Jamaica Gleaner International
Published: Monday Monday | February 2, 2009
Israel threatens harsh response to Gaza militants
JERUSALEM (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday threatened harsh and disproportionate retaliation after Gaza militants fired at least 10 rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel, wounding three and raising the spectre of a new round of violence...
First gay prime minister for Iceland
ICELAND (AP):A new government was scheduled to take office in crisis-hit Iceland yesterday, after the prime minister resigned last week in the face of mounting protests over the country's dire economic situation.Prime minister-in-waiting, Johanna...
PM welcomes Obama's decision to lift ban
kingstown (cmc):St Vincent and The Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has described as "welcoming", a decision by the new United States (US) president, Barack Obama, to lift an economic ban on countries that refused to promise not to extradite...