http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/arab/ Arab, AL News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/arab/content/b33c502a05a16457bc393d35d28991ee.html DETROIT Huge rebates and zeropercent loans couldnt overcome economic uncertainty as US auto sales plunged 36 percent in December capping a dismal year that saw sales freefall by 29 million vehicles from 2007 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/arab/content/b49cb555985ac0374883c6b132712990.html Israel's new battle with Hamas in Gaza means that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be remembered for fighting two bloody and wasteful miniwars in less than three years in power http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/arab/content/a590050745045da5283520ff4c0b6f9a.html CAIRO Egypt 8212; Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Wednesday blamed Palestinian divisions for Israel's onslaught on Gaza a reflection of USallied Arab governments' anger at the Hamas militant group http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/arab/content/e9519637188d8e3659831f235f0e842d.html The trial of Muntadhar alZeidi who threw a shoe at President Bush is postponed while the court decides what he'll be charged with More http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/arab/content/4cd690af2025e3bccfb74a785b59f876.html DUBAI United Arab Emirates 8212; The US Navy says it and British forces have seized more than 20 tons of drugs smuggled along a 'hash highway' through the waters of the western Indian ocean http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/arab/content/12375202165f0c5189b70d2a3ff8197f.html Nineteenyearold sailor from Pensacola serving in Bahrain died Christmas day More http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/arab/content/0e117df4e6ccbe98ea45d53ae2810d9b.html GAZA CITY Gaza Strip 8212; Israeli warplanes rained more than 100 tons of bombs on security sites in Hamasruled Gaza Saturday and early Sunday killing at least 230 people in one of the Mideast conflict8217;s bloodiest assaults in decades The government said the openended campaign was aimed at stopping rocket attacks that have traumatized southern Israel http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alabama/arab/content/e9f040529608c6967ff1ea8c1e32fe6c.html Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamasruled territory in unprecedented waves of airstrikes Saturday killing at least 155 and wounding more than 310 in the single bloodiest day of fighting in recent memory