Egyptian truck driver freed after two weeks in Iraq
In Baghdad an Egyptian driver held by insurgents for two weeks was released hours after the Philippines pulled its last 51 peacekeepers to try to save a Filipino held by another group. The hostage, Alsayeid Mohammed Alsayeid Algarabawi, appeared healthy at the Egyptian Embassy. In Virginia, Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun said he was captured by insurgents and remained loyal, after 19 days of captivity, with no questions answered at his briefing.
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Philippines
Alsayeid Mohammed Alsayeid Algarabawi
Quantico
Wassef Ali Hassoun
Quantico Marine Corps Base
Dave Lapan
Marine Corps
Hassoun
Putin reshuffles top brass after Ingushetia attack
President Putin fires Gen Anatoly Kvashnin the armed forces chief of staff and dismisses Interior Ministry and FSB leaders after a brazen rebel assault in Ingushetia that killed about ninety people. The move follows defense ministry blame over reform resistance and underscores wartime strains near Chechnya.
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Vladimir Putin
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Georgia man executed for 1983 rape and murder
Eddie Albert Crawford, 57, was executed by injection in Jackson Georgia for the 1983 kidnapping rape and murder of his 2-year-old niece Leslie Michelle English after two trials and a seven month delay. Prosecutors said he abducted the girl from the home of his sister in law. Crawford contends he blacked out after drinking and cannot remember. The U.S. Supreme Court allowed execution despite calls for a DNA test stay.
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Baghdad Bomb Trucker Hits Police Station Killing Nine
A fuel tanker rigged as a bomb plowed into a Baghdad police station on Monday. The blast killed nine and wounded sixty, collapsing Auto shops and electrical workshops and creating a wide crater. It followed a string of attacks since the new government took power. The Philippines withdrew its 51 peacekeepers amid coalition concerns, while an Egyptian hostage was freed and taken to the embassy.
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Australia
Explosion at Baghdad police station kills nine nine wounded in blast
A car bomb detonated near a Baghdad Seidiyeh police station just after 8 am killing nine people and injuring at least 60 as militants press a 15 month insurgency. The tanker bombed the industrial district causing widespread casualties and fear.
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Saad al-Amili
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Ahmed Nouri
Arafat Backtracks in Gaza Power Showdown
In a Gaza security crisis, Yasser Arafat reinstates Abdel Razak Majaide to run security for all Palestinian territories above Moussa Arafat after protests target PA offices in Gaza. Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia urges reform as he resigns, leaving his status in limbo amid street calls for change and militant kidnappings of security officers and volunteers.
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West Bank
Yasser Arafat
Palestinian Authority
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Arafat
Abdel Razak Majaide
Majaide
Moussa Arafat
Gaza
Ahmed Qureia
Qureia
Moore film screened near Crawford aims as fundraiser
In Texas near Crawford activists plan to screen Fahrenheit 9/11 to raise funds for the Crawford Peace House with proceeds supporting their group while inviting GOP members to attend free. In Scotland Jay Kay pleaded guilty to speeding violations. police noted 105 mph in a 70 limit as he explained delays from traffic.
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Trump finishes 56th in celebrity golf at Lake Tahoe
Statistics show Donald Trump placing 56th in the American Century celebrity golf championship at Lake Tahoe with a $500000 purse. Notables in the field included Michael Jordan Maury Povich Ahmad Rashad Kevin Sorbo and Pete Sampras while Dan Quinn captured the win with a final hole birdie.
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Stateline, Nev
Donald Trump
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Lake Tahoe
NBC
Michael Jordan
Maury Povich
Ahmad Rashad
Kevin Sorbo
Pete Sampras
Dan Quinn
Bear in a tree draws curious, panicked crowds in Stevens Point
A black bear climbed a tree as residents gathered below causing the limbs to wobble. Officials delayed tranquilizing the two year old bear until about 16 hours into the ordeal when a Wildlife Services worker fired two tranquilizers. The 140 pound bear eventually came down.
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Wis
Barb Yach
State Department of Natural Resources
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