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US forces eliminate top al-Qaeda figure
Moscow 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
Moscow 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
Moscow News.Net
Jordan's King Abdullah has warned Israel not to put further constraints on Palestinians.
Judge says Guantanamo inmates must go free
Moscow 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
Moscow 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
Moscow 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
Moscow 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
Moscow 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.
Pakistan guarantees supplies to NATO soldiers
Moscow 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.
Flight attendant helps with landing
Moscow 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.
Blast in Bangkok kills protestor
Moscow News.Net
An anti-government protester has been killed in a Bangkok bomb explosion.
Storms wash away people in Vietnam
Moscow News.Net
Nine people, including three children, have been killed in heavy rains during a storm in central Vietnam.
Australian terrorist wants greater freedom
Moscow 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.
Congress OKs extension of jobless benefits
USA Today
Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress hurriedly approved legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a...
CIA witheld info from White House
USA Today
The senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee Thursday called for a criminal investigation into whether the CIA lied to Congress and withheld information from the...
Name of dead cyclist is released
BBC
The cyclist who died after being struck by a lorry on the outskirts of Belfast was Patrick O'Hara from the Antrim Road in Glengormley. The accident happened on Enterprise Way in Mallusk at about...
Vast frozen water reserves on Mars
The Australian
NASA scientists have discovered enormous underground reservoirs of frozen water on Mars, away from its polar caps, in the latest sign that life might be sustainable on the Red planet.
Oil retreats below $US50 a barrel
The Australian
Benchmark crude ended at levels not seen since But it's the early 1980s, when the US entered a deep recession and world oil demand declined four years running on a conservation push and...
Film industry takes on iiNet
The Australian
AUSTRALIA'S biggest film and television companies have ignited a long-simmering war with the internet sector, lodging a lawsuit against Perth-based broadband provider iiNet seeking damages that could...
Bad management put NZ firefighters at risk - Aust report
New Zealand Herald
Eleven New Zealand firefighters injured and forced to run for their lives while battling Australian bushfires two years ago were put at risk by bad management decisions, a new report reveals.The...
Judge sends Comcast-NFL Network case to trial
Philadelphia Daily News
The likelihood of the NFL Network's making it onto a Comcast Corp. general-interest cable package for this football season now seems about the same as the Eagles' chance of making the Super Bowl. An...
Police shoot man outside S.J. bar
Philadelphia Daily News
Police in South Jersey shot and wounded a Lindenwold man early this morning outside a Camden County bar, authorities said.Howard Wilson, 27, had been ejected from the Iron Horse Bar on East Gibbsboro...

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