Pirates Foiled Off Somali Coast Force Steers Back Ship
An international anti piracy force halted a Chinese cargo ship takeover off Somalia. Nine pirates boarded the vessel but fled after two helicopters and a warship arrived. No injuries reported as crew sheltered inside during a five hour incident.
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San’a
Yemen
Indian Navy
Noel Choong
International Maritime Bureau
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
International Naval Force
Obama stimulus plan targets 850 billion package
Washington report notes Obama aims for about 850 billion dollars in a stimulus package to revive the economy. The plan favors middle and lower income tax cuts with no tax increases for the wealthy. The team hopes to create 2.5 million jobs over two years and weighs adviser opinions.
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Barack Obama
Obama
Lawrence B. Lindsey
George W. Bush
Harvard
Martin Feldstein
John McCain
Illinois Supreme Court Won’t Pull Blagojevich From Office
Illinois Supreme Court rejected the attorney general's bid to remove Governor Rod Blagojevich. The ruling came as Madigan pressed for a disability-based removal while impeachment proceedings moved forward. Attorney Ed Genson challenged wiretaps as talk with no action, and committee chair Rep. Barbara Currie cautioned limits of formal legal process.
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Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Rod Blagojevich
Blagojevich
Chicago
Ed Genson
Genson
House
Barbara Flynn Currie
Currie
Barack Obama
Senate
State Supreme Court
Lisa Madigan
Madigan
Obama
Illinois
Pennsylvania mom in court over Fort Lauderdale kidnapping case
Tammy Kong-Kham appeared in bond court in Broward County facing a kidnapping charge from a Philadelphia arrest warrant. She and her younger daughter were found in a cardboard box in Tamarac after authorities traced the pair to an ant-infested hole on Fort Lauderdale beach. The older daughter had been found at a Fort Lauderdale mall two weeks earlier begging for food.
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Fla
Pennsylvania
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Broward County
Jeffrey Streitfeld
Streitfeld
Kong-Kham
Tamarac
Philadelphia
Frank Sousa
Sousa
Kong- Kham
Galleria
Kimberly
Kennedy appeals to New York officials in upstate swing
Caroline Kennedy travels via the main east-west route to talk with mayors and party leaders in Syracuse Rochester and other cities about succeeding Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate. She stresses public service and the desire to help Washington while avoiding Albany. Governor Paterson delays naming a replacement until Clinton is confirmed.
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N.Y
Caroline Kennedy
Hillary Clinton
U.S. Senate
John F Kennedy
Albany
Rochester
Kennedy
Washington
U.S
Matt Driscoll
New York
David Paterson
Clinton
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