Vatican to review security after papal knock-down
The Vatican will review security procedures after a 25 year old Swiss Italian woman Susanna Maiolo jumped the barrier and knocked Pope Benedict XVI down at Christmas Eve service. Benedict was unhurt and gave his greetings while guards restrained the intruder.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Benedict XVI
Benedict
St. Peter’s Square
St. Peter's Basilica
Silvio Berlusconi
Milan
Susanna Maiolo
Interior Ministry
Switzerland
ANSA
Rome
Maiolo
Federico Lombardi
Lombardi
Associated Press
Roger Etchegaray
Gemelli
Nicola Cerbino
Etchegaray
Marseille
Justice and Peace and Charity
Gianni Alemanno
Sistine Chapel
Jamaica Runway Outage Tied to 154 aboard Airliner Crash
An American Airlines Boeing 737 skidded off the runway at Norman Manley International in Kingston during heavy rain injuring 92 of 154 aboard. Investigators probe whether guidance lights outage and approach choices contributed. Lights to one end of the runway were out since November.
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Kingston
Jamaica
American Airlines
Caribbean Sea
Norman Manley
Stanley Smith
Mark Williams
Associated Press
Washington
Reagan National Airport
Miami
U.S
Smith
Montego Bay
Martha Pantin
U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
Civil Aviation Authority
Oscar Derby
Radio Jamaica
Guantanamo Trials Move Ahead as U S Plans for 2010
The AP reports that despite Obama’s pledge to close Guantanamo, the military prepares for trials at the base this summer. Omar Khadr’s case leads a slate of 2010 proceedings while debate over moving detainees to U.S. soil continues.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Guantanamo
U.S
Navy
Cuba
Omar Khadr
Barack Obama
Illinois
Khadr
Army
Jon Jackson
Afghanistan
Obama
Yemen
Thomson Correctional Center
Congress
Jackson
Jamil Dakwar
American Civil Liberties Union
Joseph Della Vedova
Pentagon
Office of
Military Commissions
Bush
al- Qaida
U.S. Army
Christopher Speer
Albuquerque
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
New York
Cmdr
Brook DeWalt
Air Force
Camp Justice
Queen Elizabeth praises British forces in Afghanistan
Queen Elizabeth II paid tribute to British troops in Afghanistan in her Christmas speech broadcast from Buckingham Palace. She expressed sadness over casualties in a 2009 tally that reached 106 British soldiers, and praised Commonwealth forces while noting the economic downturn and the war's impact on national security.
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London
Britain
Elizabeth II
Afghanistan
Buckingham Palace
Wootton Bassett
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Singapore
Gordon Brown
Tance of the
Commonwealth
Family of Nations
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U.S. State Department
Gitmo
Queen Elizabeth
Sandringham House
Norfolk
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Charles
Duchess of Cornwall
William and
Harry
Queen Elizabeth II
Sandringham
England
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