US forces close in on insurgent leaders in Tikrit
US troops pursue top insurgent leadership tied to five powerful clans in Tikrit, Iraq, aided by months of intelligence. The effort follows reduced attacks and the December capture of Saddam Hussein, with Lt. Col. Steve Russell stating the outer circle guards and core leaders have been targeted.
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U.S
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
Baghdad
Steve Russell
Army
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Ten
Russell
Taree
Jares
Bomb attacks in Iraq claim U S soldiers and Iraqi children
Roadside bombs in Baghdad and near Fallujah kill two American soldiers and two Iraqi children while wounding many. The violence raises U S combat deaths to 325. Officials say arrests in Karbala target insurgent networks. A ten million dollar bounty remains on Saddam's top deputy Izzat al Douri.
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Iraq
U.S
Karbala
Saddam Hussein
U.S. Army
Patrick Compton
Army
1St Armoured Division
Iraqi Civil Defense Corps
Compton
Fallujah
Rafal Smilkowski
Russell
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Saddam
Ten bodies recovered in California mudslide near camp
Authorities say five more people died in the Christmas mudslide at St. Sophia Camp near San Bernardino. Two children were found tangled in debris four miles below the site as rescue teams used heavy machinery to reach remains in the San Bernardino Mountains amid incoming heavy rains.
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San Bernardino
Calif
St. Sophia
Chip Patterson
San Bernardino County
Sheriff's Department
San Bernardino Mountains
Body found of man buried in avalanche
In Provo Canyon Utah County search crews recovered the body of 19 year old Mike Hebert of Orem one of three snowboarders trapped by a massive avalanche after two days of digging His driver's license and cell phone identified the body which was found four feet below the surface Relatives were notified at the scene authorities continued to search for the other two snowboarders
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Provo
Utah
Mike Hebert
Orem
Provo Canyon
Jim Tracy
Hebert
U N nuclear chief leads inspections in Libya
UN weapons inspector Mohamed ElBaradei heads a four-site inspection in Tripoli as Libya agrees to abandon its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. The trip marks a key step in disarmament and follows Moammar Gaddafi’s pledge to end such programs.
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U.N
Mohamed ElBaradei
Moamrmar Gaddafi
ElBaradei
International Atomic Energy Agency
Pope John Paul I urges defense of traditional marriage
In weekly remarks at St. Peter's Square the pontiff denounced a misunderstood rights view weakening the family and urged renewed commitment to the man-woman marriage as a sacred gift. The Vatican campaign follows recent legal gains for same sex unions in Canada and Massachusetts. In Bam Iran rescue teams struggle amid rubble as death toll rises past twenty thousand after a 6.6 quake.
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