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- US forces eliminate top al-Qaeda figure
Honolulu News.Net
It has been announced that US troops have killed a leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
- George Bush to review peace talks with Israeli PM
Honolulu News.Net
President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts.
- Jordanian king asks for Israeli restraint over rocket attacks
Honolulu News.Net
Jordan's King Abdullah has warned Israel not to put further constraints on Palestinians.
- Judge says Guantanamo inmates must go free
Honolulu News.Net
A US federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerian detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
- Australian terror man relieved of strict order
Honolulu News.Net
The Australian lawyer of a convicted supporter of terrorism has said his client can finally move on after the dropping of a control order.
- Greece to free half its prison population
Honolulu News.Net
The Greek Justice Ministry has announced plans to free around half of the country's 12,000 inmates within the next few months.
- Indian police on the trail of child murderer
Honolulu News.Net
Police in Lucknow, India, claim to have solved the murder of a seven-year-old boy whose body was found in a suitcase on a train.
- Report says nuclear explosion is an abiding risk
Honolulu News.Net
A new report has been released to say the world still faces a serious risk of nuclear explosion, with weapons-making materials falling into wrong hands.
- Blast in Bangkok kills protestor
Honolulu News.Net
An anti-government protester has been killed in a Bangkok bomb explosion.
- Australian terrorist wants greater freedom
Honolulu News.Net
Australian man, David Hicks, who was convicted of terrorism offences in the US, has broken his self-imposed silence and called on police to relax stringent controls over his freedom.
- Flight attendant helps with landing
Honolulu News.Net
A flight attendant aboard an Air Canada passenger jet helped to land the aircraft in Ireland after its co-pilot suffered a mental breakdown.
- Storms wash away people in Vietnam
Honolulu News.Net
Nine people, including three children, have been killed in heavy rains during a storm in central Vietnam.
- Pakistan guarantees supplies to NATO soldiers
Honolulu News.Net
NATO commanders meeting in Brussels have been assured by Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, that supply lines will remain open to alliance troops in Afghanistan, even with attacks occurring along the Afghan-Pakistani border.
- Al-Qaeda makes racial slur against Obama
Honolulu News.Net
Al-Qaeda has insulted US President-elect Barack Obama, by referring to him as a “house negro,” a demeaning racial term used to refer to blacks who do the bidding of whites.
- UN separates clashing forces in Congo
Honolulu News.Net
The UN has confirmed military withdrawals are in progress in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Iraqi legislators harassed by colleagues
Honolulu News.Net
In Iraq, a parliamentary debate on the US-Iraq security agreement has been halted because of interference by legislators loyal to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
- Orphanage director assaults children in care
Honolulu News.Net
A so-called British charity worker has been jailed for 20 years in Albania on child abuse charges.
- Confusion in Moscow trial of men accused of killing journalist
International Herald Tribune
MOSCOW : The jury in the trial of three men accused of involvement in the killing of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya did not demand that journalists be barred from the proceedings, a member of the...
- Federal judge orders 5 terror suspects released at Gitmo
USA Today
A federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerian terror suspects who have been held without charge for almost seven years at the U.S. Navy prison at Guantanamo Bay...
- Bush, Olmert to meet Monday, review peace efforts
Reuters
President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts that the U.S. leader had once hoped would produce an...
- Longtime head of U.S. House energy panel is ousted
International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON : Representative Henry Waxman of California ousted Representative John Dingell of Michigan from his post as chairman of the influential Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday, giving...
- Obama eyes Arizona governor for Homeland Security
Reuters
President-elect Barack Obama is considering Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to be U.S. Homeland Security secretary, heading a sprawling agency formed to bolster civil defense in...
- Madonna, Ritchie Divorce Moving Forward
CBS News
British director Guy Ritchie, left,(AP Photo/Sang...
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