Summary: AFP - The United Nations warned that aid distribution would end in the Gaza Strip on Thursday unless Israel allows new fuel supplies, but Israel blamed Hamas for the shortages.
Summary: Reuters - North Korea said on Thursday it made
progress in talks with a visiting U.S. State Department
official as the White House was expected to tell U.S. lawmakers
it believes North Korea has been helping Syria build a reactor.
Summary: Reuters - The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas
will give Egypt detailed proposals on a truce with Israel on
Thursday, a Hamas spokesman said.
Summary: AP - Ford Motor Co. surprised Wall Street on Thursday with a $100 million profit in the first quarter as strong results from Europe and South America helped offset the impact of a slumping U.S. economy that cut car and truck sales in its main market. Its
Summary: Reuters - Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude
Juncker said on Thursday the European Union would overcome
internal tensions and agree to start long-delayed talks on a
new partnership deal with Russia in the coming days.
Summary: AP - China's fast-growing population of Internet users has soared to 221 million, tying the United States for the largest number of people online, according to government data reported Thursday.
Summary: AFP - An Al-Qaeda-linked Pakistani warlord accused of masterminding the slaying of Benazir Bhutto has ordered an end to attacks on security forces in a letter obtained by AFP Thursday.
Summary: Reuters - Volkswagen, the first foreign
automaker to enter the Chinese market and a sponsor of the 2008
Beijing games, urged China's government on Thursday to embrace
the spirit of the Olympic Games.
