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Passengers help foil attack on Detroit-bound plane (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:54 AM PST

This picture provided by J.P. Karas shows Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on the runway after arriving at Detroit Metropolitan Airport from Amsterdam on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. A passenger aboard the plane set off firecrackers Friday, causing a commotion and some minor injuries, a Delta official said. Delta and Northwest have merged. (AP Photo/J.P. Karas)AP - An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke — sending passengers scrambling to subdue a man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaida, officials and travelers said.

Tears, prayers mark Asian tsunami anniversary (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:55 AM PST

An Acehnese woman weeps during a prayer for the victims of Indian Ocean tsunami in Lhoong, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. A giant quake in Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a massive tsunami that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Aceh. (AP Photo/Heri Juanda)AP - Buddhist monks chanted on white-sand beaches in Thailand and thousands prayed at mosques in Indonesia to mark the fifth anniversary of the Asian tsunami that left 230,000 people dead.

GOP lawmakers change tune on costly health plans (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:17 AM PST

Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Me., arrives for a cloture vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Democrats are troubled by the inconsistency of Republican lawmakers who approved a major Medicare expansion six years ago that has added tens of billions of dollars to federal deficits, but oppose current health overhaul plans.

3 Fatah activists killed in Israeli raid (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 11:51 PM PST

Palestinians burn garbage on a street during an Israeli army raid in the West Bank city of Nablus December 26, 2009. Israeli soldiers shot and killed six Palestinians in two separate incidents on Saturday in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence in months. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)AP - Palestinian officials say Israeli troops have killed three activists of the Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

NATO: US service member killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:22 AM PST

Mirza-Ulugbek Abdusalomov, the chairman of Uzbekistan's Central Election Committee, greets audiences before his briefing in Tashkent December 26, 2009. Uzbekistan will vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election certain to cement President Islam Karimov's grip on power in a Central Asian nation key to Western efforts to contain the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (UZBEKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)AP - NATO says an American service member has been killed in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.

Vatican to review security after papal knockdown (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:40 AM PST

In this photo released by the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano newspaper, Pope Benedict XVI delivers hsi address to the faithful during the 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the City and to the World) blessing and message in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. The pontiff delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing Friday, looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine hours after being knocked down by a woman who jumped the barrier at the start of Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, HO)AP - The Vatican will review security procedures after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, this time managing to knock him down before being pulled away by guards, the Vatican spokesman said.

Girl abducted in Phoenix rescued by police (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 11:34 PM PST

This undated picture made available via KTVK-TV shows Natalie Flores. An Amber Alert was issued Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 after police say the 5-year-old girl was abducted in north Phoenix. Natalie and her two sisters, ages 7 and 9, were playing at an apartment complex when a man parked his brown pickup in a nearby parking lot and walked over to them carrying a camera, Hill said. 'He physically grabbed the 7-year-old girl and forcibly took a photo of her,' a police officer said. The man then forced 5-year-old Natalie into the truck, according to witnesses. He left southbound with Natalie in the pickup — possibly a Ford Ranger with a ladder rack, with Arizona license plate 3HG-774. (AP Photo/via KTVK-TV)AP - A 5-year-old girl abducted by a man as she played outside her Phoenix home Friday was rescued hours later after police chased down the suspect's pickup and found her "alive and well" inside, officials said.

Activist: US missionary crosses border into NKorea (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 11:19 PM PST

FILE - A Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 photo of files of Euna Lee, left, and Laura Ling, two American journalists who were arrested in March after allegedly crossing into North Korea from China, as they are greeted by Michael Saldate, the husband of Euna Lee, second from right, Iain Clayton, the husband of Laura Ling, right, and Lee's daughter, Hana, after the two arrive at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. North Korea has commended two soldiers who apprehended a pair of U.S. journalists earlier this year along the country's border with China, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)AP - A Christian missionary from the U.S. has entered North Korea in order to highlight the plight of tens of thousands of political prisoners estimated to be held in the communist state, a human rights activist said Saturday.

Actor Charlie Sheen arrested in Colorado (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:52 AM PST

This picture provided by the Aspen Police Department on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 shows Charlie Sheen. Sheen has been arrested in Aspen, Colo. on charges related to an alleged case of domestic violence. Authorities said Sheen was arrested Friday on charges of second-degree assault as well as menacing, both felonies, and criminal mischief, a misdemeanor. Police said the alleged victim didn't have to be taken to the hospital but didn't identify who the victim was. (AP Photo/Aspen Police Department)AP - Charlie Sheen spent the better part of Christmas Day in a Colorado jail cell after being arrested on domestic violence allegations.

Fans throw foam on court in Lakers' loss to Cavs (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:39 PM PST

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mo Williams, left, and forward LeBron James (23) watch as fans throw foam hands onto the court during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers , Friday, Dec. 25, 2009, in Los Angeles. The Cavaliers won 102-87. (AP Photo/Lori Shepler)AP - The yellow foam hands came flying in from every corner of the lower bowl, sailing onto the court in dozens of frisbee-style arches late in the Cleveland Cavaliers' dominant victory.

U.S. says al Qaeda linked Nigerian tries to blow up plane (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 07:48 PM PST

Reuters - A Nigerian man linked to al Qaeda tried to set off an explosive device aboard a U.S. passenger plane as it approached Detroit on Friday, but was overpowered by passengers and crew and the aircraft landed safely, officials said.

Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayers (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 08:59 PM PST

Tourists jog on Khao Lak beach in Thailand's Phang Nga province, about 110 km (68 miles) north of the resort island of Phuket, December 25, 2009. REUTERS/Chaiwat SubprasomReuters - Thousands of saffron-robed Thai monks chanted and prayed for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Saturday as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of one of history's worst natural disasters.

Iran police use tear gas against opposition: report (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:55 AM PST

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. REUTERS/Stringer/iranReuters - A reformist website said Iranian riot police fired tear gas to disperse opposition supporters who used a religious mourning ceremony on Saturday to try to revive anti-government protests in the Islamic Republic.

Taliban planned to use Americans in Pakistan attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:29 AM PST

A Pakistani Shi'ite Muslim walks on hot coal during a religious procession ahead of the Ashura festival in Lahore December 26, 2009. Ashura falls on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed, who was killed in 680 A.D. during the battle of Kerbala. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)Reuters - Taliban insurgents had planned to use five Americans detained in Pakistan, who had contacted the militant group through the Internet, to carry out attacks inside the U.S. ally, a police official said on Saturday.

U.S. rights activist crosses into North Korea: reports (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 06:57 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. human rights activist trying to raise global attention about the suffering of the North Korean people has crossed into the reclusive state, other activists and South Korean media said on Saturday.

Ship fire kills nine off Venezuela: state media (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 07:50 PM PST

A member of Venezuela's Maritime Rescue and Aid service looks out of a MI 17 helicopter during the rescue mission of the crew of the Greek bulk carrier Reuters - Nine sailors were killed and five were burned in a Christmas Day blaze aboard a Greek freighter in waters off a Venezuelan Caribbean island, the official Venezuelan news agency ABN reported on Friday.

Taliban issue video of captive U.S. soldier (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 04:31 PM PST

Reuters - The Taliban on Friday issued a new video tape of a captured American soldier ridiculing the war in Afghanistan as "our next Vietnam," a move the U.S. military condemned as a cruel piece of Christmas Day propaganda.

Al-Qaeda-linked man tries to blow up US airliner (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:56 AM PST

A Nigerian man with reported links to Al-Qaeda has tried to blow up a US airliner with a new type of explosive device before being tackled by passengers in what officials said was an attempted Christmas Day terror attack.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - A young Nigerian man with reported links to Al-Qaeda attempted to blow up a US airliner as it began its descent into Detroit before being subdued by passengers and crew, officials said.

India bridge collapse: 45 people presumed dead (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 01:01 AM PST

Indian rescue personnel at the scene of a collapsed bridge which spanned the Chambal river in Kota on December 25. The number of people presumed killed in the bridge accident in western India rose to at least 45 on Saturday, an official said, as rescue divers struggled to recover bodies pinned under water.(AFP/Sam Panthaky)AFP - The number of people presumed killed when a bridge collapsed in western India rose to at least 45 on Saturday, an official said, as rescue divers struggled to recover bodies pinned under water.
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