Red Sea ferry sinks killing hundreds in Egypt
A aging ferry sank in the Red Sea with more than 1,400 aboard mainly Egyptian workers returning from Saudi Arabia. Survivors say a fire broke out early and a lack of lifeboats contributed to the disaster. Weather included high winds and a sandstorm as authorities assess safety and cause.
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Truck driver slept 34 hours before fatal school bus stop crash
Nation wide probe found Alvin Wilkerson 31 awake 34 hours when his truck hit a car at a school bus stop killing seven children. He was transporting bottled water from High Springs to Jacksonville 85 miles away. President Bush urged Congress to boost math and science education and fund innovation to maintain U.S. edge amid rising China and India.
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Mexican clinic where Coretta King died closed
Mexico City officials closed the clinic where Coretta Scott King died, with U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Judith Bryan saying the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana is helping patients find new facilities as officials provided no immediate reason for the closure.
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Board delays vote on Iranian resolution
The International Atomic Energy Agency board on Friday postponed voting on a resolution to refer Iran to the U N Security Council amid a dispute over adding wording that would rebuke Israel as an undeclared nuclear power. Talks also considered a paragraph urging the Middle East to become a nuclear weapons free zone.
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Libby CIA leak trial date set for January 2007
Federal judge Reginald Walton schedules former White House aide I. Lewis Scooter Libby trial for January 2007 in the CIA leak case. Jury selection to begin January 8 with Libby facing perjury and obstruction charges.
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Stampede outside stadium near Manila leaves 66 dead
About 30,000 people queued for Wowowee at a Pasig stadium when a stampede broke out. Officials say 66 died including mostly women as hospitals overwhelmed. Witnesses say gates may have been shut triggering the panic amid a large raffle jackpot.
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Manila
Philippines
Vicente Eusebio
Pasig
Warning helps minimize Kama Sutra computer worm damage
Security experts report the Kama Sutra worm caused limited harm as many companies and individuals heeded warnings. An Italian city shut down its computers as a precaution while the trigger date arrived with few problems. Microsoft issued a warning and anti virus partners helped clean infected machines. The worm overwrites data to destroy documents and spread via common file types.
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Associated Press
Microsoft Corp
State court blocks search of records at abortion clinics
Kansas Supreme Court halted the attorney general from reviewing records from two abortion clinics. The court urged a preliminary ruling on Attorney General Phill Kline’s right to see documents in his investigation of abortion law violations and suspected rapes of children, while mandating patient privacy protection if access is allowed.
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Kansas Supreme Court
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