Outline of possible Gaza truce emerges
 The contours of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas are emerging, with diplomacy focusing on international guarantees, including monitors to oversee any agreement.
Heavy civilian casualties in Gaza
 Israel ignored mounting international calls for a cease-fire and said it won't stop its crippling 10-day assault until "peace and tranquility" are achieved in southern Israeli towns in the line of Palestinian rocket fire.
Israel and Hamas: Controlling the message
U.S. Embassy in Baghdad inaugurated
 The United States opened its new embassy building in Baghdad on Monday, a step meant to symbolize its transition from occupying power to an ally of a sovereign Iraqi government.
N. Korea mobilizes 100,000 for rally
 Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied Monday in a display of might and loyalty that underscored the regime's guiding "military first" principal amid tensions with rival South Korea.
Gaza hospital overwhelmed
 After 10 days of a relentless Israeli assault, Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest, is overwhelmed. Bodies are now crowded two to a morgue drawer, and some ? like those of the Samouni children ? are on the floor.
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Bakers fined for making 300 people sick
THE former owners of a Sydney bakery have been fined $42,000 for what the New South Wales Government says is the worst food-poisoning outbreak in the state.
Parents bailed after baby ingested drugs
A VICTORIAN couple has been released on bail after their baby almost died swallowing a drug, believed to be ecstasy, in far north Queensland.
Bomb threat closes court
A MAJOR street in the centre of Melbourne has been blocked off after a bomb threat at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court.
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Casualties rise in Gaza offensive 
Casualties have been pouring into over-stretched hospitals in the Gaza Strip as Israel presses on with its offensive against Palestinian militant groups.
Jeremy Bowen reports.
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Obama silent on Gaza
US President-elect Barack Obama says he will not intervene in "delicate negotiations" by the outgoing Bush administration on the fighting in Gaza.
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New US embassy opens in Baghdad
The new US embassy in Baghdad has been opened, with a dedication ceremony attended by the Iraqi president.
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Some cities drop criminal-history question
 Some major U.S. cities are eliminating questions from their job applications that ask whether prospective employees have ever been convicted of a crime.
Griffin Bell, Carter's attorney general, dies
 Griffin B. Bell, the shrewd lawyer who grew up with Jimmy Carter and became U.S. attorney general after Carter was elected president, died at an Atlanta hospital Monday. He was 90.
Man arrested in murder of Ohio mom
 Police in Ohio have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the death of a Dayton mother and the kidnapping of her 4-year-old son, who was later abandoned at a highway rest stop. His father says the boy is "still terrified."
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Refurbished smartphones could be good bargain
 If you can get a refurbished iPhone for $99, are good deals in the offing for other popular smartphones, like the BlackBerry Storm and the Google G1? They may be if enough consumers, faced with a change of heart, decide to return them within 30 days.
Apple's Steve Jobs will stay as CEO
 Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, looking to quell rumors about his health, said Monday his doctors have discovered a hormonal imbalance that has been causing his weight loss.
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