Man charged with attack on US jet

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• Man charged with attack on US jet
• Gaza - one year on
• Nigerian Charged in Bomb Attempt
• Man charged with attack on US jet
• Gaza - one year on
• Croats start voting for new head of state
• Croats start voting for new head of state (Reuters)
• Indian officials probe aircraft stowaway: report (AFP)
• Croats start voting for new head of state
• Three dead in new Philippine ferry disaster
• Ferry sinks off Philippines, 4 dead, 21 missing
• Bomb kills gov't official, family in NW Pakistan (AP)
• Uzbeks vote in parliamentary poll
• Venezuelan seeks to revive anti-Chavez movement (AP)
• Taiwan's Ma urges Beijing on dissidents: report (AFP)
• College Football's Most Valuable Team
• China introduces law to boost renewable energy
• Family of British death row inmate in China (AFP)
• Activist: US missionary crosses border into NKorea (AP)
• Japan PM says moving US base to Guam 'unreasonable' (AFP)

Man charged with attack on US jet Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST A Nigerian man has been charged with attempting to destroy a plane after he allegedly tried to detonate explosives on a passenger jet arriving in the US.

Gaza - one year on Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST It has been a year since Israel began an offensive against the Palestinian territory of Gaza. Paul Wood reflects on the last year.

Nigerian Charged in Bomb Attempt Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:03 PM PST U.S. prosecutors charged a 23-year-old Nigerian man with attempting a terrorist bombing on a Northwest flight. The father of the accused man warned U.S. officials in Nigeria recently that he feared his son had been "radicalized."

Man charged with attack on US jet Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST A Nigerian man has been charged with attempting to destroy a plane after he allegedly tried to detonate explosives on a passenger jet arriving in the US.

Gaza - one year on Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST It has been a year since Israel began an offensive against the Palestinian territory of Gaza. Paul Wood reflects on the last year.

Croats start voting for new head of state Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croats started voting for a new president on Sunday, with an opposition candidate who pledges to back the government's anti-corruption drive seen as favourite to win the first round.

Croats start voting for new head of state (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:16 PM PST Reuters - Croats started voting for a new president on Sunday, with an opposition candidate who pledges to back the government's anti-corruption drive seen as favorite to win the first round.

Indian officials probe aircraft stowaway: report (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:31 PM PST AFP - Indian authorities are investigating how a man posing as a maintenance worker managed to board an Air India flight and hide inside the toilet undetected until after takeoff, a report said Sunday.

Croats start voting for new head of state Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:16 PM PST ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croats started voting for a new president on Sunday, with an opposition candidate who pledges to back the government's anti-corruption drive seen as favorite to win the first round.

Three dead in new Philippine ferry disaster Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:23 PM PST MANILA -At least three people died while 22 others were missing after a small inter-island ferry sank in waters south of the Philippine capital, the coast guard said Sunday, the second sea disaster in three days. Read more...

Ferry sinks off Philippines, 4 dead, 21 missing Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:25 PM PST MANILA (Reuters) - Rescue teams searched the waters off the central Philippines on Sunday for at least 21 people still missing from a ferry that sank, the second such accident in less than a week, officials said.

Bomb kills gov't official, family in NW Pakistan (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:36 PM PST 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.

Uzbeks vote in parliamentary poll Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:11 PM PST Election set to hand all the seats in parliament to supporters of the president.

Venezuelan seeks to revive anti-Chavez movement (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:01 PM PST AP - They range from wealthy businessmen to boisterous students and poor single mothers, jammed together 10,000 strong in a stadium, chanting "change is possible!" and shoving forward to greet the man who is challenging President Hugo Chavez's grip on power.

Taiwan's Ma urges Beijing on dissidents: report (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:03 PM PST AFP - Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has called on Chinese authorities to "tolerate" political opponents after they jailed a leading dissident, it was reported Sunday.

College Football's Most Valuable Team Posted: 26 Dec 2009 08:12 PM PST The University of Texas Longhorns won't play for the national championship until Jan. 7, but when it

China introduces law to boost renewable energy Posted: 26 Dec 2009 08:56 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - A new Chinese law requires power grid operators to buy all the electricity produced by renewable energy generators, in a move that will increase the proportion of energy that comes from renewable sources in coal-dependent China.

Family of British death row inmate in China (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:25 PM PST AFP - Family members of a British man due to be executed this week for drug trafficking are expected to arrive in China Sunday in a last ditch attempt to plead for his life, a rights group said.

Activist: US missionary crosses border into NKorea (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 08:24 PM PST AP - An American Christian missionary slipped into isolated North Korea on Christmas Day, shouting that he brought God's love and carrying a letter urging leader Kim Jong Il to step down and free all political prisoners, an activist said.

Japan PM says moving US base to Guam 'unreasonable' (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 10:03 PM PST AFP - Relocating a contentious US airbase from southern Japan to Guam is "unreasonable" from the standpoint of national security, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told a radio programme.

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Blast hits Lebanese capital

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• Blast hits Lebanese capital
• Israel Kills Six Palestinians in Surge of Violence
• Bomb squad searches Lufthansa jet in Iceland
• Beirut bomb targets Hamas car, one wounded
• U.S. Puts Number on Education Grant Applications
• U.S. Missionary Illegally Marches Into North Korea
• Palestinians condemn Israeli raid
• States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight Bill
• Brazil Aims to Prevent Land Grabs in Amazon
• In pictures
• In pictures
• His Specialty? Old New York, in Vivid Dutch
• 3 dead in drone strike, Pakistan official says
• Airport security tightens amid failed attack aboard U.S.-bound jetliner
• Airline passenger says he helped foil attack
• Riot police clash with protesters in Tehran
• Police clash with Tehran protesters
• Melrose Journal: Where Golden Treasure Came in Bottles and Cans
• Elite U.S. Force Expanding Hunt in Afghanistan
• Elite U.S. Force Expanding Hunt in Afghanistan

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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