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EGYPT last night accused Hamas of refusing to allow hundreds of Palestinians wounded by Israeli airstrikes to leave the Gaza Strip fortreatment, with dozens of empty ambulances waiting on theborder. Hamas said it was drawing up lists of the wounded but it was proving difficult to transport them to the border because of the seriousness of their injuries and ongoing Israeli strikes. More than 280 Palestinians have been killed and 800 wounded since Israel began hammering the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Saturday, but no wounded have yet left via Rafah, the Hamas-ruled territory’s only Arab border crossing. "No one has come in — we don’t know why they’re…

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AP - Israel widened its deadliest-ever air offensive against Gaza’s Hamas rulers Sunday, pounding smuggling tunnels and a central prison, sending more tanks and artillery toward the Gaza border and approving a reserves callup for a possible ground invasion.

Reuters - An Iraqi court on Sunday opened a new trial against Tareq Aziz and the man known as ‘Chemical Ali,’ right-hand men to Saddam Hussein, on charges of crushing opposition from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s Dawa party.

AP - Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door.

CHICAGO (AFP) - The potential collapse of the Detroit Three carmakers capped a turbulent year in the global automotive industry in which worldwide sales crashed and iconic brands swapped hands.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Time is running out for Russia and Ukraine to reach a last minute deal by midnight at New Year to prevent a Russian cut of gas deliveries to its neighbour and a possible bitter diplomatic conflict.