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• Nov 20, 2012

  CP World Report: Hamas-Israel, Anonymous Cyber Attack, Obama in Burma, Coptic Pope

  The top leader of Hamas has dared Israel to launch a ground invasion of Gaza and has dismissed diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire in the conflict. The Israeli military conducted a new wave of deadly airstrikes including a second hit on a 15-story building that houses media outlets. And a volley of rockets fired from Gaza into southern Israel included one that hit a vacant school.

• Nov 19, 2012

  CP World Report: Israel-Gaza Conflict, Ireland Abortion Protest, Nigeria Christian

  Tensions in the Middle East are escalating. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country is ready to significantly escalate its military operation against Palestinian militants in Gaza. Israel has been pounding Gaza with airstrikes for days. The government says it is targeting rocket-launching sites and infrastructure operated by Hamas and other militant groups. President Barack Obama has weighed in on the ongoing violence.

• Nov 16, 2012

  CP World Report: Israel and Hamas, Fiscal Cliff, Indonesia Religious Persecution

  The United Nations Security Council is calling for "maximum restraint" in the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas. But, the violence is escalating and threatening to become a ground war

• Nov 14, 2012

  CP World Report: General John Allen, Israel, Child Sex Abuse, UK Gay Marriage

  In light of the second news bombshell in the Petraeus scandal--involving inappropriate communications between the commander of U-S and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General John Allen and Jill Kelley--a Pentagon spokesman says Allen will remain commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan for now.

• Nov 13, 2012

  CP World Report: Petraeus Scandal, Pakistan Teen Activist, Vatican and Gay Marriage

  It's the scandal that's rocked the CIA and forced out the nation's top spy chief. Now, lawmakers want to know just how long the relationship between General David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell went on... And whether any classified information was shared during that time.

• Nov 12, 2012

  CP World Report: Israel and Sandy, France Abortion, David Petraeus, Burma Quake

  The Israeli global humanitarian organization "Israel Flying Aid"—the first to land in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake--has been distributing large supplies of gas to hospitals, food, batteries and generators to Hurricane Sandy victims.

• Nov 9, 2012

  CP World Report: New Bishop of Canterbury, Bashar al-Assad, Pope and Obama Re-Election

  The Bishop of Durham, the Right Reverend Justin Welby is set to become the new Archbishop of Canterbury. He will succeed Dr. Rowan Williams who steps down at the end of this year. The 56-year-old former businessman in the oil industry is well known to support the traditional definition of marriage and is opposed to homosexuals serving as bishops.

• Nov 8, 2012

  CP World Report: Republican Strategies, Legalized Marijuana, Syria, Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria

  Following the re-election of President Obama in a narrow victory over Mitt Romney, Former House speaker and G-O-P presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says Republicans need to rethink their strategies

• Nov 7, 2012

  CP World Report: Obama, Syria, Three Parent Babies, Angela Merkel

  Well voters in Massachusetts decided on something in addition to who they wanted in the White House: on whether to allow physician-assisted suicide. The so-called "death with dignity" initiative Despite strong early support , the final vote tally was deemed too close to call.

• Nov 6, 2012

  CP World Report: Obama/Romney Election, Historic Jerusalem Church, Taliban Acid Scare

  It's the big day so many have been holding their breath for: election day. And the most expensive one in American history. The Barack Obama/Mitt Romney campaigns came to a close yesterday, with the candidates making their pitches to voters in key battleground states.