Gaza civilian toll rises; diplomats seek truce
GAZA CITY, Gaza (AP) -- 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....

EU says gas disruptions 'unacceptable'
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The European Union calls the sudden and substantial cuts in Russian gas supplies to some member states "completely unacceptable."...

India: Pakistanis `must have' backed Mumbai attack
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Pakistani authorities "must have had" a hand in the deadly Mumbai siege, India's prime minister said Tuesday, stopping just short of directly accusing Islamabad of aiding the gunmen....

Wanted: Border monitors to oversee Gaza truce
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The contours of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas are emerging, with diplomacy focusing on international guarantees, including foreign border monitors to oversee any agreement....

Member of Iraq president party killed in drive-by
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi police say gunmen have killed a member of President Jalal Talabani's political party in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Kirkuk....

Gaza hospital overwhelmed by dead, wounded
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Wailing in grief, Salah Samouni banged his head against a wall inside the hospital morgue where the bodies of his three young nephews lay on the floor Monday....

Death certificate: Travolta son killed by seizure
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) -- Jett Travolta's body shows no sign of head trauma and his death certificate says he was killed by a seizure, an undertaker said Monday, after doctors performed an autopsy on the 16-year-old son of the U.S actor....

UN contradicts Israel over depth of crisis in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United Nations said Monday there is an "increasingly alarming" humanitarian crisis in Gaza, directly contradicting Israeli denials that its offensive caused the growing problem....

UN envoy: Nations must take Guantanamo inmates
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- More nations must take in Guantanamo inmates once the U.S.-run prison closes, the U.N.'s torture investigator said Monday, insisting that many were held simply because they were "in the wrong place at the wrong time."...

Taliban whopper: claim 5,220 foreign troops killed
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Taliban has long exaggerated its military successes, but its figures for 2008 may be the militia's most startling claims yet....