Reporters on the Job
• Stuck in Gaza: After three days of reporting about Hamas for today's one-year-later story, correspondent Rafael Frankel planned to leave Gaza on Thursday afternoon. But his departure coincided with the start of Hamas's multifront attack on the Israeli border. A mortar struck the Erez crossing into Israel, damaging the terminal and causing Israel to shut the border even to journalists and aid workers.
After three days, the border was finally opened on Sunday morning, and Rafi drove back to Tel Aviv.
"In addition to extra reporting time, the last three days in Gaza gave me some perspective," he says. "When I told Israeli friends about being stuck in Gaza, they said Hamas should just stop shooting at Israel and the borders could open to everyone. But to Palestinians over the weekend, they said that now I had a taste, if even a small one, of what it feels like to be kept against one's will in the tiny coastal territory."
– David Clark Scott
World editor
• Monday, June 16: The Hague - A Dutch court holds first hearing in suit by Srebrenica victims seeking compensation from UN and the Netherlands. London - The Africa Progress Panel unveils an inaugural report on the state of the continent's development and how far G-8 commitments to Africa are being met.
• Wednesday June 18: Brussels - Truckers and farmers plan protests to pressure the EU to come to their aid amid rising fuel, cost of living prices.
• Thursday June 19: Brussels - The EU's 27 leaders gather for a two-day summit; topics to include Mideast peace plans, Burma (Myanmar), and Zimbabwe.
