Apparently, feathers are as deadly as they are beautiful as a middle-aged British woman has had the misfortune of learning.

A Palestinian family says three of their young children were shot in cold blood by an Israeli soldier after being ordered out of their home.

A Dutch appeals court has ordered the prosecution of a right-wing politician on charges of inciting hatred against Islam.

Late Thursday, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Resolution 1860 "condemns all violence and hostilities directed against civilians and all acts of terrorism."

Israeli military sources are saying a salvo of Katyushas has struck the Western Galilee region of Israel Thursday causing two minor injuries.

Cardinal Renato Martino, the Vatican's justice and peace minister, has condemned the Israeli government's continuing war on the Gaza Strip saying the territory now resembled "a big concentration camp."

An extremely graphic video shows the horrifying aftermath of an Israeli air strike on a busy market in the besieged Gaza Strip. While many outlets purported the video to be from the recent clashes, it was actually video from a September 2005 bombing.

United Nations officials are reporting up to 200 people have been killed by the Lord's Resistance Army in three days of bloody attacks that began Christmas day.

The United States has used its power of veto to block a United Nations resolution aimed at ending Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.

The Detroit Lions bowed to the Green Bay Packers Sunday in the season finale guaranteeing their place in NFL history among the worse of the worst.

Palestinians in Gaza have had no reprieve from merciless aerial bombardments at the hands of their Israeli occupiers with the campaign continuing through to a second day.

The Brazilian government has rebuked Israel for its heavy-handed policies against the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip after a full day of bombardment that has inflicted heavy casualties.

An elderly Syracuse, New York resident has received a notice from the Police Chief instructing her to vacate her home by Christmas eve.

The Green Bay Packers look to host division rivals Detroit this coming Sunday in what may be a record-breaking game for all the wrong reasons.

The Jerusalem Post is quoting anonymous Israeli Military sources as saying that plans for a renewed Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon have been formulated.

A man believed to be the former chauffeur of Saudi terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden has been found guilty by an America kangaroo court in the first of several sham trials held by American military forces in the Guantanamo Bay part of Cuba.

Unconfirmed reports from the former Burmese capital suggest some soldiers have mutinied against their leaders. Separately, military sources are reporting a coup has taken place with the regime's second in charge usurping power from the first in command.

An Indian advertisement for a cream that can be applied to lighten one's complexion is stirring controversy for reinforcing age-old prejudices. The product is called 'Emami Fair and Handsome' skin-lightening cream and it is not the first of its kind.

More than half a million dollars in cash has been seized in what is being termed "Operation Can Scam." 13 of 15 suspects are being held as part of a smuggling ring that cashed in on Michigan's higher deposit rates.

It has recently emerged that Vice President Dick Cheney concocted a plan aimed at starting a war with Iran. Opposition to the scenario and dwindling neoconservative numbers within the administration ultimately blocked its implementation.