CAIRO - SENIOR Hamas leader Mussa Abu Marzuk said on Tuesday there is 'a chance' that his Palestinian Islamist movement at war with Israel will accept a modified Egyptian ceasefire plan for Gaza.
MOSCOW - RUSSIA'S natural gas supplies bound for a freezing Europe were halted again on Tuesday only a few hours after a truce had been announced in its 'gas war' with Ukraine.
The Gazprom energy giant accused Ukraine of blocking gas bound for Europe, while Ukraine blamed 'unacceptable' technical conditions imposed by Russia.
LONDON - GOOD teachers are to be offered loyalty payments of 10,000 pounds to take jobs in the toughest schools, under government plans to improve social mobility, Children's Secretary Ed Balls said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW - SEVEN people died in Moscow on Tuesday when a fire tore through an underground garage that was being used to house construction workers, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said.
