Coloweb.net - This week's events

- Israeli Strike Hits Refugees Near a U.N. School in Gaza - At least 30 people were reported killed at a school where refugees had gathered, and Israeli troops were said to be moving toward the south of Gaza.

- Israel Puts Media Clamp on Gaza - Journalists have been barred from the battle zone in Gaza, but they are given full access to sites in Israel hit by Hamas rockets.

- Dossier From India Gives New Details of Mumbai Attacks - The document compiled by Indian authorities and seen by The Times seems designed to demonstrate that the attackers were sent from Pakistan.

- In Fed’s Decision to Slash Rates, Fears of a Long Recession - Meeting last month, Fed officials worried that even a dramatic cut in interest rates would not be enough to cauterize the country’s economic troubles quickly.

- The Caucus: Obama Warns of 'Trillion-Dollar Deficits' - Meeting with his economic team in Washington on Tuesday, Barack Obama warned that the country faced the prospect of “trillion-dollar deficits for years to come.”

- Burris Is Blocked From Taking Senate Seat - The secretary of the Senate turned away Roland W. Burris, who was named by the embattled Illinois governor.

- The Caucus: CNN’s Gupta Approached About Surgeon General Post - Dr. Gupta, who performs double duty as a medical correspondent for CNN and a neurosurgeon, is a top contender for the job.

- The Caucus: Republican Senator Blasts Nominee for Attorney General - On the Senate floor, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee launched into a critique of President-elect Obama's nominee for Attorney General.

- The Caucus: Let the 111th Congress Begin - New senators and those re-elected were sworn in today.

- Apple Drops Anticopying Measures in iTunes - Apple said it would begin selling song downloads without anticopying measures and change its pricing structure.

- Gazprom Dispute Entangles Europe - Russia’s gas price dispute with Ukraine escalated, disrupting deliveries to the European Union in the midst of a bitter cold spell.

- City Room: M.T.A. and Union Go to Arbitration - The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union will go to arbitration because they cannot reach an agreement on a new contract.

- Facing Big Losses, German Billionaire Takes His Own Life - Adolf Merckle’s speculation in volatile Volkswagen shares pushed his sprawling empire to the edge of ruin.

- ArtsBeat: Author Walsch Accused of Plagiarism - Neale Donald Walsch recently posted a personal Christmas essay on Beliefnet.com nearly identical to a 10-year-old article originally published by a little-known writer in a spiritual magazine.

- Bats: Teixeira Is Introduced as Yankee - Mark Teixeira seemed like the happiest guy in the room, grinning ear to ear as the Yankees introduced him on Tuesday as their latest big-ticket free agent.

- The Lede: Rap of Grief From Bhutto Daughter - Bakhtawar Bhutto, the 18-year-old daughter of the assassinated former prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, has posted a rap song on YouTube expressing her anguish over her mother's death.