Blast hits Lebanese capital

Blast hits Lebanese capital


Blast hits Lebanese capital

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:35 PM PST

Explosion wounds one person in southern Hezbollah stronghold.


Israel Kills Six Palestinians in Surge of Violence

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:20 PM PST

Israeli troops blasted their way into the homes of three wanted Palestinians, killing them. In the Gaza Strip, three young men approaching Israel's southern border were shot.


Bomb squad searches Lufthansa jet in Iceland

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:43 AM PST

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - A Lufthansa flight en route from Frankfurt to Detroit with about 200 passengers made an emergency landing in Iceland on Saturday after it was found to be carrying luggage whose owner had not boarded the plane.


Beirut bomb targets Hamas car, one wounded

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:58 AM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A bomb which exploded in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Saturday targeted a car used by Hamas members and one person was wounded, security sources told Reuters.


U.S. Puts Number on Education Grant Applications

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:43 AM PST

The Department of Education, preparing to give hundreds of millions of dollars in grants, estimated how long it should take each state to prepare its proposal: 681 hours.


U.S. Missionary Illegally Marches Into North Korea

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:10 AM PST

A missionary carrying a letter for the North Korean dictator crossed into the country to try bring attention to North Korean suffering, South Korean activists said.


Palestinians condemn Israeli raid

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:25 AM PST

Palestinian leaders condemn Israel's killing of three suspected militants in the West Bank as a "dangerous escalation".


States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight Bill

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:30 PM PST

States that have already broadened health care coverage say that the Senate overhaul bill unfairly penalizes them.


Brazil Aims to Prevent Land Grabs in Amazon

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:02 PM PST

In a huge stretch of the Amazon, the state has been virtually nonexistent, giving way to a brazen culture of illegal land seizures, often at the tip of a gun barrel.


In pictures

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 07:21 AM PST

Events mark Asian tsunami's fifth anniversary


In pictures

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 07:21 AM PST

Events mark Asian tsunami's fifth anniversary


His Specialty? Old New York, in Vivid Dutch

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:30 PM PST

Charles T. Gehring has spent 35 years translating 17th-century records that provide renewed appreciation for New Netherland, the colony that sowed the seeds for New York's ascendance.


3 dead in drone strike, Pakistan official says

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:24 AM PST

Two missiles believed to be fired by a U.S. unmanned aircraft on Saturday killed three militants in Pakistan's tribal region, a Pakistani intelligence official told CNN.


Airport security tightens amid failed attack aboard U.S.-bound jetliner

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:09 PM PST

Airports around the world intensified their security for U.S. bound passengers Saturday as American officials sought more information about the motives of a Nigerian man who tried to light an incendiary device aboard a flight as it descended into Detroit on Christmas Day.


Airline passenger says he helped foil attack

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 08:07 AM PST

A Nigerian man is "talking a lot" to the FBI, said a senior U.S. official, after what the United States believes was an attempted terrorist attack on an inbound international flight.


Riot police clash with protesters in Tehran

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:29 AM PST

Political conflict and public piety converged on tension-filled streets in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday. Clashes erupted between riot police and opposition protesters as hundreds of people solemnly took part in an annual Shiite Muslim observance.


Police clash with Tehran protesters

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:04 AM PST

Iranian security forces "use batons and tear gas" to disperse opposition supporters.


Melrose Journal: Where Golden Treasure Came in Bottles and Cans

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 11:10 PM PST

A construction project in the Bronx has unearthed caverns where an old local brewery, Ebling, aged its beer.


Elite U.S. Force Expanding Hunt in Afghanistan

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:16 AM PST

Secretive branches of the military's Special Operations forces have increased counterterrorism missions against some of the most lethal groups.


Elite U.S. Force Expanding Hunt in Afghanistan

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:30 PM PST

Secretive branches of the military's Special Operations forces have increased counterterrorism missions against some of the most lethal groups.


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