News Headlines - 18 November 2012

▽Israeli Airstrike Kills Three Generations of a Palestinian Family - NYTimes.com

An Israeli bomb pummeled a home deep into the ground here Sunday afternoon, killing 11 people, including nine in three generations of a single family, in the deadliest single strike since the cross-border conflict between Israel and the militant faction Hamas escalated on Wednesday.

▽Obama: Gaza Crisis Poses More Damage to Mideast Peace Efforts

President Barack Obama says he continues to work to achieve a negotiated solution to the crisis between Israel, and Hamas in Gaza.

▽BBC News - PM to crack down on 'time-wasting' appeals

David Cameron has promised to crack down on "time-wasting" caused by the "massive growth industry" in legal challenges to government policy.

▽French Right descends into farce with bitter battle to become Sarkozy's heir - Telegraph

A bitter election battle to succeed Nicolas Sarkozy as new leader of France’s main centre-Right party, UMP, has gone down to the wire in a contest that could decide whether or not the group swings farther Right.

▽Hitachi Shows Japan Inc. Losing TVs Raises Profits - Bloomberg

Hitachi Ltd. (6501) is showing Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. (6752) that there can be life after TV.