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 -0500Airline passengers will face new rules after the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines plane by a Nigerian passenger. Big News Network.com Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:49:10 -0500Severe winter storms in the US have seen record amounts of snow. Big News Network.com Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:32:10 -0500Another ferry disaster has resulted in the possibility of over twenty deaths in the Philippines. Big News Network.com Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:03:07 -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 -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 -0500By Devlin Barrett ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press has learned that a second Nigerian man has been taken into custody aboard a jetliner in Detroit on Sunday after locking himself in the airliner... Washington Times Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:54:34 -0500Iason Athanasiadis ISTANBUL l Iranian police opened fire on demonstrators Sunday, killing the nephew of president candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and several others, creating new martyrs and momentum f... Washington Times Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:54:33 -0500David R. Sands As political decades go, the Aughts represented something of a split decision. Starting with George W. Bush's cliffhanger win in the 2000 presidential race, Republicans dominated th... Washington Times Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:54:32 -0500Police Ins.-Gen. David Cohen has received a death threat in the form of a letter, a police source told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday evening. Jerusalem Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:43:25 -0500Al Qaida warned of a terror attack just days before a former British student allegedly attempted to blow up a transatlantic airliner carrying 278 passengers, it was revealed tonight. Security... The Independent Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:42:10 -0500Conservative leader David Cameron has used his new year message to call for the general election campaign to be a "good clean fight".He said he wanted 2010 to be a year for "a new polit... BBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:27:30 -0500X Factor winner Joe McElderry has bounced back from missing out on the Christmas number one to claim top spot for new year with his single The Climb.The 18-year-old lost out last week to Rage Against ... BBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:27:28 -0500A man in his 50s has died in a house fire in Whitehead, County Antrim, the Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed.It is thought that the blaze broke out at about midnight in the living room of the prop... BBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:27:26 -0500Janet Napolitano , the Homeland Security secretary, said on Sunday that there was so far no evidence of a wider terrorist plot in what federal authorities said was an attempt by a 23-year-old Nigerian... International Herald Tribune Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:24:51 -0500Obama Orders Airport Screening Review White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs spoke with John Dickerson about how the administration is reacting to the thwarted terror attack on Christmas Day. Plus; ... CBS News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:17:41 -0500"Obama Did Not Let Me Down" Democratic House Whip, James Clyburn (D-S.C.) says he can vote for a final health care bill without a public option and defended the Obama administration's response to Chri... CBS News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:17:39 -0500Civil Rights activist Percy Sutton attends the 80th anniversary celebration of Harlem's Schomburg Center at Lincoln Center in New York, in this Oct. 6, 2006 file photo. CBS News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:17:37 -0500Rep. Peter King: "The System Did Not Work" (CBS) CBS News National Security Analyst Juan Zarate said the attempted terror attack on Christmas Day could be a "game changer" due to Umar Farouk Abdulmuta... CBS News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:17:34 -0500A MOTHER and father with an incredible 14 kids who prove Britain's benefits system has gone bonkers, showering them with a whopping tax-free £36,847 (US$58,815) a year in handouts. The Australian Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:10:18 -0500Before last night's game against the Utah Jazz, reserve center Marreese Speights addressed comments teammate Elton Brand made after the Sixers' last game, Tuesday's loss at the Washington Wizards, whi... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:08:36 -0500If a recession is the ultimate test of a restaurant scene's soul, 2009 proved that Philadelphia's virtue as an eater's paradise is growing as dynamically as ever. Yes, revenues on the whole were off. ... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:08:33 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration promised Sunday to review security procedures at airports and the government's system for checking suspicious travelers after an alleged terrorist bent on d... New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:50:37 -0500CAIRO (AP) -- An Al-Qaida operative in Yemen threatened the United States and said "we are carrying a bomb" in a video posted online four days before the botched Christmas Day attempt to blow up a Nor... New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:50:36 -0500LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- As a member of an uppercrust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted Un... New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:50:36 -0500NEW YORK (AP) -- Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89. New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:50:35 -0500NEW YORK (AP) -- In Hollywood's biggest-ever box-office weekend, "Avatar" held the top spot while earning only slightly less during its second week of release. New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:50:34 -0500World "If the Syrians want to talk, let them talk to us only in a face-to-face meeting," he said. Speaking to a gathering of ambassadors at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Lieberman added that "... Jerusalem Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:16:54 -0500U.S. officials charged Abdulmutallab with trying to destroy the plane. A conviction on the charge could bring Abdulmutallab up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. One of Abdulmutallab's former ... MSNBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:05:12 -0500The victims were two tourists who had gone missing in the Italian Alps and four rescuers who had been looking for them, according to the ANSA news agency. MSNBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:05:10 -0500MANILA, Philippines - A passenger ferry sank in the northern Philippines in a second sea disaster in three days. Six bodies, including three children, were recovered and at least 22 people were missin... MSNBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:05:08 -0500MOGADISHU - A helicopter dropped a $4 million ransom payment on Sunday on to the deck of a Chinese coal ship hijacked by Somali pirates in mid-October, a pirate source on board the vessel said. MSNBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:05:07 -0500Jeffrey Yellin is in the middle of remodeling his kitchen, dining room, living room and garage at his home in Oak Park, California. He planned to pay for the project with his $200,000 home equity line... MSNBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:05:04 -0500Montreal woman tells of foiled attack WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says there is no indication that the man who attempted to destroy an airliner in Detroit on Christmas Da... C News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:03:30 -0500Kashmiri Shiite Muslims beat their chests at a procession during the holy month of Muharram in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a large gatheri... C News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:03:29 -0500Pope Benedict XVI has had lunch with 150 needy and homeless people at a soup kitchen in Rome.It was his first journey outside the Vatican since he was attacked during Christmas Eve Mass inside St Pete... BBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:00:53 -0500About 250 people braved the cold and stinking mud in Essex for one of the world's dirtiest sporting events.Thousands of people watched the annual mud race at Maldon which challenges runners to race ac... BBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:00:52 -0500Plants have systems for keeping their six-legged inhabitants in check In Africa and in the tropics, armies of tiny creatures make the twisting stems of acacia plants their homes. Aggressive, stinging... BBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:00:51 -0500Government supporters in Iran smashed the windows of a mosque in Tehran on Saturday. On Saturday night in Tehran, members of a pro-government militia broke into a mosque where former President Mohamma... International Herald Tribune Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:58:04 -0500VAMOS, CRETE — Myth-making has been part of life on Crete since the Greek goddess Athena was credited with growing the first olive tree on this rugged Mediterranean island. But even the gods wou... International Herald Tribune Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:58:03 -0500BANGKOK — The Thai military has mobilized troops and buses and was preparing Sunday to forcibly return 4,000 Hmong asylum seekers to Laos in a lingering echo of the Vietnam War more than three d... International Herald Tribune Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:57:59 -0500By Larry Margasak and Corey Williams Detroit - The United States government tightened airline security as it searches for answers to how a 23-year-old Nigerian man eluded extensive systems intended... IOL Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:53:49 -0500By Timberly Ross Omaha, Nebraska - Snow and rain storms that have battered much of the United States for days have started subsiding, leaving behind concerns about flooding in some areas. Storms... IOL Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:53:45 -0500Riyadh - Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni by the sword in the western Jeddah region on Sunday after convicting him of rape, the interior ministry said. Suleiman bin Ali was found guilty of beating an... IOL Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:53:43 -0500La Pierre Saint-Martin, France - Three cavers who spent Christmas and four other days trapped deep underground in the Pyrenees of south-west France climbed to the surface on Sunday, rescuers said. ... IOL Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:53:40 -0500WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The families of three Americans charged with espionage in Iran after straying over the border from northern Iraq in July said on Sunday they have secured an Iranian lawyer to tr... Reuters Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:52:15 -0500JAPAN'S Toyota Motor plans to boost its global production in 2010 by 17 per cent to about 7.5 million units, Japanese media has reported. The Australian Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:43:36 -0500IT has been revealed that regional and rural learner drivers are having an easier time passing their licence tests than their Sydney counterparts. The Australian Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:43:32 -0500It was a few months after the 2007 season, and defensive coordinator Jim Johnson had gathered his assistants for a brainstorming session at the NovaCare Complex. The Eagles, coming off a disappointin... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:42:09 -0500MIAMI - Insurers constantly caution seniors that their Medicare Advantage perks such as hearing aids, dental payments and even gym memberships will fizzle if Democrats get their way and cut government... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:42:07 -0500LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's information minister says the airline bomb suspect "sneaked" into Nigeria the day before his alleged Christmas Day effort to blow up a plane over Detroit failed. ... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:42:05 -0500Cellist Clancy Newman warms up before the session with Aaron Jay Kernis. The composer said, "I'm really happy to see that this arts programhas sprung up. It seems exceptional." The visit was... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:42:04 -0500DETROIT (AP) -- The U.S. government tightened airline security as it searches for answers to how a 23-year-old Nigerian man eluded extensive systems intended to prevent attacks like his botched Christ... New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:24:54 -0500LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A Nigerian man who tried and failed to blow up a plane over Detroit "sneaked" into his native country the day before his botched Christmas Day attempt, leaving his father shocke... New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:24:53 -0500TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian security forces on Sunday killed at least four people, including a nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, during the fiercest clashes with anti-government protes... New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:24:53 -0500ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a large gathering of Shiite Muslims in the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Sunday, killing five people and wounding 80, sa... New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:24:50 -0500A Briton on death row in China does not yet know he is to be executed later this week and will only find out 24 hours in advance, it was revealed today. Akmal Shaikh, 53, from Kentish Town in ... The Independent Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:51:15 -0500Shrink First, the good news. Sri Lanka's Government, whose 26-year war against the separatist Tamil Tigers ended in total victory last May, is keeping its promise to let all of the 300,000 Tamil civi... New Zealand Herald Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:42:31 -0500Unidentified men walk in front of the house of Alhaji Umar Abdul Mutallab, the father of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the alleged Christmas Day terrorist, in Funtua, Katsina state, Nigeria, Sunday Dec. ... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:41:44 -0500A Briton facing execution in China does not yet know he is to be killed later this week and will only find out 24 hours in advance, it has emerged.Akmal Shaikh, 53, from London, is due to be executed ... BBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:33:27 -0500England built a solid reply to South Africa's 343 before bad light struck Durban on day two of the second Test.Andrew Strauss, who fell for 54 after contentiously surviving a referral, and Alastair Co... BBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:33:25 -0500A body which was found in the River Avon in Bath is that of missing Radstock man Casper Flagg, police have confirmed.Divers recovered the 28-year-old's body near the Locksbrook sluice gates in Twerton... BBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:33:24 -0500Former Conservative leader Michael Howard has accused all the mainstream parties of failing to do enough to challenge the British National Party.Mr Howard said it was important for politicians to conf... BBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:33:22 -0500BEIRUT, Lebanon ? Iranian police opened fire on protesters in Tehran on Sunday, killing at least four people, including a nephew of the opposition leader... International Herald Tribune Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:31:01 -0500WASHINGTON ? Federal authorities on Saturday charged a 23-year-old Nigerian man with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, and officials said the suspect told them he had o... International Herald Tribune Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:30:58 -0500Northwest Airlines flight, federal officials on Saturday imposed new restrictions on travelers that could lengthen lines at airports and limit the ability of international passengers to move about an ... International Herald Tribune Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:30:56 -0500CAIRO (Reuters) - Three officials from the Palestinian group Hamas crossed into Egypt from Gaza on Sunday to discuss Israel's response to a proposed prisoner swap, a delegation official said. Reuters Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:26:04 -0500Are You Nostalgic? Download, print out and take the Nostalgia Inventory Test. (CBS) It's delicate, but potent. In the television series "Mad-Men," advertising executive Don Draper knows all about the... CBS News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:24:00 -0500Since the beginning of training camp, when injuries threatened to rip apart the Eagles' offensive line, one common thread has kept the unit from tearing at the seams. In a season when four-fifths of ... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:16:28 -0500Faced with the recession and rising tuition, are more parents at area private schools and their diocesan counterparts transferring their children to public schools to ease the strain on their pocketbo... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:16:26 -0500A 49-year-old Lindenwold woman was charged yesterday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly striking a man with a shard of glass from a broken mirror on Saturday. Authorities sai... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:16:24 -0500LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's information minister says the airline bomb suspect "sneaked" into Nigeria the day before his botched Christmas Day effort to blow up a plane over Detroit. New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:58:54 -0500JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Hamas loyalists marked the one-year anniversary of Israel's devastating war against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers with defiant protests and a moment of silence on Sunday ... New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:58:53 -0500Hamas loyalists marked the one-year anniversary of Israel's war against Gaza's Islamic terrorist rulers with defiant protests and a moment of silence on Sunday - even as most of the territory's reside... Jerusalem Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:29:03 -0500- From the concluding chapter of the 1995 book "Fighting Terrorism," by Binyamin Netanyahu. RE-READING THE above argument amid the current national anguish over the Gilad Schalit prisoner exchange, o... Jerusalem Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:29:00 -0500World Speaking in a Beirut suburb, Nasrallah urged Muslims around the world to avoid confusing "between the friend and the foe and not to listen to US and Israeli proxies who wish to replace brother... Jerusalem Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:28:54 -0500Sigmund Freud was saved from Nazi persecution by a Nazi who was taken with the famous psychoanalyst's academic contributions, The Times Online reported Sunday. A new book, The Escape of Sigmund Fre... Jerusalem Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:28:52 -0500KARBALA, Iraq : Millions of Shiites across Iraq on Sunday joined ceremonies marking the climax of solemn Ashura rituals, marred by a bomb attack on a procession near Kirkuk that killed five people. Ar... Channel News Asia Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:23:22 -0500LONDON : Britain was on Sunday urgently investigating the London connections of a Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a US airliner, the latest foiled transatlantic jet attack with British links o... Channel News Asia Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:23:20 -0500A helicopter crew have made a dramatic rescue in heavy sleet and darkness to save two men trapped on a mountainside.The RAF team made five attempts to land and pick up the climbers, who were shelterin... BBC Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:11:47 -0500America is investigating al Qaeda links to a suspected attempt to blow up a transatlantic jet on Christmas Day, the US homeland security chief has said. Sky News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:11:41 -0500Akmal Shaikh , from Kentish Town in north London, is due to be put to death on Tuesday after being convicted of smuggling heroin. The 53-year-old lost a final appeal last week, but campaigners claim ... Sky News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:11:39 -0500WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There are no signs that the incident in which a Nigerian man has been charged with trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet bound from Amsterdam to Detroit was part of a larger pl... Reuters Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:04:22 -0500ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - President Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday he would survive politically and defend democracy in Pakistan, which is battling al Qaeda-linked militants determined to destabilize his... Reuters Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:04:21 -0500GOODSTART, the charity taking over Australia's biggest childcare chain, ABC Learning, hopes to expand into shopping centres to offer educational daycare with one-stop convenience. The Australian Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:56:25 -0500NOTE: You still need to confirm your registration before you can fully access our site features.Please go to the email we sent you at ' + userEmail + ' and click on the confirm link. '); }... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:54:59 -0500HYDERABAD, India - The 86-year-old governor of a southern Indian state resigned, a day after a television news channel broadcast a tape allegedly showing him in bed with three women. Pressure mounted... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:54:55 -0500District Attorney-elect Seth Williams says he plans to thoroughly shake up how crime is prosecuted in Philadelphia, with the goal of cracking down on the city's most violent and gun-prone criminals. ... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:54:54 -0500DETROIT (AP) -- The U.S. government tightened airline security as it searches for answers to how a 23-year-old Nigerian man eluded extensive systems intended to prevent attacks like his botched Christ... New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:37:44 -0500TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian security forces fired on anti-government protesters in the capital Sunday, killing at least four people in the fiercest clashes in months, opposition Web sites and witness... New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:37:42 -0500BAGHDAD (AP) -- A bomb killed five Shiite pilgrims in a procession in northeast Iraq on Sunday and blasts in Baghdad killed two more pilgrims as millions of people marched to commemorate the most impo... New York Post Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:37:41 -0500Hamas loyalists marked the one-year anniversary of Israel's war against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers with defiant protests and a moment of silence on Sunday - even as most of the territory's residen... Haaretz Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:10:38 -0500When armies clash in the not-too-distant future, remotely-operated robotic weapons will fight the enemy on land, in the air and at sea, without a human soldier anywhere on the battlefield.The first ro... Haaretz Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:10:37 -0500(CNN) -- The alleged terror incident aboard a passenger flight from Amsterdam to Detroit has raised questions as to how a Nigerian man carried explosives through stringent security measures. CNN Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:54:52 -0500Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Two missiles believed to be fired by a U.S. unmanned aircraft killed 13 militants in Pakistan's tribal region, a local intelligence official said Sunday. CNN Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:54:50 -0500 | 
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