'Bomb attack bid' on US airliner

'Bomb attack bid' on US airliner

'Bomb attack bid' on US airliner

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:05 AM PST

A fire aboard an airliner coming in to land in Detroit from Amsterdam was a failed bomb attack, US officials say.


Hatoyama cabinet suffers drop in support rate - Kyodo

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:21 AM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's cabinet fell sharply over the past month as the public remained unconvinced of his explanation about a funding scandal, Kyodo news agency said on Saturday.


Israel kills six Palestinians in WBank, Gaza

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:01 AM PST

NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed six Palestinians in two separate incidents on Saturday in the occupied West and the Gaza Strip, in one of the most deadly outbreaks of violence in months.


Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayer

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 11:21 PM PST

PATONG, Thailand (Reuters) - 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.


Israel kills six Palestinians in WBank, Gaza

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 11:21 PM PST

NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed six Palestinians in two separate incidents on Saturday in the occupied West and the Gaza Strip, in one of the most deadly outbreaks of violence in months.


Six Palestinians dead in violence with Israel

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 11:21 PM PST

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel killed six Palestinians on Saturday -- three in the Gaza Strip and three in the occupied West Bank -- in one of the worst days of violence in months, Israeli military sources and Palestinian medics said.


Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayers

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 10:58 PM PST

PATONG, Thailand (Reuters) - 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.


Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayers

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:17 PM PST

PATONG, Thailand (Reuters) - 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.


South Korea's Lee visits UAE; nuclear deal eyed

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:17 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visits the United Arab Emirates on Saturday in a push to win one of the world's biggest nuclear power plant contracts.


Israel kills two Palestinians in West Bank - medics

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:17 PM PST

NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement on Saturday in the West Bank city of Nablus, medical officials and sources with the group said.


Ship fire kills nine off Venezuela - state media

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 08:02 PM PST

CARACAS (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.


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

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 08:02 PM PST

DETROIT (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.


Romania marks sombre anniversary

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 03:10 PM PST

It is 20 years since Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were convicted in a military court and taken to be executed.


U.S. says al Qaeda-linked man tried to blow up plane

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 07:20 PM PST

DETROIT (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.


U.S. rights activist crosses into North Korea - reports

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 07:20 PM PST

SEOUL (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.


FACTBOX - North Korea's suspected human rights abuses

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 07:20 PM PST

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


U.S. says al Qaeda-linked man tried to blow up plane

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 06:50 PM PST

DETROIT (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, U.S. officials said.


Afghan Taliban issue video of captive U.S. soldier

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 06:50 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban on Friday issued a new video tape of a U.S. soldier captured this summer, which was condemned by the U.S. military as propaganda, and the decision to release it on Christmas day as cruel.


Nine dead in ship fire off Venezuela - state media

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 06:50 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Nine sailors died and five were injured in a Christmas Day ship fire off a Venezuelan Caribbean island, the official Venezuelan news agency ABN reported on Friday.


U.S. says al Qaeda-linked man tried to blow up plane

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 06:20 PM PST

DETROIT (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, U.S. officials said.


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