My Blog My WordPress Blog

MONROVIA, Liberia – At least eight people suffocated at an overcrowded stadium during a soccer match between Liberia and Gambia on Sunday, a doctor and an aid worker said. The 33,000-seat Samuel K. Doe stadium in Monrovia was packed beyond capacity for the World Cup qualifying match. United Nations peacekeepers—stationed …

NEW YORK – Alec Baldwin is lending his voice to critics of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s homelessness policies. The “30 Rock” actor narrates a public service announcement released by the Coalition for the Homeless, a charity blasting Bloomberg’s follow-through on a 2004 pledge to slash the number of homeless …

JERUSALEM – Gaza militants fired two rockets into southern Israel Thursday, causing no injuries but further straining a shaky, week-old truce. Israel did not hit back, but it kept vital Gaza crossings closed, triggering Palestinian charges that Israel was violating terms of the cease-fire. Despite the rocket attack, the second …