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From the page: "The European Union, Israel's largest trade partner in the world, is watching by as Israel tightens its barbaric siege on Gaza, collectively punishing 1.5 million Palestinian civilians, condemning them to devastation, and visiting imminent death upon hundreds of kidney dialysis and heart patients, prematurely born babies, and all others dependent on electric power for their very survival."

From the page: "Researchers have long known that recalling memories of personal events is harder for older adults than younger ones. Recent brain imaging studies have shown that people use the same mechanisms in the brain to imagine as they do to remember, suggesting that older adults may have as much trouble imagining as they do remembering."

From the page: "Wall Street struggled to steady itself Tuesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to restore stability to a faltering U.S. economy. The Dow Jones industrials, down 465 points in early trading, recovered to a loss of about 95 points."

"Israel allowed Tuesday entry of some fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip on the heels of local and international protests to latest Israeli closure of Gaza, media sources reported.

Society of fuel stations in Gaza downplayed the Israeli move, asserting that the quantities allowed in have been insufficient and that the crisis still persists."

"Martin here with an urgent update on the rapidly unfolding credit crack-up:

Ambac and MBIA, the two largest bond insurers in the world, are careening toward collapse.

Barring a miraculous rescue, their demise could promptly deliver a massive blow to the U.S. bond market ... severely damage America's already shaken big banks ... and largely trash the net worth of millions of investors."

"Global equities plunged on Monday as investor concerns over the economic outlook and financial market turbulence snowballed into a sweeping sell-off.

Tumbling Asian shares - which continued to fall early on Tuesday - led European stock markets into their biggest one-day fall since 9/11 as the prospect of a US recession and further fall-out from credit market turmoil prompted near panic among investors, who rushed to the safety of government bonds."

From the page: "New residential building in the US last year suffered its biggest drop in nearly three decades, according to government data published on Thursday that highlighted the dramatic downturn in US housing.

Housing starts for 2007 fell by more than 25 per cent to 1,376,100 homes. The largest previous drop was recorded in 1980, as the US entered a deep recession."

From the page: "Below is a transcript of testimony in the Japanese Parliament that was broadcast live nationwide on NHK television. The Member of Parliament talking about 911 is Yukihisa Fujita from the Democratic Party of Japan."