NYPD After Possible Serial Killer

New York Police are looking for a man who has killed three different Brooklyn shopkeepers, over the last four months.

All three of the victims were shot and killed by the same .22 handgun.

The incidents happened July 6, August 6, and then Friday, November 16.

Each of the victims was originally from the Middle East, two from Egypt and one from Iran.

None of the shop had security cameras, and each shopkeeper was working alone.

There are several other similarities between the three murders, leaving the police thinking they may have a serial killer on their hands.

Police describe the man as balding, middle aged, wearing an overcoat and carrying a duffel bag.

They've also released a sketch of him.

China Moves to Increase Hydro Power

Three Gorges Dam

With the departure of Wen Jiabao, as the head of China's government, many things look to change.

One of them is the amount of Hydroelectric power and the dams necessary to increase it.

During his tenure, Wen blocked many projects that would have increased China's power supply.

Dams are increasingly unpopular in China, but the other options of coal or nuclear power are even more so.

Demand for power is only increasing as the Chinese economy and populace require more.

But, China aims to launch sixty big hydro plants according to its renewable energy "five year plan" for 2011-2015.

Goals are to increase output by nearly fifty percent, of what has been accomplished in the past.

Investigation of Deadly Indianapolis Explosion Goes Criminal

Authorities have made a big announcement about the November 10 explosion, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Two people were killed in the explosion, which obliterated two houses, destroyed three others, and damaged twenty more.

On Monday, Indianapolis Homeland Security Director Gary Coons announced that the investigation was now a criminal homicide one.

Search warrants have been issued for a white van, which was seen leaving the neighborhood, before the explosion.

Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said that they are working on "determining if there are individuals who may be responsible for this explosion and fire".

A reward of ten thousand dollars has been announced, for information leading to an arrest in the case.

FARC Promises Cease Fire

Ivan Marquez, spokesman for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, said that they will cease all military actions starting at midnight on Monday.

The ceasefire will last through January 20.

Marquez is representing FARC at peace talks with the Colombian government, in Havana, Cuba.

However, Colombian President Enrique Santos has refused to agree to a cease fire for his forces.

The war between the two sides has gone on for over forty years.

While both sides agree that a peace must come to fruition within months, no time limit has been set on the talks.

One of the sticking points could very well be Colombia's requirement that FARC help end the drug trade, as part of the peace treaty.

FARC has survived the decades of struggle by an income which is mostly based off the drug trade.

Rwanda Says Congo Fired Across The Border

Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo claims that her country was fired upon from Congo, on Monday.

According to the Foreign Minister, artillery from Congo fired repeatedly across the border, into the Rwandan town of Gisenyi.

She further said that as long as there were no further incidents, Rwanda would not respond to the attack.

This happened as M23, a Congolese rebel group, continues it's fight against the Congolese government.

M23 has halted their advance on the regional capital of Goma, only after the United Nations ordered them to do so, and brought in their own troops, to enforce that.

Both the UN and Congo accuse Rwanda of supporting M23, with money, weapons, and troops.

Palestinian Violence Against Israel Spreads to West Bank and Los Angeles

Palestinian violence against Israel and her supporters spreads to West Bank and Los Angeles.

Riots began, on Sunday, in the West Bank, as residents there came out to protest Israel's defending itself against Gazan terrorist attacks.

Israeli soldiers and police, who were attacked by mobs throwing rocks and other objects, responded with tear gas.

The riots have continued on through Monday as the people have begun turning on their own government for trying to keep them from protesting.

Unlike Hamas in Gaza, the group that runs the West Bank, Fatah, does their best to maintain peace with Israel.

Because they aren't busy throwing rockets at Israel, they have a much better economy and quality of life than the Gaza Strip does.

Violence hasn't been contained to Israel's borders.

Also, on Sunday, a pro Israel rally of more than one thousand people, in Los Angeles, California, was attacked by about two hundred and fifty Palestinian supporters.

LA Police, Sheriff Deputies, and California Highway Patrol quickly moved in to stop the violence, but were not fast enough to keep injuries from occurring.

The police presence was maintained until both groups had withdrawn.

Israel Eliminates Islamic Jihad Leader in Gaza

An Israeli air strike, on Monday, killed one of the top leaders of the terrorist group Islamic Jihad.

The strike struck a building which Hamas is using, partly to house media personnel in.

It's the second time that same building has been hit by an Israeli airstrike.

Israel said the first strike took out antennas, which Hamas was using to send military communications.

According to Gaza media, the death toll on their side of the border, is now over one hundred.

No foreign organizations have been able to confirm that report.

On Sunday, evidence came out that Hamas has been recycling pictures from the Syrian civil war, claiming that they are Gazan civilians, killed by Israel.

Allegations were placed on Hamas, that in some instances, they have killed people, including children, and then claimed them as victims of the airstrikes.

During all this, rockets continue to be fired out of Gaza, at Israel, as sixty-seven more fell on Monday, with the total number reaching near one thousand, fired over the last six days.

Nearly half of the Israeli population is in danger from the rocket attacks, most have fifteen seconds or less from time of warning, to seek shelter.

The Israeli Defense Forces are still massing near the border, in case a ground war becomes necessary.

Meanwhile, in Cairo, peace talks have gone nowhere, as the leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, put forth extremely unreasonable demands, which include that the US turn it's back on Israel.

Meshaal says that unless that happens, and Israel gives into a list of demands, peace is "never" possible.

Nor has the Palestinian violence, against Israel, been contained to the Gaza Strip.

M23 Continues Despite UN Warnings

Despite United Nations warnings to stop, rebels in Congo continue their push forward near Goma.

The M23 rebels are back by Rwanda, and possibly Uganda as well.

Saturday saw UN helicopters fire on M23 positions, in an attempt to halt their progress.

If M23 continues they will be fighting UN troops on the ground as well.

As of last reports, the rebel lines are less than two miles from Goma, which is a provincial capital.

Sources say that around 3,500 Ugandans have now directly joined the rebel army.

UN troops say that the rebels are extremely well equipped.

Israel Eliminates Head of Hamas Rocket Program

An Iron Dome battery

Israel carried out another assassination, Sunday afternoon, following the firing of dozens of more rockets out of Gaza.

The target, this time, was the head of Hamas' rocket program, Yahyia Byya.

He was the man responsible for most of the rocket attacks, over the last week.

Other targets were hit as well, by both naval and aerial units.

One air strike wounded journalists, who were present at a Hamas Headquarters, Israel responded to their complaints by warning them not to be near Hamas, for their own safety.

According to Gazan press, over sixty people have been killed by Israeli strikes, some of whom have been civilians.

This comes despite Israel doing everything it can to pinpoint it's strikes, but as long as Hamas uses human shields, there will be civilian casualties.

Israeli Defense Forces are continuing to build up along the border, in case ground assault becomes necessary.

Air raid sirens continue to sound all over southern Israel, as more rockets are fired.

Injuries are mounting on the Israeli side of the border, and they've not gone without their own deaths to the terrorist attacks.

Since Wednesday, over five hundred rockets have struck Israel, while around three hundred more have been stopped by Iron Dome defense batteries.

Another one hundred missed Israel and struck Gaza itself.

At Least Five Killed in Nairboi Grenade Attack

At least five people were killed when a grenade went off, in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Sunday morning attack tore through a minibus, injuring two dozen more.

Al Shabaab, the Somali wing of Al Qaeda, is being blamed for the assault.

The terrorist group began attacks in Kenya, after African Union troop went into Somalia to get rid of Al Shabaab.

Over the past couple months, churches have been a favorite target for them, though lately they've also been targeting Kenyan police.

Their attacks have killed over a hundred Kenyans.