Teenager accused of brutal bar attack and killings in Arkansas chase
Prosecutors say 18 year old Jacob D Robida planned violence in a New Bedford Puzzles Lounge attack before a high speed flight to Arkansas where he was fatally shot at a roadblock. Detectives found a troubling note suggesting violent plans. The note indicated a desperate man intent on continuing acts of violence.
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New Bedford
Mass
Massachusetts
Arkansas
Jacob D. Robida
Robida
Puzzles Lounge
Bristol County
Paul Walsh Jr
Senate debates asbestos relief bill and Abramoff ties
The Senate opens discussion on a proposed 140 billion dollar fund for asbestos victims amid partisan clashes. Senate Minority Leader Reid accuses lobbyists of steering the chamber while Arlen Specter defends the bill against charges of obstruction and corruption.
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Washington, D.C
Senate
GOP
Harry Reid
D-Nev
Jack Abramoff
Washington
Reid
Sen
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Protests Hit Danish Embassy in Tehran Amid Prophet Cartoons Outcry
Hundreds of demonstrators pelt the Danish Embassy in Tehran with stones and Molotov cocktails as protests spread worldwide over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Police used tear gas, 400 demonstrators faced security limits. nine injured. Thousands more protested elsewhere, including attacks on Austrian, Danish missions and a deadly stampede in Somalia.
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Tehran
Iran
Muhammad
Austria
European Union
Bush
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Europe
U.S
Bagram
United States
Somalia
Lebanon
Denmark
Beirut
Minis
Ter Ghazi Aridi
Danish Foreign Ministry
Claus Juul Nielsen
DR Public Television
World's first face transplant recipient speaks in Amiens
Isabelle Dinoire, 38, spoke at her first news conference about her newly transplanted face from a donor after a 15 hour surgery in Amiens on November 27. She described regaining the sense of a normal life while noting limited mobility and a lingering facial sheen, and she recalled the May dog attack that disfigured her.
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Amiens
France
Isabelle Dinoire
Dinoire
Dindre
Moussaoui disrupts start of sentencing trial in Virginia
Zacarias Moussaoui, claiming al Qaida ties, interrupted jury selection at his sentencing in Alexandria Virginia and was removed from the courtroom four times. The 37 year old French Moroccan will face a death penalty or life in prison after a month long jury selection and a separate penalty phase following his guilty plea to conspiring to fly planes into U.S. buildings.
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Alexandria
al-Qaida
Zacarias Moussaoui
Moussaoui
U.S
Brinkema
Israel Eyes Economic Links With Palestinians Amid Unrest
Israel's central bank chief Stanley Fischer says economic ties with the Palestinians are possible after Hamas takes over if attacks stop. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vows to work with Mahmoud Abbas as Gaza violence rises with airstrikes killing seven militants in three days. A Red Sea ferry attack damages offices in Safaga Egypt as relatives mourn.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Central Bank
Hamas
Bank
Stanley Fischer
Ehud Olmert
Mahmoud Abbas
Gaza
Sunken ferry survivors trigger anger at owner in Egypt
Passengers on the ferry say they were told the situation was under control as smoke filled the ship and chaos spread. Survivors report crew discouraged life jackets to avoid panic, fueling outrage after the Friday sinking and a crowd stormed the owner's offices in Safaga.
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Safaga
Egypt
Sayed Abdul Hakim
Abdul Hakim
Abdul Muhsin Rayan
Red Sea
Mules deliver ballots as Haiti braces for crucial vote
Haitian election day nears as mules carry sacks of ballots into remote villages under guard of U N peacekeepers. Presidential hopeful Rene Preval expresses cautious optimism while officials urge high turnout and reject fraud accusations.
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Mules
Haiti
Preval
AP Television News
Jacques Bernard
Electoral Council
Port-au-Prince
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Internal Revenue Service
Nina Olson
Olson
Moussa
Tel-Aviv
Safada
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