Saturday, September 30, 2006

Survivors unlikely in Brazilian plane crash - CTV.ca



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Survivors unlikely in Brazilian plane crash
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Rescue teams were lowered to the wreckage of a jetliner that crashed in Brazil's Amazon jungle but officials say it is unlikely there are any survivors.
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U.S.: Guard planned Green Zone attack (AP)

Members of the Iraqi army man a checkpoint in Baghdad Saturday Sept. 30 2006 as the Iraqi government ordered a complete ban in Baghdad to pedestrian and vehicular traffic through Sunday morning.  The curfew was put into place on the advice of U.S. forces following the arrest of a bodyguard detained at the home of a leading Sunni Arab politician and suspected of being a member of al-Qaida in Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed )AP - The U.S. military said a captured al-Qaida suspect and members of his cell were "in the final stages" of planning an attack on the Green Zone. An unprecedented curfew prompted by the arrest left millions of Baghdadis stranded at home on Saturday without supplies during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.


Crash site of Brazil jet found

By Cesar BianconiBRASILIA Brazil - Airforce search planes found on Saturday the wreckage of a Brazilian passenger plane that crashed a day earlier in Amazon jungle with 155 people on board and there were no ...
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Survivors Unlikely in Brazilian Crash - Forbes



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Survivors Unlikely in Brazilian Crash
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By STAN LEHMAN 09.30.2006 03:37 PM. Brazil dispatched military helicopters and rescue teams to be dropped into the remote Amazon jungle site where an airliner slammed into the ground but authorities held ...
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Survivors unlikely in Brazilian crash (AP)

Relatives of the passengers of the missing Gol airplane wait for news at a hotel in Brasilia Brazil on Saturday Sept. 30 2006. Brazilian air force pilots spotted the wrecked fusilage of a jetliner that crashed deep in the Amazon jungle on Saturday and an aviation official said it was unlikely any of the 155 people aboard had survived.  (AP Photo/Ueslei Marcelino)AP - Brazilian air force pilots spotted the wreckage of a jetliner that crashed deep in the Amazon jungle and an aviation official said Saturday it was unlikely any of the 155 people aboard had survived.


Op-Ed Contributor: Pirates of the Mediterranean

In the panicky aftermath of a daring terrorist attack in 68 B.C. the Roman people made decisions that set them on the path to the destruction of their Constitution. One cannot help wondering if history is repeating itself.

Authorities suspect no survivors in Amazon jet crash - International Herald Tribune



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Authorities suspect no survivors in Amazon jet crash
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AP. BRASILIA Brazil A Brazilian jetliner crashed deep in the Amazon jungle and officials said Saturday they doubt any of the 155 people aboard survived which would make it the nation's worst air disaster.
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Brazil air force finds jetliner wreckage (AP)

CORRECTS PLANE TYPE TO 737-800 ** A Boeing 737-800 from Gol Airlines lands at Rio de Janeiro's Santos Dumont airport in this Wednesday June 23 2004 file photo. A Gol airlines jet collided with a smaller aircraft in a densely forested region of the Brazilian Amazon on Friday Sept. 29 2006 authorities said.  (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - A Gol airlines jet that was missing with 155 people was discovered Saturday crashed in the Amazon jungle region. The president of Brazil's airport authority Jose Carlos Pereira said air force search planes found the downed jetliner in the state of Mato Grosso.


Brazilian plane wreckage found - Reuters



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Brazilian plane wreckage found
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By Terry Wade. SAO PAULO Brazil (Reuters) - Rescue planes found the wreckage of a Brazilian passenger jet on Saturday a day after it disappeared with 155 people on board over the Amazon jungle Brazil's airport authority said.
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Brazilian jet missing over Amazon jungle (AP)

CORRECTS PLANE TYPE TO 737-800 ** A Boeing 737-800 from Gol Airlines lands at Rio de Janeiro's Santos Dumont airport in this Wednesday June 23 2004 file photo. A Gol airlines jet collided with a smaller aircraft in a densely forested region of the Brazilian Amazon on Friday Sept. 29 2006 authorities said.  (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - A Brazilian jetliner with 155 people aboard was reported missing Friday over the Amazon jungle aviation authorities said.


Air force searches for missing Brazilian plane - ABC Online



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Air force searches for missing Brazilian plane
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A Brazilian plane with 155 people on board has disappeared over the Amazon jungle and is believed to have crashed. The brand-new Boeing 737-800 operated by Brazilian low-cost carrier Gol disappeared after ...
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New Woodward Book Says Bush Ignored Urgent Warning on Iraq

A new book by Bob Woodward the Washington Post reporter and author describes a White House riven by dysfunction and division over the war.

Congressman Quits; E-Mails To Boy Questioned

Rep. Mark Foley R-Fla. resigned from Congress on Friday effective immediately in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former male page.
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Friday, September 29, 2006

Foley resigns from Congress over e-mails (AP)

Rep. Mark Foley R-Fla. right addresses the media with Rep. Jerry Weller R-Ill. at the Capitol in this 2003 file photo in Washington. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson FILE)AP - Rep. Mark Foley R-Fla. abruptly resigned from Congress on Friday in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former teenage male page.


US Rep. Foley defends e-mails sent to ex-page - Sarasota Herald-Tribune



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US Rep. Foley defends e-mails sent to ex-page
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By JEREMY WALLACE. US Rep. Mark Foley's campaign confirmed Thursday that Foley exchanged personal e-mails with a former page on Capitol Hill but said there was nothing inappropriate.
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Questions Tributes After Colorado School Siege

As investigators tried to determine the motive of the gunman who held six girls hostage in a high school classroom sexually assaulting some before killing one and committing suicide the community of Bailey ...
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Book Says Bush Ignored Urgent Warning on Iraq

A new book by Bob Woodward the Washington Post reporter and author describes a White House riven by dysfunction and division over the war.

Senate approves $70B for war spending (AP)

U.S. soldiers patrol a road in central Baquba 40 miles northeast of Baghdad September 18 2006. The U.S. Congress on Friday moved to block the Bush administration from building permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or controlling the country's oil sector as it approved $70 billion for funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenAP - The Senate unanimously approved $70 billion more for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan Friday as part of a record Pentagon budget.


Principal Shot at School Complex in Wisconsin - WISH



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Principal Shot at School Complex in Wisconsin
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Authorities say a principal has been shot at a school complex in southwestern Wisconsin but all the students are safe and unharmed.
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Senate Passes Terror Detainee Bill

The Senate passed legislation Thursday that endorsed President George W. Bush's plan to prosecute and interrogate terrorism suspects all but sealing congressional approval for a bill Republicans plan to use on ...
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Bush wins backing for terror tribunals (AP)

President Bush right accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tenn. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday Sept. 28 2006 after meeting with the Senate Republican Conference. The president urged the Senate on follow the House's lead and approve a White House plan for detaining and interrogating terrorism suspects saying 'The American people need to know we're working together to win the war on terror.' (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Bush can count on Congress for the sort of military tribunals he wants although the White House likely will have to await a lame duck session after the election to get authorization for warrantless wiretaps.


Dell boosts PC battery pack recall - BusinessWeek



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Dell boosts PC battery pack recall
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SEP. 29 7:19 AM ET Dell Inc. the world's largest personal computer maker said Friday that it is increasing the recall of Sony Corp.
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House approves warrantless wiretap law (AP)

House Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio gestures during a Capitol Hill news conference Thursday April 6 2006. During the debate Wednesday Sept. 27 2006 on the bill giving the Bush administration authority to interrogate and prosecute terrorism detainees Boehner all but dared Democrats to vote against the legislation. 'Will my Democrat friends work with Republicans to give the president the tools he needs to continue to stop terrorist attacks before they happen or will they vote to force him to fight the terrorists with one arm tied behind his back?' Boehner asked just before members cast their ballots. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The House approved a bill Thursday that would grant legal status to President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program with new restrictions. Republicans called it a test before the election of whether Democrats want to fight or coddle terrorists.


Senate OKs detainee interrogation bill - Houston Chronicle



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Senate OKs detainee interrogation bill
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By ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY AP Writer. © 2006 AP. WASHINGTON - Republicans succeeded this week in pushing through a key piece of President Bush's anti-terror agenda passing along party lines legislation that ...
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House OKs Terrorism Detainee Bill

The House approved legislation Wednesday giving the Bush administration authority to interrogate and prosecute terrorism detainees moving the president to the edge of a pre-election victory with a key piece of ...
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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Senate OKs detainee interrogation bill (AP)

President Bush right accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tenn. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday Sept. 28 2006 after meeting with the Senate Republican Conference. The president urged the Senate on follow the House's lead and approve a White House plan for detaining and interrogating terrorism suspects saying 'The American people need to know we're working together to win the war on terror.' (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The Senate on Thursday endorsed President Bush's plans to prosecute and interrogate terror suspects all but sealing congressional approval for legislation that Republicans intend to use on the campaign trail to assert their toughness on terrorism.


Kazakhs Shrug at ‘Borat’ While the State Fumes

There is almost nothing truthful in the satiric depiction of Kazakhstan popularized by Sacha Baron Cohen. And yet his character Borat has managed to infuriate the country’s officials.

Lawmakers grill HP executives in pretexting hearing - Macworld



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Lawmakers grill HP executives in pretexting hearing
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By Grant Gross IDG News Service. Former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn was assured that methods used by investigators to find the source of leaks from the company’s board of directors were legal she told a US Congress subcommittee Thursday.
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Colorado School Standoff Ends With Death Of Gunman

A middle-aged gunman walked into the high school of this mountain town Wednesday shot and critically wounded a student and then killed himself after SWAT team members entered the building authorities said.
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Gunman hostage dead after high school siege - CNN



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Gunman hostage dead after high school siege
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(CNN) -- An armed standoff at a high school in Bailey Colorado ended after three hours Wednesday with a hostage and the gunman dead. The gunman walked into the school and took hostages in a classroom where ...
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40 men found tortured shot dead in Iraq (AP)

People pass a car bomb wreckage  near Abu Tibeekh restaurant in Sadoun Street in central Baghdad Thursday Sept. 28 2006. Five people were killed  and another 34 wounded in the blast.  (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The bodies of 40 men who been tortured were found in the capital in a span of 24 hours police said Thursday. Bombings and shootings killed at least 21 people in and around Baghdad including five people who died from a car-bomb explosion near a restaurant.


Bush urges allies to unite in terror war (AP)

President Bush center shakes hands with Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf left as Afghan President Hamid Karzai right looks on at the Rose Garden of the White House Wednesday Sept. 27 2006 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Before they sat down with President Bush for a peacemaking dinner at the White House the bickering leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan shook hands with their host but not with each other.


Bush Urges Allies to Unite in Terror War - ABC News



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Bush Urges Allies to Unite in Terror War
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President Bush center shakes hands with Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf left as Afghan President Hamid Karzai right looks on at the Rose Garden of the White House Wednesday Sept. 27 2006 in Washington. ...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Economix: The Choice: A Longer Life or More Stuff

Why isn’t spending on say surgery considered good for the economy?

Hurdles cleared for detainee legislation (AP)

National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley left talks with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John Warner R-Va. after a meeting with Republican senators regarding terrorist detainee legislation Tuesday Sept. 26 2006 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Republicans on Wednesday cleared procedural hurdles in the House and Senate on the way to giving President Bush authority to detain interrogate and try terrorism detainees before military commissions.


Bush Refuses to Release Full NIE - About - News & Issues



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Bush Refuses to Release Full NIE
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Forbes (via AP) reports that President Bush refuses to fully declassify a controversial National Intelligence Estimate report that "concluded Iraq has become a 'cause celebre' for jihadists who are growing in number and geographic reach." Specifically ...
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Terrell Owens reportedly tried suicide (AP)

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens stands on the sideline during a pre-season game against the Minnesota Vikings in Irving Texas in this Aug. 31 2006 file photo. Owens was taken to the emergency room at Baylor Medical Center for an undisclosed reason Tuesday night Sept. 26 2006 and doctors treating him were trying to induce vomiting according to a television report. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum File)AP - A police report says Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens attempted suicide by taking pain medication. Owens reportedly put two more pills into his mouth even after fire rescue personnel arrived.


Court orders release of Hamas Deputy PM from Israeli jail - Times Online



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Court orders release of Hamas Deputy PM from Israeli jail
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By Jenny Booth and agencies. The Palestinian deputy prime minister has been freed from an Israeli jail on the orders of an Israeli military court. Nasser Shaer who was arrested on August 19 was the most senior ...
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Terror analysis rekindles fight over Iraq (AP)

President Bush holds a joint news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai not pictured in the East Room of the White House in Washington Tuesday Sept. 26 2006.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - White House release of a previously secret intelligence assessment depicting a growing terrorist threat gives both political parties new ammunition in the election-season fight over the Iraq war.


Bush opens part of secret report Intelligence agencies say Iraq ... - San Francisco Chronicle



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(09-27) 04:00 PDT Washington -- An intelligence report ordered declassified Tuesday by President Bush offers a sober assessment of the spread of Islamic terrorism finding that the war in Iraq is "cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement.''. ...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Baseball’s Oldest Old-Timer Opens a Window

Silas Simmons 110 pitched and played outfield in the equivalent of the black major leagues until at least 1929.

Iraq is 'cause celebre' for extremists (AP)

President Bush gestures as he speaks during a news conference with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C. on Tuesday Sept. 26 2006.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - A declassified government intelligence report says the war in Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists breeding deep resentment of the U.S. that is likely to get worse before it gets better.


US releases excerpts of secret report - Reuters



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US releases excerpts of secret report
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The war in Iraq has bred deep resentment in the Muslim world and provided Islamist militants with a "cause celebre" that allowed the global movement to cultivate supporters according to excerpts of a secret intelligence report ...
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Saddam ejected again from genocide trial - Washington Post



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Saddam ejected again from genocide trial
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By Mussab Al-Khairalla and Peter Graff. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein was ejected from his genocide trial for a third day on Tuesday and his co-defendants tried to storm out after him as chaos reined ...
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Shinzo Abe elected Japan prime minister (AP)

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe walks through the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park after offering a prayer to the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima western Japan in this September 1 2006 file photo. Japan's presumed next prime minister named a fiscal conservative and a hawkish Cabinet member to top ruling party posts Monday suggesting he would press ahead with pro-growth economic policies at home and an assertive stand abroad. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi FILE)AP - Nationalist Shinzo Abe a proponent of a robust alliance with the United States and a more assertive military easily won election in parliament Tuesday as Japan's youngest postwar prime minister.


Broken Bench: In Tiny Courts of N.Y. Abuses of Law and Power

An investigation of New York State’s town and village courts found a trail of judicial abuses and errors.

Monday, September 25, 2006

Pope: Relations between faiths necessary (AP)

Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges faithful during his Sunday Angelus prayer at his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo outside Rome Sunday Sept. 24 2006. The pontiff on Sunday praised an Italian nun for pardoning her killers as she lay dying from an attack in Somalia that may have been linked to worldwide Muslim anger over his recent remarks about Islam and violence. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)AP - Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim diplomats Monday that "our future" depends on good relations between followers of both faiths as he sought to put to rest anger over his recent remarks about Islam and violence.


Pope meets with Muslim diplomats - CNN International



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Pope meets with Muslim diplomats
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ROME Italy (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI was meeting Monday with ambassadors from Muslim nations and other Islamic leaders at his summer residence Castel Gandolfo in an effort to repair relations following controversial comments he made earlier in the ...
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Saddam gets state lawyers as defense snubs trial - Reuters Canada



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Saddam gets state lawyers as defense snubs trial
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By Alastair Macdonald. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein was back in court in Baghdad on Monday five days after a new chief judge ejected him from his genocide trial but the ousted president's lawyers boycotted the proceedings. ...
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Sunday, September 24, 2006

Citing Spy Agencies’ Study Democrats Seek Iraq Changes - New York Times



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Citing Spy Agencies’ Study Democrats Seek Iraq Changes
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WASHINGTON Sept. 24 — Democratic lawmakers responding to an intelligence report that found that the Iraq war has invigorated Islamic radicalism and worsened the global terrorist threat said the assessment ...
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War in Iraq Amplifies Terror Threat - Toronto Daily News



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War in Iraq Amplifies Terror Threat
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A new report states that Iraq war has increased the overall terror threat by giving rise to a new wave of extremism according to a leaked US intelligence report. The Iraq war has made the threat from terrorism greater report says. ...
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Coroner: Suspect says she drowned kids (AP)

In this undated photo provided by the Illinois State Police 7-year-old Demond Tunstall 2-year-old Ivan Tunstall and 1-year-old Jinella Tunstall are shown. Police are searching for the children they say were last seen with an unnamed 26-year-old woman who police said they are questioning as a person of interest Friday Sept. 22 2006 in East St. Louis Ill. Police say they are questioning the 26-year-old in connection with the death of a woman whose fetus was cut from her womb.  (AP Photo/The Illinois State Police)AP - A woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and her fetus told police she drowned the woman's three young children and stuffed them into a washer and dryer at their apartment an official said Sunday.


Brown sets out progressive agenda but Blair refuses to endorse him - New Zealand Herald



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Brown sets out progressive agenda but Blair refuses to endorse him
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By Andrew Grice. LONDON - Gordon Brown will pledge today to bring in more "progressive" reforms than Tony Blair if he becomes Labour leader but will promise to keep the party firmly in the political centre ground. ...
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Republicans Say Terror Report Shouldn't Alter Goals (Update2) - Bloomberg



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Republicans Say Terror Report Shouldn't Alter Goals (Update2)
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By Nadine Elsibai. Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- A national intelligence assessment that concludes the Iraq war has increased the threat from terrorism shouldn't cause the US to abandon military operations there leading Senate Republicans said. ...
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Autopsy: Slain woman's kids were drowned (AP)

In this undated photo provided by the Illinois State Police 7-year-old Demond Tunstall 2-year-old Ivan Tunstall and 1-year-old Jinella Tunstall are shown. Police are searching for the children they say were last seen with an unnamed 26-year-old woman who police said they are questioning as a person of interest Friday Sept. 22 2006 in East St. Louis Ill. Police say they are questioning the 26-year-old in connection with the death of a woman whose fetus was cut from her womb.  (AP Photo/The Illinois State Police)AP - A woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and her fetus told police she drowned the woman's three young children and stuffed them into a washer and dryer at their apartment an official said Sunday.


Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat

A stark assessment has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.

Intelligence Report Stirs Debate on Terror Fight - New York Times



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Intelligence Report Stirs Debate on Terror Fight
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WASHINGTON Sept. 24 — An intelligence assessment that the war in Iraq increased Islamic radicalism worsening the terror threat set off a sharp debate today among American political officials over credit ...
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Answers not easy in slain mother case (AP)

In this undated photo provided by the Illinois State Police 7-year-old Demond Tunstall 2-year-old Ivan Tunstall and 1-year-old Jinella Tunstall are shown. Police are searching for the children they say were last seen with an unnamed 26-year-old woman who police said they are questioning as a person of interest Friday Sept. 22 2006 in East St. Louis Ill. Police say they are questioning the 26-year-old in connection with the death of a woman whose fetus was cut from her womb.  (AP Photo/The Illinois State Police)AP - The two were quiet loners who gravitated toward each other at school. They both became teenage mothers. Years later with two children of her own according to media reports Hall baby-sat Tunstall's three kids.


Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terror Threat

A stark assessment has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.

Tough talk over Bush's handling of threats - International Herald Tribune



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By Brian Knowlton International Herald Tribune. WASHINGTON The fierce debate among American political leaders over responsibility and blame for the war in Iraq and the broader fight against terrorism took a ...
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The Riches of Lucca

Where can you find the best food in Tuscany? This walled city once a thriving banking and silk center might be the place.

6 killed 25 injured in Iraq attacks (AP)

An Iranian revolutionary guards soldier looks to photos of US President George W. Bush left and former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in a exhibition marking the 26th anniversary of the outset of the Iran - Iraq war (1980-1988) in Tehran Iran  Sunday Sept. 24 2006. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)AP - Scattered violence including a mortar attack on the Health Ministry and a car bomb targeting a police patrol killed at least six people and injured at least 25 in Iraq Sunday.


Doubts over 'bin Laden dead' claim - Irish Examiner



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Doubts over 'bin Laden dead' claim
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World governments are playing down a leaked French intelligence document that raises the possibility Osama bin Laden died of typhoid. President Jacques Chirac said the report was “in no way whatsoever confirmed ...
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Saturday, September 23, 2006

Bomb kills 37 Shiites in Baghdad (AP)

British soldiers secure the scene of a roadside bomb attack that targetted their patrol in Basra 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad September 23 2006.  REUTERS/Atef Hassan  (IRAQ)AP - BAGHDAD Iraq — A bomb claimed by a Sunni Arab extremist group killed at least 37 Shiites in Baghdad on Saturday as they stocked up on fuel for Ramadan just days after the U.S. military warned that sectarian bloodshed could worsen during the Islamic holy month.


Chirac: Bin Laden intel not confirmed - Houston Chronicle



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Chirac: Bin Laden intel not confirmed
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By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press Writer. PARIS — A leaked French intelligence document raises the possibility Osama bin Laden died of typhoid but President Jacques Chirac said Saturday the report was "in ...
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