Militants attack Afghan peace conference in Kabul
Rockets and gunfire disrupted President Karzai's opening of a national peace conference in Kabul. Taliban fighters in suicide vests attacked the tent, killing at least two militants while wounding three civilians. Karzai urged Taliban and Hizb i Islami to lay down arms as insurgents reject reconciliation before foreign troop withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kabul
Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai
Taliban
Karzai
Hizb-i-Islami
U S drone strikes in Pakistan face ongoing criticism and praise
U S officials defend the covert CIA missile program as effective against insurgents along the Afghanistan Pakistan border despite a United Nations human rights expert urging restraint. The program, credited with killing hundreds, reportedly continues with rigorous targeting to minimize civilian harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Pakistan
U.N
CIA
Afghanistan-Pakistan
al- Qaida
Obama
Gaza bound ship clash leaves nine dead on Med sea
Details emerge on the Gaza flotilla confrontation as Israeli commandos board the ship to seize control. A pre-dawn gunbattle and assault by activists left nine pro Palestinian protesters dead amid disputed accounts and international criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deck
Israel
Cyprus
UK taxi gunman kills 12 in Cumbria rampage
Derrick Bird, a 52 year old cab driver, carried out a shooting spree across Whitehaven Seascale Egremont Gosforth and surrounding areas in Cumbria, killing 12 and wounding 25 before killing himself. Two weapons recovered as police called for indoors shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seascale
England
Cumbria
Britain
Derrick Bird
Boot
Lake District
Elizabeth II
Stuart Hyde
Bird
Peter Leder
Whitehaven
London
Egremont
Gosforth
Dutch suspect sought in Lima hotel murder linked to Holloway case
Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch man tied to the Natalee Holloway disappearance, is being hunted as the primary suspect in the weekend killing of 21 year old Stephany Flores in a Lima Miraflores hotel. Interpol issued an international arrest warrant as police described a struggle marked crime scene. The suspect reportedly fled to Chile by land after the slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joran van der Sloot
Stephany Flores
Lima
Cesar Guardia
Chile
Interpol
van der Sloot
Guardia
Ricardo Flores
Miraflores
Holloway
Aruba
Rhythm method grows among teen girls in CDC survey
A CDC survey of 2,800 teens ages 15 to 19 found about 17 percent of sexually experienced girls used the rhythm method, up from 11 percent in 2002, with concerns about effectiveness. The report also shows 64 percent of teen boys and over 70 percent of teen girls view an unmarried teen child as acceptable, amid broader trends in birth rates and public attention to teen pregnancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Joyce Abma
CDC
National Center For Health Statistics
Bristol Palin
Sarah Palin
Jamie Lynn Spears
Britney
Juno
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fla. Gop
Tallahassee
Fla
Jim Greer
Republican Party of Florida
Greer
Delmar Johnson
Victory Strategies
Bill Shepherd
Florida
Johnson
Los Angeles
van Nuys
Stephen Hill
Hill
Jerusalem
Mediterranean Sea
Hanin Zoabi
Norman Paech
Free Gaza
Gaza
Egypt
Hamas
U.K
Sellafield
Hyde
Barrie Walker
BBC
Franklin Briceno
Peru
Alabama
Natalee Holloway
Elyria
Cleorall
Greater
Cascade Hall
Wesleyan Village
West Ave
Ohio
Wesleyan
R.S.V.P
Villageliving.com
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!