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Diplomatic activity is said to be intensifying over a possible ceasefire to end Israel\'s war with Hamas in Gaza.

The US Senate has given approval for President-elect Barack Obama to spend the remaining $350 billion of the US financial bail-out fund.

The Venezuelan parliament has approved a plan that will allow President Hugo Chavez to stand for re-election for an unlimited number of times.

United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon is heading for talks with Israeli leaders, amid signs of progress in efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

The European Commission has warned Russian and Ukrainian gas companies of legal action over a dispute, which has left many Europeans without heat.

The premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Michael Misisk is scheduled to testify during public hearings by a Commission of Inquiry into alleged corruption.

China is now officially a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

The UN secretary general has implored Israel and Palestinian militants to halt the fighting in Gaza immediately.

Puerto Rico\'s newly installed governor plans to borrow US$1.2 billion from a state bank to pay overdue debts and finance an economic stimulus package.

An appeal court is to decide today whether Jacob Zuma, the leader of South Africa\'s governing ANC, should be recharged with corruption and fraud.

The Israeli government has reportedly vowed to keep up its offensive in the Gaza Strip despite a United Nations call for an immediate end to nearly two weeks of conflict involving Hamas militants.