Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a visit to the White House in the wake of the Gaza flotilla raid, in which Israeli forces killed at least 10 while preventing humanitarian ships from breaching Israel's blockade of Gaza.
The deadly operation on a flotilla trying to break a blockade of Gaza introduced a new strain into already tense relations between the United States and Israel.
Officials believe that Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, a top financial chief for Al Qaeda as well as one of the group’s founders, was killed in a U.S. attack in Pakistan.
AP - Israeli commandos rappelled down to an aid flotilla sailing to thwart a Gaza blockade on Monday, clashing with pro-Palestinian activists on the lead ship in a botched raid that left at least nine passengers dead.
AP - The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hitting a target the size of a dinner plate with a drill more than two miles into the earth, and is anything but a sure bet on the first attempt.
AP - In what could be one of the hardest blows to al-Qaida since the U.S. campaign against the terrorist organization began, the group's No. 3, Sheikh Sa'id al-Masri, is believed to be dead, killed by a U.S. Predator drone strike, a U.S. official said Monday.
Israeli naval commandos intercepted a flotilla of ships bound for Gaza this morning, killing at least 10 of the pro-Palestinian activists onboard. The ships were carrying humanitarian supplies to help residents in Gaza, which has been under an Israeli blockade for years. The flotilla was organized by the Free Gaza Movement, an international coalition of pro-Palestinian activists, and a Turkish charity. The Israeli navy confronted the convoy of ships in darkness, warning them to turn back. They refused. Speedboats raced alongside, naval commandos dropped from helicopters and Israeli soldiers and passengers scuffled.
An African warlord has moved to block supermodel Naomi Campbell from testifying about "blood diamonds" that she allegedly received from him. On Monday, defense lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who is on trial for war crimes in an international court, filed papers opposing the prosecution's request to subpoena Campbell to force her to testify about allegedly receiving a handful of uncut stones from representatives of Taylor after meeting Taylor during a 1997 trip to South Africa. Prosecutors say Taylor used uncut "blood diamonds" to buy weapons and fuel a bloody insurgency in Sierra Leone that cost thousands of lives.
As some world leaders came out against an Israeli raid on a flotilla carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza, so did protesters in various cities around the world.
Rep. Edward Markey challenged the assertion by oil giant BP's chief executive that no underwater oil plumes have formed because of the Gulf of Mexico spill.
After 41 years in business, the Schaefer family have pretty much seen it all. Good times when business was booming, and tougher years that brought Hurricanes like Katrina and Ike. Now, a man-made oil disaster is trying the Gulf Coast, and the Schaefer family is in crisis mode -- again.
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