Passenger attempts to ignite fuse aboard Boeing 767
A passenger on a 183 passenger 14 crew Boeing 767 tried to touch a lit fuse in a shoe and was restrained by fellow travelers. The plane diverted to Boston escorted by two fighter jets and FBI officials investigated links to al Qaida while authorities evaluated the device as potentially plastic explosive.
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Boston
Kwame James
Trinidad
FBI
Charles Prouty
Logan
USS Cole
Yemen
Michael Seele
Plymouth
Seele
bin Laden
al-Qaida
Washington
Richard Shelby
R-Ala
Senate Intelligence Committee
Shelby
Brussels
Tariq Raja
Michael Sullivan
Abdel Rahim
Terri Evans
Scotland Yard
Evans
Europe
Parish
United States
Congress
U.S
Hermis Moutardier
Moutardier
Arafat Kept From Bethlehem Christmas Celebration
In Bethlehem the annual Manger Square procession ran with few pilgrims as Israel barred Yasser Arafat to Ramallah for security reasons. Arafat spoke via prerecorded TV address lamenting restrictions and urging world to see terror faced by worshippers. Bethlehem's mayor and church leaders urged peace while locals described Christmas as somber in a besieged city.
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West Bank
Israel
Yasser Arafat
Jesus
Manger Square
Arafat
Ramallah
Barri
Ers
Holy Land
St. Catherine's Church
Hanna Nasser
Michel Sabbah
Jerusalem
Sabbah
Richard Elias
George
Christmas on three fronts as troops share rituals and memories
In Uzbekistan and at Mazar e Sharif tent camp French troops celebrate Christmas Eve with beer, cookies, and Catholic Mass while awaiting gifts of red wine and pate. In the Arabian Sea the USS Theodore Roosevelt crew, thousands strong, mark the holiday apart from home, with personal notes of longing and duty, amid reduced sorties and ongoing Afghanistan strikes.
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Mazar-e-Sharif
Arabian Sea
Sail O'Hanlon
Roosevelts
United States
Afghanistan
Taliban
al-Qaida
Bush spends Christmas Eve with family at Camp David
President Bush spent Christmas Eve with family at Camp David the presidential retreat near Washington. He planned a gym workout and church service with relatives including Laura Bush and Jenna Welch. Bush called nine service members to wish them well and discussed returning to Texas for New Year at Crawford before resuming duties in Washington.
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Bush
Camp David
White House
Scott Stanzel
Stanzel
Laura
Jenna Welch
Genze Bush
Barbara
Jenna
Texas
Crawford
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