GAZA CITY (CNN) -- The Israeli military surrounded densely populated Gaza City late Monday as the death toll mounts in Gaza. A relative of a Palestinian victim cries out outside a hospital in Gaza City, Gaza Monday.Video: Palestinian Casualties Overwhelm Gaza Hospitals AssociatedPressWarnings Not Enough for Gaza Families New York Times (news.google.com)

TOKYO (AFP) - A crew member on Japan's controversial whaling mission is believed to have fallen overboard in icy Antarctic Ocean waters, the fleet's operator said Tuesday.Japanese whaler drowns in Southern Ocean Times OnlineJapanese whaler presumed drowned in Southern Ocean Reuters (news.google.com)

Al Franken has unseated the Republican incumbent, Senator Norm Coleman, recount officials said. (www.nytimes.com)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Leon Panetta, chief of staff in President Clinton's White House, will be President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be director of the CIA, two Democratic officials told CNN on Monday.Leon Panetta Tapped to Head CIA, Sources Say FOXNewsObama picks former Clinton aide Panetta for CIA Reuters (news.google.com)

Leon Panetta, chief of staff in President Clinton's White House, will be President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be director of the CIA, two Democratic officials told CNN on Monday. (rss.cnn.com)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher was in Pakistan Monday to discuss terrorism issues after the Mumbai, India, attacks, a senior diplomat said.Hot Spots: India and Pakistan Wall Street JournalUS envoy urges India-Pakistan cooperation on Mumbai AFP (news.google.com)