Israeli forces strike car in Nablus injuring four Palestinians
In Nablus Israeli missiles hit a car carrying Jihad al Mussalmi a local Fatah official wounding four. Two bystanders were hurt as medics treated injuries described as medium to light. In Gaza violence and clashes kill and wound several others as Gaza militants fire mortars and Israeli forces respond with tanks and shelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nablus
West Bank
Jihad al-Mussalmi
Yasser Arafat
Fatah
Al-Mussaimi
Rafidia
Israel
al- Mussaimi
Gaza Strip
Deir el-Balah
Gaza City
Bilal al
Former cocaine boss battles extradition in Colombia
Colombian drug suspect Fabio Ochoa faces U S extradition after the Supreme Court approved sending him to the United States. He allegedly helped run a 30 ton per month cocaine operation via Mexico. President Pastrana has 15 days to approve the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
Fabio Ochoa
Ochoa
Medellin Cartel
U.S
Supreme Court
United States
Andres Pastrana
Medellin
Pablo Escobar
Jairo Mesa Sanin
Mario Sanchez Cristancho
Pastrana
Kursk salvage effort gains lifted pontoon at Sevmash yard
Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk revealed the first giant pontoon for raising the sunken Kursk, built for Mammoet and prepared with Smit International. The 330 by 53 foot hull was blessed by an Orthodox priest as officials, journalists, and workers watched. A second pontoon will launch next week, with both towed to Murmansk and eventually used to hoist the Kursk onto a dry dock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severodvinsk
Russia
Kursk
Sevmash
White Sea
Moscow
Mammoet
Smit International
Roslyakovo
Murmansk
Barents Sea
Village keeps ties across Macedonia’s ethnic divide
In Sisevo the 1,500 residents, Albanians and Macedonians, share a tea place and swap stories despite a six month crisis that pushed mixed villages toward Albanian control. Local leaders insist unity endures as riots, mosque burnings, and social rifts scar the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisevo
Macedonia
NATO
Dragan Angelovski
Balkan
Tetovo
Skopje
Evan Fraenkel
Search For Common Ground
Zoran Acevski
Musa Shabani
Missing teen found dead on Southeast Asia's tallest peak
The lifeless body of 17 year old Ellie James from Cornwall was found on Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia, near the summit, a week after she disappeared with her brother and other trekkers. Weather and low visibility hampered rescue efforts, with temperatures near freezing and winds up to 62 mph. Police said autopsy found hypothermia as the cause. she had been dead about three to four days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Israel
Canada
France
Germany
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Sheik Abdulaziz al-Sheik
Arafat
Asia
Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf
Shimon Peres
Berlin
Peres
Poland
Southeast Asia
Kinabalu
Malaysia
Ellie James
Wall
Balu
Hemily
Borneo
Zul Baharin Ismail
James
Henry
Bernama
Richard Adi
Ismail
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mahmoud Zourab
al-Ghoul
Adnan
Iraq
David Pashayev
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!