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AP sources: Al-Qaida link in failed plane attack
By News on Dec 25, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida's instructions, tried to blow up the plane Friday as it was landing in Detroit, law enforcement and national security officials said....
Vatican to review security after papal knock-down
By News on Dec 25, 2009
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican will review security procedures after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, this time managing to knock him down before being pulled away by guards, the Vatican spokesman said Friday....Senate bill could hurt insurers at least initially
By News on Dec 25, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Health insurers get some big presents in the Senate's health overhaul bill - about 20 million new customers and no competition from a new government plan....
Gitmo prepares for trials instead of close in 2010
By News on Dec 25, 2009
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Rather than shutting Guantanamo, the U.S. military is gearing up for the war-crimes trial of a former child soldier at the navy base on southeastern Cuba this summer....
Radical Yemeni cleric believed unhurt in airstrike
By News on Dec 25, 2009
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SAN'A, Yemen (AP) -- A U.S.-born radical cleric is alive and well following reports he may have been killed in a Yemeni airstrike against suspected al-Qaida hideouts, friends and relatives said Friday....