Agencies deadlock over fingerprint database reform
Washington AP report notes over three years after 9 11 the Bush administration has failed to create a unified U S fingerprint database due to interagency infighting. Inspector General Glenn Fine warns the delay raises risk of terrorists entering undetected as Homeland Security and FBI files remain only partially integrated.
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Washington
Bush
U.S
Justice Department
Glenn Fine
Justice, State and Homeland Security
Fine
FBI
Chuck Grassley
Senate Judiciary Committee
Grassley
Iowa
Congress
Nine militants, one bystander dead in Riyadh attacks
Islamic extremists detonated a car bomb near the Interior Ministry in central Riyadh and suicide blasts targeted a troop recruitment center. Seven militants were killed in a police gun battle in northern Riyadh, a bystander died, and oil prices rose as markets reacted. Saudi officials identified the attackers as Saudis amid a government crackdown on al Qaida.
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Interior Ministry
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
al-Qaida
Saudi TV
Four Israelis indicted in global forgery ring of Bible artifacts
Four Israeli antiquities collectors and dealers were indicted on charges tied to a sophisticated forgery ring. The group allegedly created fake Bible era artifacts including the burial box of Jesus' brother James and a King Yoash inscription to dupe buyers, with the scheme said to span the world and last over two decades.
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Israel
Holy Land
Jesus
James
Yoash
Dorfman
Jury pool to be drawn for Jackson child molestation trial
Up to 4000 prospective jurors to be summoned for Michael Jackson's child molestation case with voir dire starting January 31 in Santa Maria. Panelists will be questioned on attitudes toward race, divorce, plastic surgery, and potential bias toward wealth or celebrity. The trial, possibly five months, may place Santa Barbara County’s northern Santa Maria region in the spotlight.
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Los Angeles
Santa Maria
Calif
Michael Jackson
Jackson
Superior Court
Rodney Melville
Jo-Ellan Dimitrius
O.J. Simpson
Santa Barbara County
Space station crew trims diet amid rationing and weight loss
Two astronauts Leroy Chiao and Salizhan Sharipov report losing a few pounds during a five week rationing of dwindling food on the international space station. They cut meat potatoes and vegetables by half and added sweets to make up calories. A Russian cargo ship delivered 440 pounds of food ending the rationing.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
International Space Station
U.S
Leroy Chiao
Salizhan Sharipov
Chiao
Space
Sharipov
NASA
Space Station
Protests Block Cabinet as Yushchenko Supporters Clash
In Kiev, thousands umbrella orange supporters prevented Viktor Yanukovych from presiding at a Cabinet session with drums and chants of resign. Yanukovych refused to quit, promising to challenge results in the Supreme Court, while protesters secured assurances he would not enter his office.
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Kiev
Ukraine
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Yanukovych
Supreme Court
Yanukovych
Yushchenko
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