The UN headquarters in Gaza was struck by Israeli fire. Fissures are emerging among Israeli civilian and military leaders over how and when to end the campaign.
The announcement came about 12 hours after Israel declared its own cease-fire. Militants said that they would give Israeli troops a week to leave Gaza.
Americans are confident Barack Obama can turn the economy around but are prepared to give him years to do so, according to the latest Times/CBS News poll.
AP - Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns on Sunday, somberly pausing to honor America's war heroes in the midst of a mostly festive weekend prelude to taking on the presidency.
AP - The airliner that was piloted to a safe emergency landing in the Hudson River was hoisted from the ice-laden current and placed on a barge, and its two "black box" data recorders were sent to investigators in Washington.
Mary Dowden, 80, is the granddaughter of a slave. She was afraid to vote for Barack Obama because "I didn't want nobody to kill him." Now, she oozes with pride. She says Obama has already brought change to her parts of Mississippi. "Right now, I think the white and black is coming together."
Palestinian militants agreed today to a one-week cease-fire against Israel, Hamas spokesman Ayman Taha said, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced a unilateral cease-fire in the country's assault on Hamas in Gaza. The Palestinians demand that Israel remove all troops from Gaza, said Taha, in Cairo, Egypt.
The wreckage of US Airways Flight 1549 was successfully lifted from the Hudson River late Saturday, following several hours of work by crews in frigid conditions. The flight data and cockpit voice recorders, both critical to determining exactly what happened during the brief flight Thursday, remained on the aircraft.
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