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Palestinian boys inspect the rubble at a building following Israeli forces' operations in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. Israeli forces edged closer to Gaza's major population centers on Tuesday and attacked new targets, including a U.N. school, taking more civilian lives after ignoring mounting international calls for an immediate cease-fire. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)AP - An Israeli bombardment struck outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge on Tuesday, the U.N. and Palestinian medics said, killing at least 30 people — many of them children whose parents wailed in grief at a hospital filled with dead and wounded.



Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, adjusts his hair during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, unseen, at the presidential palace in Kabul Afghanistan on Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - India's prime minister said Tuesday that Pakistani authorities "must have had" a hand in the Mumbai siege, a remark dismissed by Pakistan as propaganda that could undermine efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice.



An employee of the Hungarian Mol Natural Gas Transporting Corp. checks the pressure in the pipeline forwarding Russian natural gas from Ukraine at the gas receiving station in Vecses (27 km/16 miles east of Budapest), Hungary, Tuesday, Jan. 6. 2009.  Ukraine and Russia will hold new talks to end their bitter natural gas dispute that has cut off Russian gas to six other countries, the head of Ukraine's gas company said Tuesday, as officials in eastern Europe warned of a looming emergency.(AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - The Russia-Ukraine natural gas dispute hit Europe with the force of a winter storm Tuesday, cutting or limiting supplies to nearly a dozen nations. Tens of thousands of people were left without heat and governments scrambled to find alternate energy sources.



AP - Government officials and Jewish leaders are concerned the conflict in Gaza may spill over into violence in Europe, with attacks reported against Jews and synagogues in France, Sweden and Britain.

UN envoy to Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdullah said in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009 that the U.N. plans to move its Kenya-based operations to neighboring Somalia but he gave no time frame. He says the move could involve creating a Baghdad-style 'Green Zone.' The U.N. envoy to Somalia says the organization cannot effectively help Somalia overcome almost 20 years of conflict, hunger and disease without having a proper base in the country.  (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)AP - Three masked gunmen fatally shot a Somali aid worker Tuesday, as the U.N. envoy to Somalia said the United Nations should create a Baghdad-style Green Zone in the African country so he can base all his aid workers there.



In this file photo dated Aug. 31, 2007, Britain's Prince Charles, left, Prince Harry, center, and Prince William, right, arrive for the Memorial Service for Diana, Princess of Wales at the Guards' Chapel in central London. Princes William and Harry said Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009 they have been granted their own royal 'household' by their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. The household the two princes will share will have three main staff members, supported by a 'small' team. (AP Photo/Leon Neal, Pool-File)AP - Princes William and Harry said Tuesday they have been granted their own royal household by their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.



AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Syria on Tuesday to exert pressure on its ally Hamas in order to help end the fighting in the Gaza Strip between the militant Palestinian group and Israeli forces.

Rescue workers stand among bags holding the victims of a landslide at a cemetary in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.  A massive landslide tore down the side of a mountain and buried a northern Guatemalan highway Sunday, killing at least 34 people and leaving rescue workers to dig for more victims Monday. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Rescuers dug through tons of mud late Monday in search of more victims of a massive landslide that buried a long stretch of highway in northern Guatemala, killing at least 35 coffee workers and travelers using the road.



Jestina Mukoko (C), head of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, and supporters of opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) walk past the gate to the Magistrates court in Harare, December 24, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)Reuters - A Zimbabwean court Tuesday ruled that a leading human rights advocate and eight other activists should remain in custody, in a case that has raised further doubts over a power-sharing deal.



Reuters - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari met his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Tuesday, pledged cooperation in the fight against militants in both countries and called for wider regional understanding.
AP - An Australian woman accused of setting her husband's genitals on fire because she thought he was having an affair has been charged with murder.