Massive 8.0 Japan quake injures hundreds across Hokkaido
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Japan's Hokkaido region early Friday, injuring more than 230 people and causing power outages, train derailments, and a partial airport roof collapse. Tsunami warnings urged evacuees and coastal areas prepared for waves up to three feet as aftershocks followed.
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Market blast kills eight Iraqis near Baghdad
An explosion at a Baqubah market killed eight Iraqis and wounded 13, as NBC News offices were damaged by a separate blast. Aquila al Hashimi, Governing Council member and UN ambassador candidate, died from ambush wounds in Baghdad. Eight American soldiers were wounded in a Mosul convoy attack.
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Airman under investigation before Guantanamo assignment
Air Force authorities tracked Syria-born supply clerk Ahmad al Halabi since 2002 and investigated him for suspicious activity at Travis Air Force Base Kuwait and Guantanamo Bay He was sent to Guantanamo as an Arabic translator and is charged with espionage for allegedly sending classified information to an enemy and planning to pass secrets to someone traveling to Syria Also held without charge at Charleston Navy brig is Army Captain Yousef Yee the Muslim chaplain The two are among the few military personnel arrested in the probe of security breaches at the Cuba prison
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Republicans Question Iraq Reconstruction Costs
Washington Post reports GOP lawmakers scrutinize Bush administration’s 20.3 billion Iraq reconstruction plan. Details show 164 million for Iraqi army training and 54 million for a postal service study, plus 100 prisons experts and 100 million for seven planned communities.
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