By 2004 support for Hamas grew to a quarter of the approximately 3 million Palestinian in the west bank and Gaza Strip. It recorded a sweeping victory in election held on 25 January 2005 for:
Pakistani intelligence officials claimed that a US drone attack has killed 5 alleged foreign militants, including tehrik-i-taliban pakistan commander wali-ur-rehman in the north waziristan town of miran shah on.
International monetary fund (IMF) in its update to world economic outlook (WEO) on 23 january 2013, projected that the global economic growth rate would be_ in 2013,