Island wary as Manaro volcano shows limited eruption risk
A volcano on Ambae Island is not expected to erupt violently, scientists say, as half the residents flee and four ships stand by for evacuation. Separately, Croatia ex-general Ante Gotovina is arrested in Tenerife on a Croatian passport, to be handed to The Hague. A car bomber attack in Bangladesh kills six, injures dozens as police defuse a second device. Islamic militants blamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambae Island
Mount Manaro
Pacific
James Michener
Croatia
Spain
Canary Islands
Ante Gotovina
Bitacora
Tenerife
Interior Ministry
Africa
Atlantic
Gotovina
Madrid
Efe
U.N
Hague
Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh
Singapore arrests 13 foreigners in anti-drug sting
Singapore police say 13 foreigners including three Britons an American seven Thais a Malaysian a Japanese and a Singaporean were arrested in a narcotics operation. Nipaporn Tonsai 28 a Thai national faces up to 20 years for drug trafficking and leader charges. An American boyfriend, unnamed, tested positive for illegal substances. Some suspects charged so far face no death penalty if convicted. The Orchard Road sting targeted a drug syndicate network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Nipaporn Tonsai
Thailand
Central Narcotics Bureau
Orchard Road
Iran leader suggests moving Israel to Europe in absurd remark
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a Mecca summit that Europe or Germany could host a homeland for Jews as payback for the Holocaust, prompting swift condemnation from Israel, the United States, and Jewish leaders. He warned historians against doubting Nazi crimes and urged giving land in Europe to Zionists. The remarks heightened tensions with Israel over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, drawing calls for responsible international conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mecca
Saud
Arabia
Iran
Israel
Europe
United States
Mark Regev
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Middle East
Ahmadinejad
Germany
Austria
Tehran
U.N. General Assembly
State Department
Adam Ereli
NATO approves expanded force in Afghanistan
NATO foreign ministers approve sending up to 6000 troops into southern Afghanistan to widen the peacekeeping mission. The deployment will free U S forces to focus on counterinsurgency in the south and east while adding self defense mandates and detainee handling rules. Secretary of State Rice calmed European concerns over CIA practices and said the U S aligns with allies on humanitarian law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Becium
NATO
Afghanistan
Alliance
USS
Taliban
al-Qaida
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
United States
New York
Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Condoleezza Rice
CIA
Europe
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Rice
Ben Bot
Violence flares in Mideast with airstrike deaths and stabbing
Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed two militants from Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and wounded several others, reports say. Two leaders Iyad Qadas and Iyad Najar died, a third injured as civilians treated. In West Bank, a Palestinian fatally stabbed an Israeli soldier at Qalandia checkpoint, attacker arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
West Bank
al Aqsa
Martyrs’ Brigades
Jabalya
Iyad Qadas
Iyad
Najar
Ani
Associated Press
Qalandia
Ramallah
Also Mentioned on This Page
Around the
Vanuatu
Bangladesh
Mideast
By Joel Greenberg
Chicago Tribune
Eldridge Hotel
Massachusetts
Sunflower Broadband
Sunflowerbroadband.com
Kief
The
Einamog
Sunflower
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!