping away.
Barack Obama is drawing on techniques from his campaign and lessons from predecessors as he seeks to shape public attitudes about the economic downturn.
AP - Israeli ground forces made their deepest foray yet Sunday into Gaza's most populated area, with tanks rolling into residential neighborhoods and infantry fighting urban warfare in streets and buildings with Hamas militants who kept up their rocketing of southern Israel.
AP - Human Rights Watch said Sunday that Israel's military has fired artillery shells with the incendiary agent white phosphorus into Gaza and a doctor there said the chemical was suspected in the case of 10 burn victims who had skin peeling off their faces and bodies.
AP - Senate Democratic leaders said a vote could come as early as this week on providing a second $350 billion for the financial industry, after assurances Sunday by President-elect Barack Obama and one of his top economic advisers that the money would be better monitored and spent.
"Slumdog Millionaire" won the Golden Globe for best drama Sunday night. Kate Winslet surprised many -- most notably herself -- by winning two Golden Globes Sunday night, one for best actress in a drama for her performance in "Revolutionary Road," and the other for best supporting actress for her turn in "The Reader."
President-elect Barack Obama said today the suffering on both sides of Gaza's borders has led him to ramp up his commitment to working for a peace deal in the Middle East. "What I am doing right now is putting together the team so that on January 20th, starting on day one, we have the best possible people who are going to be immediately engaged in the Middle East peace process as a whole," Obama said.