 A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a Tel Aviv fast-food stand Thursday, killing himself and wounding 20 people in an apparent attempt to destabilize the region just a week before the Palestinian parliament election. The militant Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility in a phone call to The Associated Press. Islamic Jihad has been responsible for all six suicide bombings in Israel in the past year, and is the only faction to boycott next Wednesday's parliament vote. The bomber, who witnesses said pretended to be a peddler selling disposable razors, walked into "The Mayor's Shwarma" in a crowded pedestrian mall near Tel Aviv's old central bus station on Thursday afternoon....
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 At Least 23 Dead in Bombings on Same Baghdad Street; Iraq Expects U.S. to Release Female Detainees |
Two near-simultaneous bombings targeted a crowded downtown Baghdad coffee shop and nearby restaurant, killing at least 23 people and wounding 26, according to police and hospital officials. The blasts occurred as the mother of abducted American reporter Jill Carroll appealed for her daughter's release after her captors threatened to kill her if U.S. authorities don't release all Iraqi women in military custody by Friday night. Iraqi authorities said six of the eight detained Iraqi women are expected to be released by the U.S. military next week, but not as part of a bid to free Carroll, who was seized in Baghdad on Jan. 7. American officials declined to comment....
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| Text: 'Bin-Laden tape' |
The pan-Arab TV station al-Jazeera has broadcast an audio tape purporting to be by al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, in which the speaker says al-Qaeda is preparing new attacks on the US. Here is the full text of the message as broadcast. My message to you is about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and the way to end it. I had not intended to speak to you about this issue, because, for us, this issue is already decided: diamonds cut diamonds. Praise be to God, our conditions are always improving, becoming better, while yours are the opposite. ...
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| Purported bin Laden tape: 'It's only a question of time' Voice warns Americans of impending attacks, offers truce |
An audiotaped message purported to be from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warns that plans for terror attacks in the United States are under way -- and also offers a "long-term truce."" ... The war against America and its allies will not be confined to Iraq," the man's voice said, adding that "Iraq has become a magnet for attracting and training talented fighters.""It's only a matter of time," the voice said, referring to attacks. "They are in the planning stages, and you will see them in the heart of your land as soon as the planning is complete." The message also opened the door to a "solution.""In response to the substance of the polls in the U.S., which indicate that Americans do not want to fight Muslims on Muslim land, nor do they want Muslims to fight them on their land, we do not mind offering a long-term truce based on just conditions that we will stick to....
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/19/binladen.tape/index.html?section=cnn_us
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Editor - 10:32:00 01-19-06
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| Indonesia confirms 14th bird flu death |
A 14th person has died of bird flu in Indonesia, officials said today. The announcement came as tests into the cause of an 11-year-old girl's death in Turkey continued.Runizar Roesin, of Indonesia's bird flu information centre, said a four-year-old boy whose sister died from bird flu last week had died in the west Javanese city of Bandung on Tuesday.Another sibling and the boy's father had been admitted to hospital with bird flu-like symptoms including fever and respiratory problems, officials said. "We are seeing this case as a new cluster for Indonesia," Hariadi Wibisono, a health ministry official, said.He added that blood and swab samples from all three children and the father had been sent to a World Health Organisation laboratory in Hong Kong for confirmation. So far, Indonesia has had 12 bird flu deaths confirmed by the WHO....
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Editor - 10:28:00 01-19-06
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| Sen. Leahy to oppose Alito nomination |
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy said Thursday he will oppose Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito’s confirmation, saying he did not believe the conservative judge would be independent of President Bush and the executive branch in his future rulings.“At a time when the president is seizing unprecedented power, the Supreme Court needs to act as a check and to provide balance,” Leahy, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said in a speech at Georgetown University’s law school. “Based on the hearing and his record, I have no confidence that Judge Alito would provide that check and balance.”It is not a surprise that Vermont senator is voting against Alito. He was one of the nominee’s harshest interrogators at Alito’s confirmation hearings last week....
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