The case of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli corporal who has been held by Hamas for over two years, is being debated as Israel goes forward with its action on Gaza.
AP - Palestinian militants sent a deadly barrage of missiles flying deep into Israel on Monday, demonstrating that Hamas still had firepower three days into Israel's punishing air offensive in Gaza.
AP - Hurricane Katrina not only pulverized the Gulf Coast in 2005, it knocked the bully pulpit out from under President George W. Bush, according to two former advisers who spoke candidly about the political impact of the government's poor handling of the natural disaster.
AP - The family of a missing cruise ship passenger said Monday that they suspect the woman "chose an unfortunate ending to her life" and jumped from a cruise ship balcony into the waters off Mexico's coast on Christmas night.
Israel bombed a Hamas government compound early Tuesday, leveling the foreign ministry building and at least two other structures, witnesses and Hamas security sources told CNN. Israel's defense minister says the more than three days of airstrikes are part of "an all-out war" with Hamas.
Days of Israeli attacks on suspected Hamas strongholds in Gaza have triggered protests in more than a dozen countries. In London, dozens of protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy, waving flags and trying to push their way closer to the building, as police tried to hold them back and erect a barricade.
The bodies of six of eight missing snowmobilers have been found, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. Constable Louis Saule said the search for the remaining two snowmobilers would continue near Fernie, British Columbia. An avalanche buried part of the group on Sunday, and a second buried the rest as they tried to assist.