Israeli forces strike Gaza militants, 1 deadGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces fired at Gaza militants from helicopters and tanks early Tuesday, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding three others.Gaza hospital officials said two more casualties remained at the scene, and that it was unclear if they were alive.The clash erupted Tuesday near a border crossing in central Gaza. The Israeli military said it struck a group of Palestinians planting explosives near the border fence.The Islamic Jihad group said it clashed with Israeli forces who entered Gaza. The militants said they came under fire from a helicopter and Israeli tanks. They identified the dead man as a 23-year-old Islamic Jihad fighter.Gaza’s Hamas rulers have tried to maintain a cease-fire with Israel since the end of the Gaza war in January 2009. However, smaller milltant groups sporadically carry out attacks.Earlier this month, the militant Islamic group indicated it was trying to keep attacks on Israel in check, following a string of Palestinian rocket assaults on southern Israel and retaliatory Israeli strikes.Islamic Jihad said that on Sunday, Hamas police detained several of its fighters, along with those from another group, and made them sign pledges that they would not engage in attacks on Israel.Most of the rocket attacks on Israel had been claimed by groups considered more radical than Hamas. These groups accuse Hamas of going soft on its armed confrontation against Israel.Last year, Israel carried out a devastating military offensive in Gaza after years of rocket attacks. Since then, Hamas has tried to avoid provoking sweeping Israeli military action and it has not claimed responsibility for any rockets for more than a year.Israel holds Hamas solely responsible for maintaining quiet on the Gaza border.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Most Chinese women want to marry rich men
BEIJING - A majority of women in China want to marry men who inherit a large amount of wealth from their parents, a study has said.Around 60 percent of college girls want to marry men born into rich families who stand to inherit large amounts of assets from their parents, China Daily reported Monday.A survey carried out by the Women’s Federation of Guangzhou in Guangdong province found that 59.2 percent women prefer to marry men born in the 1980s and 57.6 percent choose men with great potential as their life partner.“Many college girls are more than willing to pursue a comfortable life by a less personal struggle,” Liu Shuqian, a professor at Guangzhou University was quoted as saying.Responding to another question regarding their partner’s unfaithfulness, 20 percent of women said they can tolerate occasional infidelity by their partners.Meanwhile, only 10 percent women said they will be loyal to one person in a lifetime.The survey interviewed 992 respondents between January to March 2010 and aimed to look into the values of college girls on issues like interpersonal relationships.
