- Egypt
proposed a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza to be
followed by political negotiations. Representatives of Hamas have
rejected the proposal while the Israeli cabinet met today to
discuss it. Israeli security officials say a rocket fired at a
resort town in southern Israel today came from Islamist militants
in the Egyptian Sinai. John
Kerry is considering visiting the Middle East to help in
talks. - Forty Hondurans, mostly mothers and their children, were
returned on a U.S.-chartered flight and met by officials in
San Pedro Sula. Honduran President
Juan Hernandez blamed the surge in migrants on violence fueled
by U.S. drug policy. - The social network sharing app
Secret, which allows you to share updates anonymously with
friends, friends of friends and the public has raised $25 million
in venture capital. - A heavy metal band made up of three pre-teens from
Brooklyn signed a $1.8 million record deal with Sony. The
agreement will have to be approved by a judge in Manhattan because
the group is comprised of minors. - The
Church of England announced it had voted to approve women
taking the position of bishop. - Traffic police in
Somalia say they will be arming themselves after being the
targets of threats from Al-Shabaab. - Sixty-seven two pound African snails were seized at the
Los
Angeles International Airport. They had been shipped from
Nigeria and were headed to a recipient in California.
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