Only if both sides stop will the situation cease deteriorating

The word is from One Bills Drive that the team has just announced that Defensive Coordinator Perry Fewell will be the team's interim head coach. "Perry has done a great job with our defense and has demonstrated excellent leadership skills as Defensive Coordinator. Our players and staff have a lot of confidence in him and that is important as we look forward to these next seven games.” The last interim head coach during the regular season was Hall of Fame Head Coach Marv Levy, after taking over the duties from Hank Bullough. Jauron led the Bills to three consecutive 7-9 seasons before this season’s 3-6 record through the first nine games. Struggles on both the offensive side and defensive side of the ball plagued Jauron’s tenure in Buffalo. Buffalo finished 30th, 30th, 25th and has a current ranking of 29th through nine games played this season. He had three different offensive coordinators in his three-plus seasons as head coach.

Defending the run was also a stumbling block under Jauron’s leadership. The Bills are off to Jacksonville to take on the Jaguars on Sunday afternoon. For more info, read Chris Brown's blog on the official website of the Buffalo Bills, http:// taken from Chirs Browns Blog, photo courtesy of AP This article is also featured on Steve Petty Sports. BEIJING, Jan 8 (Reuters) - China urged an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, calling on Israel to halt military operations there and for Hamas to stop missile launches, in Beijing's most forthright comments yet on the crisis. Beijing has relatively little sway in the Middle East and has often confined its comments on the Israel-Palestinian dispute to general calls for goodwill. "Above all, and most pressing, is that there be an immediate ceasefire and easing of the humanitarian crisis," Sun said, according to Xinhua.

"Israel should immediately halt military operations in Gaza, and Hamas should immediately halt launching missiles into Israel. Only if both sides stop will the situation cease deteriorating." Sun and spokesman Qin also gave China's backing to an Egyptian ceasefire proposal. Egypt's plan "should be treated seriously by the international community," Qin told a regular news conference in Beijing. "The international community should step up mediation efforts," said Qin. Sun told Xinhua that a ceasefire should be followed by an influx of aid to help Gaza residents short on food and medicine.

He also urged a swift revival of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. "Armed force can only produce more enmity and bitterness and cannot possibly bring any side absolute security," he said.(Reporting by Chris Buckley; Editing by Ken Wills and Bill Tarrant) China China. BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun a new probe into whether hedge fund Pequot Capital Management illegally profited from inside information on Microsoft in 2001, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.One of two people familiar with the matter told the news agency investigators had learned of documents that show former Microsoft employee David Zilkha may have obtained confidential information about the software maker, it said.