Israel Holding Parliamentary Election
Israelis vote Tuesday in parliamentary elections that will determine the successor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Israeli politicians scrambled to woo voters on the last day of campaigning Monday, as opinion polls showed a narrowing gap between the two main parties.
They are former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s ruling centrist Kadima Party. The far-right Yisreil Beiteinu party is third in the race....
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-10-voa2.cfm
Al Qaeda leader threatens India in latest video
LAHORE: A video received by the BBC from an Al Qaeda leader believed killed last year warned India that it would have to pay a ‘heavy price’ if it tried to attack Pakistan.
Sheikh Mustafa Abu Yazeed, who had been operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan, was reported killed in a US drone strike in August 2008.
In the 20-minute video in Arabic, Yazeed said: “We will bring mujahideen and suicide attackers from all over the Muslim world to confront you [India]. They will target your economic centres and raze them to the ground,” Yazeed said in the video sent to BBC. He said Al Qaeda leader Aiman Al-Zawahiri had made the decision to kill former Pakistani prime minister and PPP chairwoman Benazir Bhutto....
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C02%5C10%5Cstory_10-2-2009_pg7_6