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Nigerian man charged in Christmas airliner attack (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:35 PM PST

Police enter the basement of a building where police are searching in Mansfield Street in London, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. The search was reportedly in connection with the attempted terrorist attack on a Northwestern Airline flight as it prepared to land in Detroit on Friday , (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - A 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed ties to al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner, just a month after his father warned U.S. officials of concerns about his son's religious beliefs.

Winter weather leaves behind flooding concerns (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:51 AM PST

A truck is covered with ice and snow as it waits at a truck stop near Gretna, Neb., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 for Interstate 80 to reopen. Treacherous weather has forced the closing of I-80 and plagued much of the country for days and stranded road and air travelers .(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Snow and rain storms that have battered a much of the country for days have started subsiding, leaving behind concerns about flooding in some areas.

Alleged terrorst known but not considered a threat (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:36 AM PST

AP - The alleged Christmas Day terrorist had been in one of the U.S. government's many terror databases since November, which is when his father brought him to the attention of embassy officials in Nigeria.

Witnesses report fierce clashes at Tehran protest (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:34 AM PST

A man wearing a green band in support of the Iranian opposition holds a picture of Iran's leading dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri during Montazeri's funeral in the holy city of Qom December 21, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer/iranAP - Iranian police fired warning shots in the air and beat opposition protesters in central Tehran Sunday, witnesses and opposition Web sites said.

Bomb kills gov't official, family in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:30 PM PST

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard as another with a snuffer dog searches area ahead of Shiite Muslims procession on the eighth day of the mourning month of Muharram, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar is observed around the world for ten days of mourning in remembrance of martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - A bomb ripped through a government official's house in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing him and his five family members in an attack that police said was in retaliation for military operations targeting Taliban in the area.

Ferry sinks in Philippines; 3 dead, 22 missing (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:16 PM PST

Norma Mauhay, left, and her daughter Leslie grieve as they wait for news about the fate of her son Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009 at the port in Batangas City, south of Manila, Philippines. A passenger ferry sank in the northern Philippines in a second sea disaster in three days. Three bodies were recovered and 22 were missing, the coast guard said Sunday. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - A passenger ferry sank in the northern Philippines in a second sea disaster in three days. The bodies of three children were recovered and 22 people were missing Sunday.

Bomb kills 5 Shiite pilgrims in northeastern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:28 PM PST

Shiite Muslim worshippers, stained by their own blood from self inflicted wounds, hold knives during the festival of Ashoura, when faithful show their grief over the 7th-century killing of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein, in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - A blast in northeastern Iraq killed five people Sunday in a crowd of pilgrims who had gathered for the most important Shiite religious observance of the year, authorities said.

First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:01 PM PST

This Oct. 5, 2009 photo shows an unidentified tuberculosis and HIV patient on his bed at Wat Prabat Nampu in Lopburi, Thailand. Simple TB is simple to treat, a $10 course of medication, but the pills must be taken in specific combinations for six months to completely wipe out the bacteria. If treatment is stopped short, the TB learns to fight back against the drugs, mutating into a tougher strain for which few, if any, medications exist. It can cost $100,000 a year or more to cure drug-resistant TB, which is described as multi-drug-resistant (MDR), extremely drug-resistant (XDR) and completely drug-resistant (CDR). (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.

Percy Sutton, attorney for Malcolm X, dead at 89 (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST

FILE - Former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins, left, and Civil Rights activist Percy Sutton attend the 80th anniversary celebration of Harlem's Schomburg Center at Lincoln Center in New York, in this Oct. 6, 2006 file photo. Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, died Saturday Dec. 26, 2009 at age 89. (AP Photo/Rick Maiman, File)AP - Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, died Saturday at age 89.

Florida's Meyer resigns amid health concerns (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:49 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2009 file photo, Florida head coach Urban Meyer walks past a Florida logo in the Georgia Dome before a practice in Atlanta. Meyer resigned Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009, due to health concerns. Meyer is calling it quits after five seasons in Gainesville and two national titles. He leaves Florida with a 56-10 record that includes a 32-8 mark in league play and a school-record 22-game winning streak snapped early this month against Alabama. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - While his coaching successes mounted and his tough-as-nails reputation grew, Urban Meyer admits there was one thing he didn't pay much attention to — his health.

Nigerian charged with trying to blow up U.S. jet (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 06:33 PM PST

A Delta Airbus 330 airliner sits on a runway at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan in this video grab made December 25, 2009. REUTERS/WDIV TV/HandoutReuters - U.S. authorities on Saturday charged a Nigerian man with trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet with high explosives and were investigating his claim that he had links to al Qaeda.

Bomb hits Hamas car in Beirut, casualties unclear (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 02:09 PM PST

Reuters - A bomb exploded in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Saturday, targeting a car used by members of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

Security tightened for U.S.-bound air passengers (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 06:45 PM PST

Reuters - Airline passengers headed for the United States faced tighter security measures on Saturday after an attempt to blow up a U.S. jet bound for Detroit, including pat-downs and an order to stay seated during the last hour of flight, airlines and security officials said.

Oklahoma firm recalling beef products in six states (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:31 AM PST

Reuters - An Oklahoma company said it was voluntarily recalling 248,000 lbs (112,000 kg) of beef products in six states following an outbreak of illnesses involving E. coli bacteria.

Israel kills six Palestinians in West Bank,Gaza (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 07:53 AM PST

Palestinians carry the body of Ghassan Abu Sharach, who was killed during an Israeli army raid, during his funeral in the West Bank City of Nablus December 26, 2009. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Israeli soldiers killed six Palestinians on Saturday in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the bloodiest violent outbreak in months.

Nigerian charged over attempted US airliner bomb (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:28 AM PST

An Airport policeman and his bomb-sniffing dog Spencer patrol at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. US investigators on Sunday tried to piece together terrorism connections of a Nigerian man who has been charged with attempting to blow up a US jetliner after reportedly confessing that he had been trained by Al-Qaeda in Yemen.(AFP/Getty Images/Bill Pugliano)AFP - US investigators on Sunday tried to piece together terrorism connections of a Nigerian man who has been charged with attempting to blow up a US jetliner after reportedly confessing that he had been trained by Al-Qaeda in Yemen.

Fresh Iran police, protester clashes: witnesses (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:37 AM PST

Young Iranian boys wave flags with the Arabic writing, AFP - Iranian police fired tear gas and beat protesters in clashes Sunday with thousands of opposition supporters chanting anti-government slogans during a Shiite mourning event, witnesses said.
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