with traffic again clogging busy intersections and stores opening for business.

"For first time, the Israeli people felt what bombs mean, what rockets mean, what war means, what killing people means," said clothing store owner Bassem Diazeda, who said he only became a supporter of Hamas since the escalation.

The fighting came to an end after a meeting between Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary. Clinton, who said Egypt and the U.S. would help support the peace process going forward.
The eight days of fighting left more than 160 Palestinians and five Israelis dead.

The concern now among top diplomats is whether the cease-fire will hold while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders work on a long term solution for peace. Israel is demanding anBAT Takes Cigarette Packaging Fight To Aussie High Court

Law360, New York (December 1, 2011, 8:03 PM EST) -- British American Tobacco PLC on Thursday sued the Australian government in the country's highest court over a law requiring imported and domestic cigarettes to be sold in plain packages, arguing the measure is an attack on the company's intellectual property.

The proceeding before the High Court of Australia targets the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act, a law passed by the Australian Senate in November. The legislation mandates that cigarettes be sold in logo-less, brown packages labeled in a small, uniform font. The graphic images representing smoking-related illnesses...