Kabul taxi blast kills British soldier in insurgent attack
A suicide bombing in Kabul killed one British soldier and wounded four others as peacekeepers patrolled the capital. The blast near an open topped Land Rover damaged by 200 pounds of explosives occurred in the eastern outskirts around 11 am, with an Afghan official noting an Afghan bystander also died.
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Afghanistan
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Ghan
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Iraq
Kabul
Nayamatullah Jalili
Interior Ministry
Arab prisoners begin journey for swap
Arab prisoners start travel to Germany under a German mediated prisoner exchange between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel to release 436 prisoners for kidnapped businessman Shanan Tannenbaum and three soldiers said dead. Lebanon’s Hezbollah gains a regional foothold while Israel seeks information on an airman missing since 1986.
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Israel
Germany
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Hezbollah
Lebanon
WHO Calls Mass Slaughter of Infected Poultry to Halt Bird Flu
Bangkok emergency meeting as Asia health ministers discuss stopping bird flu outbreak. Vietnam reports two more human fatalities, raising the death toll to ten. debate continues on destroying livestock with no consensus reached.
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WHO
Bangkok
Thailand
Worldealth Organization
Ils
Vietnam
Asia
Stewart trial focus on two faces of key witness
Jurors in the Martha Stewart trial will confront two portraits of the government’s star witness. One portrays him as a star struck liar, the other as an impressionable young man misled by others’ crimes.
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New York
Martha Stewart
Army plans possible Iraq presence into 2006 says Schoomaker
General Schoomaker told the House Armed Services Committee that planning assumes the Army could keep tens of thousands of soldiers in Iraq through 2006. He noted the force rotation, current overage beyond limits, and Pentagon plans for future redeployments amid Iraq and Afghanistan commitments.
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Iraq
Peter J. Schoomaker
Army
House Armed Services Committee
Afghanistan
South Korea
Balka
Congress
Schoomaker
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
U.S
Bush
Schoemaker
Pentagon
House
Rumsfeld
Ellen O. Tauscher
Dcalif
Capitol Hill
Ike Skelton
D-Mo
Armed Services Committee
NASA culture slowly changes after Columbia disaster
NASA workers sign grievances and ask questions in meetings. A Remembrance Day is set to honor Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia victims, with flags at half staff and a memorial at Arlington. External consultants are invited to aid cultural reform as leaders push for safer, blame-free reporting.
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Fla
NASA
Columbia
Jose Garcia
Shuttle
White House
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Columbia Inquiry
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Sean O'Keefe
Space Agency
Texas
Arlington National Cemetery
Challenger
O'Keefe
Crystal Hails Murray Oscar Nomination Host Return Plans
Sarasota AP report notes Billy Crystal praising Bill Murray’s best actor nomination as Crystal eyes hosting the Academy Awards again after a three year break. He attends Lindsay Crystal's HBO documentary premiere about Bernhardt Crystal and discusses nerves for the coming ceremony.
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Sarasota. Fla
Billy Crystal
Bill Murray
Crystal
Sarasota
Lindsay
Uncle Berns
Bernhardt Crystal
HBO
Lasee sets age record with 800-plus bowling series
Fran Lasee aged 63 becomes oldest U S bowler to roll an 800-plus series with an 834 at the Aurora BayCare Senior Classic in Green Bay. He fired 279 290 and 265 after turning 63 on December 18 and has two earlier 800-plus sets in 1964 and 1992, plus decades of 700 series. He is a GBBA Hall of Fame inductee since 1979.
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Singapore
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Warwick
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Green Bay, Wis
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