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After brief pause, fighting resumes in Gaza
The lull in attacks between Israel and Hamas allowed food and supplies to be sent into the area. France and Egypt work on a cease-fire proposal. After a brief pause to allow humanitarian aid to go to the Gaza Strip, Israel and Hamas resumed fighting today, even as diplomatic efforts focused on how to end the 12 days of bloodshed.
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Retailers' December seen as among the worst in 40 years
Sales numbers coming out tomorrow are expected to show declines for almost everybody but Wal-Mart. Despite discounts, January could be bad too. Just how grim was the Christmas season for the nation's retailers? The bad news comes Thursday -- at least officially -- when major chain stores report December sales figures.
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Obama names Nancy Killefer 'chief performance officer'
Killefer, a former Treasury official, will be in charge of eliminating unnecessary government spending and curbing inefficiency. Obama concedes that his stimulus plan will add to deficit. President-elect Barack Obama announced today that he is creating a new high-level position to wring waste and inefficiencies out of government, as part of a broader push to bring more discipline to federal spending.
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Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire proposal
Israel ordered a pause in its Gaza offensive for three hours today to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and a government spokesman said it "welcomes" an Egyptian-French cease-fire proposal as long as Hamas halts militant rockets and weapons smuggling.
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'Subway to the Sea' timetable is too long for Villaraigosa
Transit officials overseeing Measure R say it may take until 2032 to extend tracks 10 miles to Westwood. An aide to the mayor says that is unacceptable. According to a timetable set by transportation officials overseeing Measure R, one of the most significant projects to speed travel on Los Angeles' Westside -- the "Subway to the Sea" -- is set to go very, very slowly.
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Gunfire traps 4 Riverside police inside house
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Authorities say four Riverside police officers were trapped inside a house but escaped unharmed after they were fired on while trying to conduct a probation search at a home in a gated community.
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Restrained Obama leaves many displeased
The president-elect's muted response to the Gaza attack leads to criticism and even charges of prejudice. As civilian casualties mount in the Gaza Strip, President-elect Barack Obama is coming under intensifying pressure to end his disengagement and begin working for a halt to the fighting.
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U.S. troops kill 32 insurgents in east Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Forces from the U.S.-led coalition killed 32 armed insurgents during a clash in eastern Afghanistan, the military said Wednesday.
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Nigerian gangsters get a foothold in a violent Italian landscape
As the African gangs gain clout, conflict with the Neapolitan mafia known as the Camorra intensifies, made brutally clear by an attempted hit that left six Ghanaians dead. Soaring on cocaine, guns smoking, the Camorra hit squad sped down the Via Domitiana, the road built along the Bay of Naples during the Roman Empire.
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LAPD tried to reverse a coroner's verdict in girl's death
After a 19-month-old child was killed by police in a shootout, a high-ranking official pushed a campaign to reopen the investigation into her death. The intense lobbying failed. The Los Angeles Police Department waged an aggressive behind-the-scenes campaign to convince coroner's officials to change their finding that a SWAT officer's bullet killed a 19-month-old girl held hostage by her father three years ago, according to records reviewed by The Times.
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