Israel and Hamas ignore UN call for cease-fire
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli jets and ground troops hammered at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip and Islamic militants fired barrages of rockets at southern Israeli cities Friday, ignoring a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire after two weeks of combat.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,223
As of Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, at least 4,223 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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