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Top Stories: A 23-year-old Nigerian man has been charged with trying to destroy a Northwest Airlines flight with a powerful explosive device. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:46:19 -0500Israel has once again strained the peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority by having troops crash into the homes of three wanted Palestinians. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:44:03 -0500The Mayon volcano in the Philippines is becoming clogged with lava. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:38:07 -0500Islamist militants from the North Caucasus have claimed responsibility for the murder of a Russian Orthodox priest. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:54:04 -0500Three bombs which were planted under a car exploded south of Beirut on Saturday, wounding two people. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:34:59 -0500On the fifth anniversary of the tsunami that killed almost 250,000 people, a strong earthquake has rocked Indonesia. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:32:58 -0500Actor Charlie Sheen, the star of the hit TV comedy show, Two and a Half Men, is now out of jail after an arrest for domestic violence which allegedly occurred on Christmas Day. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:31:16 -0500Separate attacks throughout Iraq resulted in the deaths of 11 people on Christmas Day. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:30:33 -0500Israel in two months will provide all its residents with gas masks. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:07:07 -0500The jailing of Liu Xiaobo is causing concern with the UN Human Rights Council chief. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:04:26 -0500The policy of assassination, the policy of escalation from the Israeli side is ruining every chance of peace, a Palestinian spokesman said. Robert Berger - VOA Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:17:43 -0500Reconstruction of Gaza, devastated by a three week war, is being frustrated by the Israeli blockade. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:18:49 -0500Palestinians were joined by visitors from all over the world for traditional Christmas Mass at the Church of Nativity. Big News Network.com Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:35:06 -0500Pope Benedict wa sknocked to the ground by a woman at Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Sabina Castelfranco Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:45:25 -0500DETROIT, Michigan - A Nigerian man who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day has confessed to training with an Al-Qaeda bombmaker in Yemen, security officials told the US media on Sa... Channel News Asia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:11:30 -0500A crashed vehicle sits stranded in a snow drift in Nebraska following days of treacherous weather that stranded road and air travellers across the United States. Photo / AP... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:07:21 -0500Dion Lewis rushed for 159 yards and a touchdown to pass Tony Dorsett as Pittsburgh’s top freshman rusher, and Dan Hutchins kicked a 33-yard field goal with 52 seconds left to give the 17th-ranked Pa... MSNBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:05:24 -0500BEIRUT - Three bombs planted under a car exploded south of Beirut on Saturday, killing one person and wounding several others in an attack that apparently targeted an official from the Palestinian mil... MSNBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:05:22 -0500GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida football coach Urban Meyer has stepped down, citing health concerns. Meyer will coach the Gators for the final time in the Sugar Bowl against Cincinnati on Jan. 1. "I... CNN Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:04:00 -0500A senior minister has said the next general election campaign should not descend into a "hideous" class war.Earlier this month, Gordon Brown said Conservative policy had been "dreamed u... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:00:05 -0500"} ,{"image" : '/resources/r/?m=02&d=20091226&t=2&i=37034299&w=460&r=2009-12-26T233344Z_01_BTRE5BP1EAA00_RTROPTP_0_SECURITY-AIRLINE-BRITAIN', "thumbnail" : '/resources/r/?m=02&d=20091226&t=2&i=37034... Reuters Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:52:59 -0500Imam Jamal Rahman, pastor Don Mackenzie and rabbi Ted Falcon call themselves the interfaith amigos. The three clerics forged a relationship after the 9/11 attacks and have used humor and dialogue to a... CBS News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:51:15 -0500This recent photo, provided by Pakistani officials, shows U.S. college student Ramy Zamzam, one of five American young men arrested by Pakistani police in the city of Sargodha. CBS News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:51:13 -0500Narayan Dutt Tiwari, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh in south-east India, had maintained his innocence after the sex tape was aired a day ago on the news channel Andhra Jyothi. He has now has bowed to ... The Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:45:19 -0500TWENTY-five people are missing after a small inter-island ferry sank in waters just south of the Philippine capital, the coast guard said on Sunday. The Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:45:18 -0500POPE Benedict XVI prayed before crowds in St Peter's Square on Saturday in a post-Christmas tradition two days after he was assaulted by a woman. The Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:45:17 -0500CONFUSED partygoers have been getting in the way of the paramedics who rush to emergencies on bicycles complete with sirens wailing and lights flashing. The Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:45:14 -0500The officers attended a home at Inverell about 5.45pm (AEDT)on Saturday after reports that a woman was injured by a broken window."Upon their arrival, the officers were met with a female who alle... The Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:45:13 -0500The next time the 76ers play at the Wachovia Center, their season will be 33 games old. Yesterday, the Sixers flew to Utah. Tonight against the Jazz they will begin a trip that spans four states, cov... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:43:44 -0500DETROIT (AP) -- A 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed ties to al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner, as authorities learned his father warned U.S. officials of... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:25:52 -0500A few dozen flights were delayed and a few canceled Saturday afternoon in southern Wisconsin. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory through Saturday evening. Three to five inch... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:25:51 -0500PHOENIX (AP) -- Seizures of money bound mostly for Mexico's violent drug cartels more than quadrupled this year on the Arizona border, and government officials are crediting beefed-up screening at che... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:25:50 -0500LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) -- Fewer earthquakes have been recorded in the Philippines' lava-spilling Mayon volcano, but magma continues to build up inside and any lull in activity could be followed by ... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:25:49 -0500The Tiger Woods saga hardly rises to the level of Greek tragedy. A taste for cheap women is not exactly the type of tragic flaw to warrant the attention of the great tragedians. It is too ubiquitous. ... Jerusalem Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:53:11 -0500A man who claimed to be an agent of al-Qaeda was charged Saturday with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day as it was preparing to land in Detroit, officials said. Jerusalem Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:53:05 -0500Relatives of Akmal Shaikh, the Briton on death row in China, arrived in the country today in a desperate attempt to save the mentally-ill man, who is due to be executed on Tuesday. His cousins &ndash... The Independent Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:52:07 -0500The Vatican is considering taking legal action against the 25-year-old woman who attacked the Pope at Christmas Eve mass, as questions are raised about the pontiff's security. Susanna Maiolo, a Swiss... The Independent Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:52:04 -0500The sophistication of devices developed by terrorists has left airports struggling to keep up with the technology needed to detect them, security experts admitted yesterday. Tougher measures worldwid... The Independent Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:52:02 -0500Three youths are picked up in Banda Aceh by a special police unit on the lookout for people engaging in activity that contravenes sharia law. In this case, the men are suspected of gambling... The Independent Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:52:00 -0500They put up with The Godfather, Goodfellas, and decades of gangster movies. They endured The Sopranos. But one thing Italian-Americans will not stomach is a reality TV programme which appears to sugge... The Independent Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:51:58 -0500The actor Charlie Sheen is to appear in court after allegedly attacking his wife on Christmas morning. Mr Sheen, 44, was arrested after emergency services in Colorado received a call thought to have ... The Independent Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:51:50 -0500"Something happened to me," said Rehmat Bibi. "I am afraid I will harm myself or my children, but when I have a fit, I don't know what I'm doing." What happened to her was that she was injured in an ... The Independent Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:51:45 -0500Schuringa joins the passengers on United 93 and others who have leapt into action to defend themselves aloft since 9/11. Just three months after the attacks, Briton... USA Today Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:41:16 -0500A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said Saturday that flooding was ankle deep in the terminal C baggage claim area. Spokeswoman Tara Hamilton says the area was closed alo... USA Today Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:41:16 -0500Suriname border town set off rioting that targeted foreign workers, and at least 20 women were raped and more than 120 people had to be evacuated, the government said Saturday. USA Today Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:41:15 -0500U.S. agencies are looking into whether al-Qaida extremists in Yemen directed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and provided him with the explosives used in the failed bombing of Northwest Flight 253, senior a... MSNBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:40:18 -0500Minute organs hidden deep within the ear appear to directly alter blood flow to the brain, scientists have revealed.Until now, experts thought the inner ear's job was to control balance alone. But Har... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:33:50 -0500Scientists have discovered two genes that appear responsible for one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer.Glioblastoma multiforme rapidly invades the normal brain, producing inoperable tumours... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:33:48 -0500After taking off from Amsterdam, the passengers had been looking forward to meeting up with their loved ones for the rest of holiday. Then, just 20 minutes before landing, they found themselves trappe... The Scotsman Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:32:47 -0500"It's OK, dear," said her mother, Seo Hye-kyong. "It will help make you pretty and tall. It will make you Cinderella."Swayed by the increasingly popular conviction that height is crucial to success, S... The Scotsman Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:32:44 -0500At least two people were injured as police chased after demonstrators into the building. In a sign that the protests were spreading, another Tehran resident later said supporters of opposition leader ... The Scotsman Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:32:42 -0500AT LEAST two people were killed yesterday in a mysterious blast that shook Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut, a security official said, amid reports it could have targeted the Palestinian... The Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:17:33 -0500NEARLY $537 million in tsunami aid for Sri Lanka is unaccounted for and over $686 million has been spent on projects unrelated to the disaster, an anti-corruption watchdog says. The Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:17:32 -0500The mounting legal troubles involving local public officials in Pennsylvania's coal region paint a disturbing picture of an area rife with racial tensions and corruption straight from a John Grisham n... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:16:11 -0500RALEIGH, N.C. - Tonight's Flyers opponent, the Carolina Hurricanes, weren't having a very jolly holiday break. While the Flyers were savoring a 5-2 win over Tampa Bay on Wednesday, the Hurricanes wer... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:16:10 -0500The home of Paster Kirk Caldwell on the 100 block of Ridge Ave., in Darby Borough, where Caldwell allegedly killed his son, Jordan Caldwell. Caldwell is the paster of End Times Harvest Mission for Chr... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:16:08 -0500Brittany Murphy's family members say words can't express the devastation they felt when they laid the 32-year-old actress to rest at a private funeral on Christmas Eve. The service stretched into the... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:16:06 -0500MEMPHIS, Tenn. - When the Allen Iverson experiment blew up on Memphis, it looked as if the Grizzlies had started yet another lottery countdown. Five weeks later, they are playing their best basketbal... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:16:05 -0500DETROIT (AP) -- A 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed to have ties to al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, as authorities learned his father... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:57:59 -0500Transportation officials closed a 30-mile stretch of Interstate 70 between Goodland, Kan., and Burlington, Colo. Officials also have closed interstate highways in Nebraska, the Dakotas and Wyoming, bu... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:57:57 -0500From several seats away, Dutch tourist Jasper Schuringa says he jumped to extinguish a fire ignited by a quiet man who just moments before allegedly told passengers his stomach was upset and pulled a ... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:57:57 -0500Artest didn't travel with the Lakers to Saturday's game at Sacramento after tripping over a box and falling down a flight of stairs at his home on Christmas night, the team said in a news release. New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:57:54 -0500DETROIT, Michigan: A 23-year-old Nigerian man was charged Saturday with trying to blow up a packed airplane as it descended toward Detroit on Christmas Day, US officials said. Umar Farouk Abdulmutalla... Channel News Asia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:19:26 -0500The Delta-Northwest Airlines plane N820NW is pulled back to the terminal at the Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Mich., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, wh... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:14:38 -0500CIUDAD JUAREZ (AP) ? Prosecutors in the Mexican state of Chihuahua say they found the bullet-riddled bodies of six members of the same family in a mountainous area. USA Today Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:14:01 -0500 Dec. 26: The father of the suspect in the foiled bomb attempt of a Northwest airplane warned authorities that his son was a threat. Msnbc's Christina Brown has the details. MSNBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:13:11 -0500Canada tightens aviation security after terror incident WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has charged the alleged Christmas Day terrorist with attempting to destroy an airplane. The Justice Depar... C News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:11:26 -0500Eight Turkish soldiers have been detained over an alleged plot to assassinate Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, the army has said.It said the soldiers were taken to the army headquarters in Ankara a... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:07:50 -0500Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the suspect in the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas, was charged with attempting to destroy aircraft and with placing a destructive device on an aircr... The Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:51:49 -0500WILD Oats XI is facing one of the great challenges of her Sydney to Hobart reign as she battles to remain close to her main overseas rivals this morning. The Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:51:41 -0500Will Willow, left, of the U.S. Marshal Service and Sgt. Michael Dillard of the University of Michigan hospital address the media outside the hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. Nige... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:50:21 -0500Now you see it, now you don't. The snowfall that roared into the area last weekend bringing record snowfalls vanished in Saturday's rain, swelling creeks and closing some roads, mostly in New Jersey.... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:50:19 -0500NBA COMMISSIONER David Stern is one of the sharpest people I've ever met in sports. He's rarely out of control and almost never says anything without being fully aware of the consequences of those st... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:50:14 -0500DETROIT (AP) -- A 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed to have ties to al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, as authorities around the world u... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:32:07 -0500HONOLULU (AP) -- President Barack Obama's security teams are briefing the vacationing commander in chief on threats facing the United States, including what progress law enforcement officials are maki... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:32:06 -0500S.A. Miller President Obama's plan to force contractors to hire union workers for large government construction projects is proving easier said than done, confusing and costlier. It's been more th... Washington Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:10:16 -0500MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police have identified the pilot who was killed when his small, experimental plane crashed in rural western Kentucky. Knox News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:59:19 -0500KARBALA, Iraq: Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims descended on Iraq's holy shrine city of Karbala on Saturday for the climax of Ashura commemorations, despite fears of violent attacks by Sunni e... Channel News Asia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:53:05 -0500PAU, France: Specialist divers battled Saturday to rescue three cavers trapped for four days deep underground in the Pyrenees mountains of southwest France. The cavers, two French and one Greek, were ... Channel News Asia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:53:03 -0500Shrink DETROIT - A prominent Nigerian banker said yesterday he feared his son was the man authorities say tried to blow up a plane as it prepared to land in Detroit before nearby passengers - who saw ... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:48:50 -0500Canada tightens aviation security after terror incident WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Nigerian national, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was charged Saturday with trying to blow up a U.S. airliner on a flight t... C News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:44:52 -0500This 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. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/J.P. ... C News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:44:51 -0500The investigative file was opened after the father of the suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, warned officials at the United States Embassy in... International Herald Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:39:40 -0500WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Nigerian national, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was charged on Saturday with trying to blow up a U.S. airliner on a flight to Detroit on Christmas day using a high explosive, th... Reuters Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:34:54 -0500Obama Monitors 'Terror' Attempt While on vacation in Hawaii, President Obama has been 'actively monitoring' the situation involving a suspect who set off explosive substances while on a Delta Airlines... CBS News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:33:06 -0500The man, 37, from Drouin in the state's east, was hit by a Hyundai Excel on Hoddle Street, between Bridge Road and Swan Street about 10.20pm on Saturday.He was taken to The Alfred hospital with life t... The Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:26:17 -0500Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/CarolynKaster)... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:24:48 -0500The home of Paster Kirk Caldwell on the 100 block of Ridge Ave., in Darby Borough, where Caldwell allegedly killed his son, Jordan Caldwell. Caldwell is the paster of End Times Harvest Mission for Chr... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:24:46 -0500WHEN FLYERS general manager Paul Holmgren phoned Peter Laviolette on Dec. 4 to inquire about his team's soon-to-be-vacant head coaching position, Laviolette had just one request. He wanted to come as... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:24:45 -0500In the '60s, they dropped out. In the '80s, they sold out. And as the new millennium wears on, they are opting out - with their (rapidly shrinking) corporate pensions and 401(k)s. The baby boomers,... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:24:42 -0500Extra pat-downs before boarding. No getting up for the last hour of the flight. More bomb-sniffing dogs. Airports worldwide tightened security a day after a passenger tried to light some kind of explo... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:06:35 -0500NABLUS, West Bank (AP) -- Israeli troops blasted their way into the homes of three wanted Palestinians on Saturday, killing each in a hail of bullets and straining an uneasy security arrangement with ... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:06:34 -0500DETROIT, Michigan: The FBI probed Saturday an attempt to blow up a US airliner landing in Detroit as British police raided premises linked to the Nigerian suspect and airport security was stepped up w... Channel News Asia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:38:22 -0500KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taleban have released a video of an American soldier captured in Afghanistan, showing him apparently healthy but spouting criticism about the US military operation. In Idaho,... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:34:10 -0500LONDON - A Lufthansa flight bound for Detroit has made an unscheduled stop in Iceland after suspicious bags were found onboard. Fridthor Eydal, spokesman for Iceland's Keflavik International Airport,... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:34:09 -0500TEHRAN - A reformist Web site said Iranian security forces clashed with opposition supporters in southern Tehran on Saturday, as the Islamic Republic marked an emotive Shiite religious ritual. MSNBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:32:08 -0500 |
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