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Mystery visitor makes 58th appearance at Edgar Allan Poe's grave in Baltimore
(AP) - For the 58th straight year, a mysterious visitor left birthday cognac and roses Friday at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe, author of the macabre, and was watched by more onlookers than ever, a faithful viewer said.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-093834-5640r
7 Guns stolen from FBI agent's car
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Authorities were looking Friday for thieves who stole seven weapons, including two submachine guns, from an FBI agent's car in southwest Washington.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-083930-1012r
Britain joins China space blast criticism
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Britain has become the latest country to criticize the Chinese government's use of a ballistic missile to destroy a satellite orbiting the earth.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-093126-2935r
Leopards lose habitat to humans in India
NEW DELHI, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Residents of rural towns in India have killed two rare leopards after the cats left their mountain habitats presumably to search for food.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-090923-4057r
U.S. oil prices waver between $50 and $51
NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Crude oil wavered between $50 and $51 a barrel in New York Friday after an international agency lowered its forecast for global demand.
UFO spotted over Iran
BOUYER AHMAD, Iran, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Witnesses reported seeing an unidentified flying object hovering for more than an hour over Bouyer Ahmad, Iran.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/19/D8MO68F00.html
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Two Shiite militia commanders said Thursday that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has stopped protecting radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Madhi Army under pressure from Washington, while the fighters described themselves as under seige in their Sadr City stronghold.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/815543.html
Israel transfers $100m in frozen funds to Abbas
Israel transfered $100 million in frozen tax funds to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas as promised on Thursday, an official in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office said Friday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/815562.html
Peretz consults with generals in active service on next IDF chief
As part of his consultations on the appointment of the Israel Defense Forces' next chief, Defense Minister Amir Peretz met Friday with GOC Central Command, General Yair Naveh. He intends to consult also with GOC Southern Command, General Yair Galant.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/815304.html
Peretz consults with generals in active service on next IDF chief
As part of his consultations on the appointment of the Israel Defense Forces' next chief, Defense Minister Amir Peretz met Friday with GOC Central Command, General Yair Naveh. He intends to consult also with GOC Southern Command, General Yair Galant.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/815526.html
Likud MK: Annexation is solution to flip-flop on new settlement
MK Yisrael Katz (Likud) has submitted a bill calling on Israel to annex the Jordan Valley, in response to Defense Minister Amir Peretz's decision to freeze a controversial plan to establish a new settlement there, Israel Radio reported Friday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/815531.html
New rules for the Middle East game
The current discussions about the future of American foreign policy in the Middle East touch directly upon Israel-U.S. relations. U.S. policymakers, however, have not yet given enough consideration to the unprecedented weight that the European Union increasingly exerts in the region. In the case of Israel as well as on other U.S. fronts, no durable progress is reachable without the agreement, not to say the active involvement, of the slowly uniting Europe.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6279241.stm
Turkish-Armenian writer shot dead
A well-known Turkish-Armenian editor convicted of insulting Turkish identity has been shot dead in Istanbul.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6279091.stm
Ethiopia 'set for Somali pullout'
Mr Meles said the Ethiopians would withdraw in three phases
Ethiopian forces are to start leaving Somalia "in the next few days", Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has told the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6277379.stm
Rule by decree passed for Chavez
President Chavez has vowed to deepen his "Bolivarian revolution"
Venezuela's National Assembly has given initial approval to a bill granting the president the power to bypass congress and rule by decree for 18 months.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6278127.stm
Redford demands apology over Iraq
Hollywood legend Robert Redford has called on US leaders to apologise for the war in Iraq. ...Taboos broken The programme for the festival has attracted controversy with the inclusion of films that include shocking sexual content. A documentary called Zoo deals with the practice of bestiality.
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/
U.S. signals Gulf allies that attack on Iran is possible in 2007
WASHINGTON — The United States has let its Gulf Arab allies know that an attack on Iran could take place in 2007. Diplomatic sources said U.S. Central Command and the U.S. intelligence community have conducted discussions with Gulf Cooperation Council states.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/19/D8MOF1U80.html
Dems Seek to Bar US Attack on Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic leaders in Congress lobbed a warning shot Friday at the White House not to launch an attack against Iran without first seeking approval from lawmakers.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...src=rss&rpc=22
North Korea agrees to resume nuclear talks soon
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to resume six-country talks aimed at winding up its nuclear arms program soon, the U.S. envoy to the thorny negotiations said on Friday.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...src=rss&rpc=22
Concern grows over satellite-killing missile test
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing insisted on Friday it was opposed to an arms race in space after Japan and Britain joined a chorus of concern over a satellite-killing missile test by China -- the first known experiment of its type in more than 20 years.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...src=rss&rpc=22
Key adviser to Blair arrested in UK honours probe
LONDON (Reuters) - Police arrested a key adviser to British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday as part of an investigation into allegations that donors to his Labour party were recommended for state honours in return for loans.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2...g_x.htm?csp=34
Chavez accuses telecom of spying on him
RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday accused his nation's main telecommunications company of spying on him and suggested it was at the bidding of the United States. Chavez, addressing 10 South American leaders at a summit of the Mercosur trade bloc, gave no additional details. The accusation came less than two weeks after Chavez announced he would nationalize CA Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela, known as CANTV.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2...m_x.htm?csp=34
BERLIN (AP) — Europeans labored on Friday to restore services across the continent after hurricane-force winds toppled trees, brought down power lines and damaged buildings, killing at least 46 people and disrupting travel for tens of thousands.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2...n_x.htm?csp=34
Tribe: U.S., not Pakistan, hit village
ZAMZOLA, Pakistan (AP) — Tribesmen from a Pakistani mountain village where an airstrike hit a suspected al-Qaeda hideout claimed Friday that missiles were fired from an American plane and denied the dead were terrorists.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/i...d_x.htm?csp=34
Mystery visitor makes 58th appearance at Edgar Allan Poe's grave in Baltimore
(AP) - For the 58th straight year, a mysterious visitor left birthday cognac and roses Friday at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe, author of the macabre, and was watched by more onlookers than ever, a faithful viewer said.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-093834-5640r
7 Guns stolen from FBI agent's car
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Authorities were looking Friday for thieves who stole seven weapons, including two submachine guns, from an FBI agent's car in southwest Washington.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-083930-1012r
Britain joins China space blast criticism
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Britain has become the latest country to criticize the Chinese government's use of a ballistic missile to destroy a satellite orbiting the earth.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-093126-2935r
Leopards lose habitat to humans in India
NEW DELHI, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Residents of rural towns in India have killed two rare leopards after the cats left their mountain habitats presumably to search for food.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-090923-4057r
U.S. oil prices waver between $50 and $51
NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Crude oil wavered between $50 and $51 a barrel in New York Friday after an international agency lowered its forecast for global demand.
UFO spotted over Iran
BOUYER AHMAD, Iran, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Witnesses reported seeing an unidentified flying object hovering for more than an hour over Bouyer Ahmad, Iran.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/19/D8MO68F00.html
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Two Shiite militia commanders said Thursday that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has stopped protecting radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Madhi Army under pressure from Washington, while the fighters described themselves as under seige in their Sadr City stronghold.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/815543.html
Israel transfers $100m in frozen funds to Abbas
Israel transfered $100 million in frozen tax funds to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas as promised on Thursday, an official in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office said Friday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/815562.html
Peretz consults with generals in active service on next IDF chief
As part of his consultations on the appointment of the Israel Defense Forces' next chief, Defense Minister Amir Peretz met Friday with GOC Central Command, General Yair Naveh. He intends to consult also with GOC Southern Command, General Yair Galant.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/815304.html
Peretz consults with generals in active service on next IDF chief
As part of his consultations on the appointment of the Israel Defense Forces' next chief, Defense Minister Amir Peretz met Friday with GOC Central Command, General Yair Naveh. He intends to consult also with GOC Southern Command, General Yair Galant.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/815526.html
Likud MK: Annexation is solution to flip-flop on new settlement
MK Yisrael Katz (Likud) has submitted a bill calling on Israel to annex the Jordan Valley, in response to Defense Minister Amir Peretz's decision to freeze a controversial plan to establish a new settlement there, Israel Radio reported Friday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/815531.html
New rules for the Middle East game
The current discussions about the future of American foreign policy in the Middle East touch directly upon Israel-U.S. relations. U.S. policymakers, however, have not yet given enough consideration to the unprecedented weight that the European Union increasingly exerts in the region. In the case of Israel as well as on other U.S. fronts, no durable progress is reachable without the agreement, not to say the active involvement, of the slowly uniting Europe.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6279241.stm
Turkish-Armenian writer shot dead
A well-known Turkish-Armenian editor convicted of insulting Turkish identity has been shot dead in Istanbul.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6279091.stm
Ethiopia 'set for Somali pullout'
Mr Meles said the Ethiopians would withdraw in three phases
Ethiopian forces are to start leaving Somalia "in the next few days", Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has told the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6277379.stm
Rule by decree passed for Chavez
President Chavez has vowed to deepen his "Bolivarian revolution"
Venezuela's National Assembly has given initial approval to a bill granting the president the power to bypass congress and rule by decree for 18 months.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6278127.stm
Redford demands apology over Iraq
Hollywood legend Robert Redford has called on US leaders to apologise for the war in Iraq. ...Taboos broken The programme for the festival has attracted controversy with the inclusion of films that include shocking sexual content. A documentary called Zoo deals with the practice of bestiality.
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/
U.S. signals Gulf allies that attack on Iran is possible in 2007
WASHINGTON — The United States has let its Gulf Arab allies know that an attack on Iran could take place in 2007. Diplomatic sources said U.S. Central Command and the U.S. intelligence community have conducted discussions with Gulf Cooperation Council states.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/19/D8MOF1U80.html
Dems Seek to Bar US Attack on Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic leaders in Congress lobbed a warning shot Friday at the White House not to launch an attack against Iran without first seeking approval from lawmakers.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...src=rss&rpc=22
North Korea agrees to resume nuclear talks soon
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to resume six-country talks aimed at winding up its nuclear arms program soon, the U.S. envoy to the thorny negotiations said on Friday.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...src=rss&rpc=22
Concern grows over satellite-killing missile test
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing insisted on Friday it was opposed to an arms race in space after Japan and Britain joined a chorus of concern over a satellite-killing missile test by China -- the first known experiment of its type in more than 20 years.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...src=rss&rpc=22
Key adviser to Blair arrested in UK honours probe
LONDON (Reuters) - Police arrested a key adviser to British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday as part of an investigation into allegations that donors to his Labour party were recommended for state honours in return for loans.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2...g_x.htm?csp=34
Chavez accuses telecom of spying on him
RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday accused his nation's main telecommunications company of spying on him and suggested it was at the bidding of the United States. Chavez, addressing 10 South American leaders at a summit of the Mercosur trade bloc, gave no additional details. The accusation came less than two weeks after Chavez announced he would nationalize CA Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela, known as CANTV.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2...m_x.htm?csp=34
BERLIN (AP) — Europeans labored on Friday to restore services across the continent after hurricane-force winds toppled trees, brought down power lines and damaged buildings, killing at least 46 people and disrupting travel for tens of thousands.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2...n_x.htm?csp=34
Tribe: U.S., not Pakistan, hit village
ZAMZOLA, Pakistan (AP) — Tribesmen from a Pakistani mountain village where an airstrike hit a suspected al-Qaeda hideout claimed Friday that missiles were fired from an American plane and denied the dead were terrorists.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/i...d_x.htm?csp=34