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US forces eliminate top al-Qaeda figure
Colorado Springs News.Net
It has been announced that US troops have killed a leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
George Bush to review peace talks with Israeli PM
Colorado Springs News.Net
President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts.
Jordanian king asks for Israeli restraint over rocket attacks
Colorado Springs News.Net
Jordan's King Abdullah has warned Israel not to put further constraints on Palestinians.
Judge says Guantanamo inmates must go free
Colorado Springs News.Net
A US federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerian detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
Australian terror man relieved of strict order
Colorado Springs News.Net
The Australian lawyer of a convicted supporter of terrorism has said his client can finally move on after the dropping of a control order.
Greece to free half its prison population
Colorado Springs News.Net
The Greek Justice Ministry has announced plans to free around half of the country's 12,000 inmates within the next few months.
Indian police on the trail of child murderer
Colorado Springs News.Net
Police in Lucknow, India, claim to have solved the murder of a seven-year-old boy whose body was found in a suitcase on a train.
Report says nuclear explosion is an abiding risk
Colorado Springs News.Net
A new report has been released to say the world still faces a serious risk of nuclear explosion, with weapons-making materials falling into wrong hands.
Pakistan guarantees supplies to NATO soldiers
Colorado Springs News.Net
NATO commanders meeting in Brussels have been assured by Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, that supply lines will remain open to alliance troops in Afghanistan, even with attacks occurring along the Afghan-Pakistani border.
Flight attendant helps with landing
Colorado Springs News.Net
A flight attendant aboard an Air Canada passenger jet helped to land the aircraft in Ireland after its co-pilot suffered a mental breakdown.
Blast in Bangkok kills protestor
Colorado Springs News.Net
An anti-government protester has been killed in a Bangkok bomb explosion.
Storms wash away people in Vietnam
Colorado Springs News.Net
Nine people, including three children, have been killed in heavy rains during a storm in central Vietnam.
Australian terrorist wants greater freedom
Colorado Springs News.Net
Australian man, David Hicks, who was convicted of terrorism offences in the US, has broken his self-imposed silence and called on police to relax stringent controls over his freedom.
Al-Qaeda makes racial slur against Obama
Colorado Springs News.Net
Al-Qaeda has insulted US President-elect Barack Obama, by referring to him as a “house negro,” a demeaning racial term used to refer to blacks who do the bidding of whites.
UN separates clashing forces in Congo
Colorado Springs News.Net
The UN has confirmed military withdrawals are in progress in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Iraqi legislators harassed by colleagues
Colorado Springs News.Net
In Iraq, a parliamentary debate on the US-Iraq security agreement has been halted because of interference by legislators loyal to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Orphanage director assaults children in care
Colorado Springs News.Net
A so-called British charity worker has been jailed for 20 years in Albania on child abuse charges.
Einstein proven right a century later
The Australian
IT'S taken more than a century, but Einstein's celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated, thanks to a heroic computational effort by French, German and Hungarian physicists.
Marine dies in Iraq
USA Today
The death raises to at least 4,201 members of the U.S. military who have died in the Iraq war since it began in according to an Associated Press count.
NJ trooper could get 5 years in DWI death case
Philadelphia Daily News
A New Jersey state trooper has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and drunken driving in a crash that killed a man whose vehicle he rear-ended last fall. Twenty-nine-year-old...
Baghdad plans to kill stray dogs
USA Today
Baghdad authorities announced a citywide campaign on Thursday to kill stray dogs in the Iraqi capital after a spate of dog attacks on city residents.
Rendell promises $35M to help Boscovs
Philadelphia Daily News
Gov. Ed Rendell says the state has secured $35 million in federal loans to help regional department store chain Boscov's exit bankruptcy. Rendell said today that the loans will be...
Conrad Black seeks clemency from Bush
The Australian
Black once ran the world's third largest media empire. He is now serving a six-and-a-half-year jail term for fraud and obstruction of justice in Coleman, Florida. Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper...

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