IRKUTSK (AFP) — Up to 137 people died Sunday when a Russian passenger plane veered off a runway, slammed into a concrete wall and burst into flames while landing in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, officials said.

GAZA CITY (AFP) — Israel pounded Gaza with fresh air strikes Sunday as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed the massive operation will go on — despite so far failing to win the release of a soldier seized two weeks ago.

غزة-دنيا الوطن قال قيادي بارز في حركة حماس انه لا توجد لدى حماس اية معلومات عن مغادرة رئيس مكتبها السياسي دمشق لاي مكان .