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U.S. asks Saddam's property be picked up
BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Saddam Hussein's lawyer said he was asked to have someone pick up the former Iraqi leader's belongings, a sign than Saddam's execution was apparently nearing.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...8-101103-2016r
Specter wants to talk with Ahmadinejad
JERUSALEM, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Following his meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., says he wants to speak with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
http://today.reuters.com/News/newsAr...C5-worldNews-5
Foreign troops will flee Afghanistan: Taliban chief
KABUL (Reuters) - Foreign troops will be forced out of Afghanistan in the face of Taliban attacks, the Islamic group's fugitive leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, was reported as saying in a rare message on Friday.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-051643-8147r
U.S. troops ready to curb Kosovo violence
PRISTINA, Serbia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Two U.S. military platoons moved to the north of Serbia's mainly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo province Friday to provide security for minority Serbs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6216595.stm
Taleban 'say no' to tribal plan
Fugitive Taleban leader Mullah Omar has dismissed a proposal to hold cross border tribal councils as a "trap", in a message attributed to him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6216385.stm
N Korea 'serious threat' to South
South Korea has described its northern neighbour as a "serious threat", in the wake of its nuclear test in October.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6216279.stm
Second Dirty War witness missing
A man who testified he was tortured by Argentina's military junta has become the second witness in the "Dirty War" trials to go missing in recent months.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...345992,00.html
Qassams hit Sderot area
Palestinian gunmen in northern Gaza Strip fire another Qassam towards Sderot - the seventh by Friday afternoon. Rocket lands in open area, causing no injuries or damage. Security forces dispatched to place to locate rocket's landing site
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=118367
Journalists Complain of Being Targeted by Gaza Terrorists
(IsraelNN.com) Palestinian factions "do not hesitate to target media that criticize them," according to a report released Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders (RWB), an international association committed to protecting the freedom of the press.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/807306.html
Palestinian prisoners won't be freed ahead of Muslim holiday
Israel will not free Palestinian prisoners ahead of a major Muslim holiday, demanding that Palestinian militants first agree to release captured Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, political sources said Friday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/807107.html
Israel's population grew 1.8 percent in 2006, to 7.1 million
As the clock chimes out 2006, Israel's population stands at 7.1 million, of which 76 percent is Jewish and 20 percent Arab, according to figures published Thursday by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...News-newsOne-2
Somali PM enters Mogadishu, crowds line route
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamad Gedi swept into Mogadishu in an armed convoy on Friday a day after his Ethiopian-backed forces drove Islamist rivals from the city they had ruled for six months.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...News-newsOne-5
U.S. forces release Iranian diplomats in Iraq: report
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Two Iranian diplomats detained in Iraq last week by U.S. forces have been released, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Friday.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...News-newsOne-9
Iran defense industry unharmed by sanctions: minister
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar on Friday dismissed U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran as "psychological warfare" and suggested they would not affect Iran's missile production capability.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...ews-newsOne-10
Colorado pounded by second powerful snowstorm
DENVER (Reuters) - The second powerful snowstorm in little over a week pounded Colorado on Thursday, forcing road closures and airline flight cancellations and making travel dangerous throughout much of the state.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...ent_n_analysis
GM 'car czar' rolls into spotlight in reform drive
DETROIT (Reuters) - Since becoming General Motors Corp.'s (GM.N: Quote, Profile , Research) "car czar" last year, Bob Lutz has delivered a consistent message to engineers and designers: abandon business as usual.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...omesticNews-10
Illinois cracks down on vicious dogs as weapons
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Freeze! Put the pit bull on the ground and your hands behind your head.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/29/D8MAHGBO0.html
Tyson Arrested in Ariz. on DUI Charges
Mike Tyson was arrested for driving under the influence and possession of cocaine after police stopped him leaving a Scottsdale nightclub early Friday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6216845.stm
Somali troops take key locations
Ethiopian-backed Somali government troops have taken over control of the Somali's capital's port and airport.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6216075.stm
Hajj approaches spiritual climax
More than two million Muslims have taken part in a prayer ceremony on Mount Arafat - one of the main events in the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6216801.stm
Dutch brothels take city to court
Brothel owners in Amsterdam's red light district have taken the city council to court over its decision to close a number of sex businesses.
http://euobserver.com/9/23176
Poll shows French slowly turning against euroA majority of French people believe the switch to the euro five years ago was bad for their country, according to a recent poll, which suggests the French blame the common European currency for damaging economic growth and causing price hikes.
http://euobserver.com/9/23179
EU calls for end to Russia-Belarus gas disputeThe European Commission has called on Russia and Belarus to solve their gas pricing dispute fearing that the bloc energy supplies could be affected as early as next week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/29/bu...59&partner=AOL
F.D.A. Tentatively Declares Food From Cloned Animals to Be Safe
After years of delay, the Food and Drug Administration tentatively concluded yesterday that milk and meat from some cloned farm animals are safe to eat. That finding could make the United States the first country to allow products from cloned livestock to be sold in grocery stores.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...cle2110306.ece
Head-banging Chinese snakes can predict earthquakes days in advance, say scientists
As Asia's telecom systems slowly recovered from the earthquakes that hit Taiwan this week, Chinese scientists said they had developed a new way of forecasting tremors - by observing the tendency of snakes to launch themselves headlong into walls.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science....ap/index.html
Ancient ice shelf snaps, breaks free from Canadian Arctic
TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- A giant ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields has snapped free from Canada's Arctic, scientists said.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science...ars/index.html
Polar bears may get protection
(CNN) -- Polar bears may be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act because of a loss of habitat that jeopardizes their survival, the Interior secretary said Wednesday.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-093039-2035r
Jury's use of Bible not unconstitutional
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A California jury's use of a Bible during deliberations wasn't unconstitutional, The Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-100439-6348r
Oil pipeline repair attempt stalled
GALVESTON, Texas, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Divers were unable to repair a broken pipeline that has leaked 43,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the Houston Chronicle reported Friday.
U.S. asks Saddam's property be picked up
BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Saddam Hussein's lawyer said he was asked to have someone pick up the former Iraqi leader's belongings, a sign than Saddam's execution was apparently nearing.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...8-101103-2016r
Specter wants to talk with Ahmadinejad
JERUSALEM, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Following his meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., says he wants to speak with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
http://today.reuters.com/News/newsAr...C5-worldNews-5
Foreign troops will flee Afghanistan: Taliban chief
KABUL (Reuters) - Foreign troops will be forced out of Afghanistan in the face of Taliban attacks, the Islamic group's fugitive leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, was reported as saying in a rare message on Friday.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-051643-8147r
U.S. troops ready to curb Kosovo violence
PRISTINA, Serbia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Two U.S. military platoons moved to the north of Serbia's mainly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo province Friday to provide security for minority Serbs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6216595.stm
Taleban 'say no' to tribal plan
Fugitive Taleban leader Mullah Omar has dismissed a proposal to hold cross border tribal councils as a "trap", in a message attributed to him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6216385.stm
N Korea 'serious threat' to South
South Korea has described its northern neighbour as a "serious threat", in the wake of its nuclear test in October.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6216279.stm
Second Dirty War witness missing
A man who testified he was tortured by Argentina's military junta has become the second witness in the "Dirty War" trials to go missing in recent months.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...345992,00.html
Qassams hit Sderot area
Palestinian gunmen in northern Gaza Strip fire another Qassam towards Sderot - the seventh by Friday afternoon. Rocket lands in open area, causing no injuries or damage. Security forces dispatched to place to locate rocket's landing site
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=118367
Journalists Complain of Being Targeted by Gaza Terrorists
(IsraelNN.com) Palestinian factions "do not hesitate to target media that criticize them," according to a report released Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders (RWB), an international association committed to protecting the freedom of the press.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/807306.html
Palestinian prisoners won't be freed ahead of Muslim holiday
Israel will not free Palestinian prisoners ahead of a major Muslim holiday, demanding that Palestinian militants first agree to release captured Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, political sources said Friday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/807107.html
Israel's population grew 1.8 percent in 2006, to 7.1 million
As the clock chimes out 2006, Israel's population stands at 7.1 million, of which 76 percent is Jewish and 20 percent Arab, according to figures published Thursday by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...News-newsOne-2
Somali PM enters Mogadishu, crowds line route
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamad Gedi swept into Mogadishu in an armed convoy on Friday a day after his Ethiopian-backed forces drove Islamist rivals from the city they had ruled for six months.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...News-newsOne-5
U.S. forces release Iranian diplomats in Iraq: report
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Two Iranian diplomats detained in Iraq last week by U.S. forces have been released, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Friday.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...News-newsOne-9
Iran defense industry unharmed by sanctions: minister
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar on Friday dismissed U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran as "psychological warfare" and suggested they would not affect Iran's missile production capability.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...ews-newsOne-10
Colorado pounded by second powerful snowstorm
DENVER (Reuters) - The second powerful snowstorm in little over a week pounded Colorado on Thursday, forcing road closures and airline flight cancellations and making travel dangerous throughout much of the state.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...ent_n_analysis
GM 'car czar' rolls into spotlight in reform drive
DETROIT (Reuters) - Since becoming General Motors Corp.'s (GM.N: Quote, Profile , Research) "car czar" last year, Bob Lutz has delivered a consistent message to engineers and designers: abandon business as usual.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...omesticNews-10
Illinois cracks down on vicious dogs as weapons
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Freeze! Put the pit bull on the ground and your hands behind your head.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/29/D8MAHGBO0.html
Tyson Arrested in Ariz. on DUI Charges
Mike Tyson was arrested for driving under the influence and possession of cocaine after police stopped him leaving a Scottsdale nightclub early Friday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6216845.stm
Somali troops take key locations
Ethiopian-backed Somali government troops have taken over control of the Somali's capital's port and airport.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6216075.stm
Hajj approaches spiritual climax
More than two million Muslims have taken part in a prayer ceremony on Mount Arafat - one of the main events in the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6216801.stm
Dutch brothels take city to court
Brothel owners in Amsterdam's red light district have taken the city council to court over its decision to close a number of sex businesses.
http://euobserver.com/9/23176
Poll shows French slowly turning against euroA majority of French people believe the switch to the euro five years ago was bad for their country, according to a recent poll, which suggests the French blame the common European currency for damaging economic growth and causing price hikes.
http://euobserver.com/9/23179
EU calls for end to Russia-Belarus gas disputeThe European Commission has called on Russia and Belarus to solve their gas pricing dispute fearing that the bloc energy supplies could be affected as early as next week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/29/bu...59&partner=AOL
F.D.A. Tentatively Declares Food From Cloned Animals to Be Safe
After years of delay, the Food and Drug Administration tentatively concluded yesterday that milk and meat from some cloned farm animals are safe to eat. That finding could make the United States the first country to allow products from cloned livestock to be sold in grocery stores.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...cle2110306.ece
Head-banging Chinese snakes can predict earthquakes days in advance, say scientists
As Asia's telecom systems slowly recovered from the earthquakes that hit Taiwan this week, Chinese scientists said they had developed a new way of forecasting tremors - by observing the tendency of snakes to launch themselves headlong into walls.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science....ap/index.html
Ancient ice shelf snaps, breaks free from Canadian Arctic
TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- A giant ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields has snapped free from Canada's Arctic, scientists said.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science...ars/index.html
Polar bears may get protection
(CNN) -- Polar bears may be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act because of a loss of habitat that jeopardizes their survival, the Interior secretary said Wednesday.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-093039-2035r
Jury's use of Bible not unconstitutional
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A California jury's use of a Bible during deliberations wasn't unconstitutional, The Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-100439-6348r
Oil pipeline repair attempt stalled
GALVESTON, Texas, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Divers were unable to repair a broken pipeline that has leaked 43,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the Houston Chronicle reported Friday.