Early one morning in 2007, Libby Casey was trying to do her laundry in a guesthouse in Reykjavik, Iceland. When she couldn’t figure out how to use the washing machine, she opened up the instruction manual. A federal judge in Florida on Monday became the first to strike down the entire law to overhaul the nation’s health-care system, potentially complicating implementation of the statute in the 26 states that brought the suit. KABUL – A sharp jump in assassinations and a rise in suicide and roadside bombings in Afghanistan last year led to an increase in civilian casualties, the United Nations said Wednesday.
In response to Israeli settlers’ complaints, Palestinians who live under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank and commute to work in Israel are being encouraged to use buses that keep the groups apart.