New York, Jan 4 : Israeli tanks and troops crossed over to the Gaza strip on Saturday, killing nearly 30 Hamas militants in fierce attempt to end rocket attacks, but question remains: Will the rockets really be stopped while Hamas remains in power in Gaza?

"If the war ends in a draw, as expected, and Israel refrains from re-occupying Gaza, Hamas will gain diplomatic recognition," wrote Aluf Benn, a political analyst with newspaper Haaretz. "No matter what you call it," he added, "Hamas will obtain legitimacy."

Rawalpindi, Jan. 4 : Failing to bring the real perpetrators behind Benazir Bhutto's assassination to book, an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has now issued arrest warrants on two judicial magistrates for not appearing before it despite a summon.

Bailable warrants were issued against magistrates Ahmed Masood Janjua and Chaudhary Toufeeq Ahmed by ATC-I Judge Chaudhary Habibur Rehman, the Dawn reported.

The court has directed both magistrates to appear before it on January 17 and asked each of them to submit surety bonds worth 10,000 rupees.

Both magistrates had earlier recorded the statements of five of the accused in the Benazir assassination case and were to submit the same before the court.

London, Jan. 4 : Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that the war on terror is must for Pakistan's survival.

"Pakistan will have to continue fighting against terrorism for its survival," Hussain was quoted by The News, as saying.

During a meeting in MQM international secretariat in London, he urged all the members of Parliament, political and religious leaders including MQM's chief political figures to maintain unity and extend mutual cooperation for one another in Pakistan's interest.

Hussain also expressed his concern over Pakistan's image distortion due to growing terrorist activities that made terror war even more indispensable.

Oslo  - Norway urged Israel to "immediately" halt its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, which Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store described as "a dramatic escalation of the conflict."

London, Jan 4 : Gordon Brown is certainly a health freak, for when asked to nominate his favourite dish, the UK leader plumped for Rumbledethumps - a gloopy mixture of mashed potato and cabbage.

The Prime Minister is among a number of politicians who have named their favourite foods for a fundraising book in aid of the Donaldson''s school for the deaf in Edinburgh.

Brown has claimed in the book that he got a taste for the dish as a boy, recalling how he would come back from watching Raith Rovers matches to find the dish on the table, prepared by his mother, reports the Scotsman.

The book reveals that his `economical' eating habits are shared by his fellow politicians too.

London, Jan 4 : Counterfeiting gangs based in China are producing sophisticated copies of the world's best selling pharmaceuticals and in 2008 an estimated eight million of these deadly pills found their way to NHS patients in Britain, risking health of millions of people.

They were made in China, labelled in French and then shipped to Singapore. They ended up in Liverpool and from there were sold straight into the heart of the NHS, The Observer reported.