GAZA CITY - ISRAEL'S devastating military assault in the Gaza Strip has caused damage to the Palestinian infrastructure totalling some US$476 million (S$709 million), the Palestinian central bureau of statistics said on Saturday.
WASHINGTON - WALL Street may be bruised and battered, but it still donated more money than any other US industry to President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural festivities on Tuesday, a study has found.
LONDON - FOUR men were remanded in custody on Saturday charged with the murder of a British sub-postmaster's son during an armed robbery in Worcestershire.
ATHENS - THE wife of a Greek shipping tycoon who was abducted at gunpoint in Athens six days ago appealed to his kidnappers on Saturday to contact her, saying she was ready to pay the ransom.
