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Google News U.K. - Top Stories TPMCafé | Israel looks to drive out Hamas guardian.co.uk - Israeli intelligence and military officials are increasingly pushing for the assault on Gaza to continue until it assures the eventual downfall of Hamas amid assertions that the 10 days of military bombardment have crippled the Islamist party's ability ... Video: Notebook: Gaza Israel drives deeper into Gaza, rebuffing diplomatic efforts |
 Times Online | Obama Pushes for Stimulus on Capitol Hill New York Times - President-elect Barack Obama met with House Republican leader John A. Boehner, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill on Monday. Video: Obama: Economy 'bad and Getting Worse' Barack Obama gets down to work with $775bn prescription for 'sick ... |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Blair to accept top US medal in Bush's last week in office guardian.co.uk - Tony Blair in front of the American flag on November 27 2007. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Tony Blair is to receive the United States's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from his friend George Bush next Tuesday, ... Bush to honour Blair with Medal of Freedom Blair to get US Medal of Freedom |
 BBC News | Cameron offers savings tax cut plus clamp on public spending guardian.co.uk - David Cameron took the side of savers hit by tumbling interest rates yesterday and promised to abolish tax on the savings income of all basic-rate taxpayers. Tories offer £4bn tax break for the thrifty Cameron calls for tax on savings to be axed |
 Sky News | Woman dies as car skids on to level crossing Independent - By Terri Judd A schoolteacher was killed by a train yesterday when her car skidded on to icy rail tracks as the barriers of a level crossing came down. Driver who skidded on ice at rail crossing is killed by train Teacher killed after train smashes into car trapped on level crossing |
 BBC News | Medal for murdered terror officer BBC News - A police officer who was murdered as he tried to restrain a suspected terrorist has been awarded a posthumous medal. Det Con Stephen Oake's receipt of the Queen's Gallantry Medal follows calls from former colleagues and politicians for his bravery to ... Honoured at last: The policeman killed by a terrorist Widow's pride at policeman's medal |
 Times Online | Maggie Thatcher mourns death of economic adviser Alan Walters at 82 Daily Mail - By Daily Mail Reporter Baroness Thatcher was grieving yesterday for her 'fearless' economics guru who was credited with masterminding the monetarist policies of the 1980s. Thatcher's economic guru dies Thatcher economic adviser Walters dies |
 The Sun | Paraglider killed after slipping from safety harness Times Online - Salta A British tourist fell to his death after his safety harness failed when paragliding in northern Argentina on New Year' Eve. British paraglider killed in Argentina Tourist killed in paraglide accident |
 Times Online | Stop playing chicken over new bridge, politicians told Scotsman - By David Maddox POLITICIANS in Westminster and Holyrood were last night urged to "stop playing chicken" over one of Scotland's most important projects, for the good of the country. Why Holyrood and Westminster need similar solutions SNP vows to fight Darling on new Forth bridge |
Fresh attacks on 'assault' teacher's home Scotsman - THE home of a teacher convicted of assaulting two pupils has been targeted in a fresh vandalism attack. In the latest incident, windows were smashed on Sunday night. Teacher who assaulted pupils subjected to 'harassment campaign' Youth charged in probe into attacks on teacher' home |
 BBC News | search for mother missing since New Year' Day Times Online - Police have stepped up their search for a woman who disappeared late on New Year' Day. Gillian Merrick, 45, has not been seen by her family since she left her home in Oundle, Northamptonshire, at 11pm last Thursday. Volunteers help search for woman Husband's plea over mum who vanished in night |
 BBC News | India hands Mumbai dossier to Pakistan to back extradition plea guardian.co.uk - India handed a dossier to Islamabad yesterday giving evidence of alleged Pakistani links to the gunmen who led the bloody rampage through Mumbai in November, asking for those responsible to be extradited to face "Indian justice". Mumbai attacks linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba in Indian ... India hands evidence on Mumbai attacks to Pakistan |
