Bush vows victory before withdrawal
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland - U.S. President George W.
BPresident Bush yesterday said it is more important to win in Iraq than to withdraw, and promised that U.S. troops will begin to come home as Iraqis take greater control of their country.
Anti-Iraqi rebels attack in Ramadi, seize some streets
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Masked militants attacked a U.S. base and a local government building with mortars and rockets in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Thursday, before holding ground on central streets, residents said.
One dead, 25 hurt in Bangladesh blast
DHAKA (Reuters) - A bomb blast near a Bangladesh court
building where lawyers were marching to protest against
violence killed one man and injured 25 on Thursday, police and
witnesses said.
Jordan charges four militants over US death plot
AMMAN (Reuters) - Four Islamists will stand trial soon in
Jordan accused of planning to kill Americans who train Iraqi
police recruits in the kingdom, the prosecutors office said on
Thursday.
Bomb explodes at Spanish business, no injuries
MADRID (Reuters) - A bomb exploded at the headquarters of
transport company Azkar in the Basque country, northern Spain
in the early hours of Thursday, causing damage but no injuries,
police said.
Five militants die in Pakistan blast
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Five militants, three of
them Uzbeks, were killed in Pakistan's tribal belt on the
Afghan border on Thursday when a blast destroyed the house they
were staying in, a government official said.
Schwarzenegger names Democrat top aide
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California's Republican
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named a Democrat in a same-sex
marriage as his chief of staff on Wednesday in an apparent
political shift on the heels of a major electoral defeat.
US appeals court delays Padilla jail transfer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An U.S. appeals court on Wednesday
delayed the transfer to a civilian jail of Jose Padilla, an
American charged by the government last week after being held
by the military for over three years as an "enemy combatant."
French woman has first partial face transplant
LYON, France (Reuters) - French surgeons have performed
what they said on Wednesday was the world's first partial face
transplant -- giving a new nose, chin and lips to a woman
savaged by a dog.
Condoms and rallies promote World AIDS Day
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia marked World AIDS Day on
Thursday with free condoms, mobile phone games and
flag-festooned rallies aimed at promoting awareness of a
disease that kills millions in rich and poor countries each
year.
AIDS expert sees vaccine progress
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A scientist who helped to discover
the HIV virus said he has made progress toward producing an
AIDS vaccine and hopes to launch a clinical trial in about a
year.
Egyptian Police Prevent Polling in Village
SANDOUB, Egypt - Riot police cordoned off polling stations in this Nile Delta village Thursday to prevent people from voting as Egypt entered the final round of legislative elections that have been marred by violence and allegations of fraud.
Katrina, Rita Kids Light Rockefeller Tree
NEW YORK - The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was set aglow with 30,000 colored lights at a joyful ceremony Wednesday featuring children displaced by Hurricane Katrina, singer Harry Connick Jr. and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Emily, the Stowaway Cat, to Leave France
APPLETON, Wis. - Anticipation is building for the return of Emily, the cat that disappeared two months ago and wound up traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to France as a stowaway in a cargo container.
Justices Weigh Parental Notification Law
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with a New Hampshire law that requires a parent to be told before a daughter ends her pregnancy, with no hint the justices were ready for a dramatic retreat on abortion rights under their new chief.
3 Plead Not Guilty to Supporting Terrorism
NEW YORK - A Washington, D.C., cab driver, a Florida doctor and a Bronx jazz musician have pleaded not guilty to charges they conspired to help terrorist organizations.
Airport Screeners to Focus on Explosives
WASHINGTON - The government's decision to allow airline passengers to carry small scissors is part of a broader shift in airport security, focusing more on keeping explosives off planes and less on stopping another Sept. 11-type attack.
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Conchs burn storm flags to end season
Yahoo! News / Reuters
KEY WEST, Florida - Storm-weary residents of Key West celebrated the end of the busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record on Wednesday by ceremonially burning red and black hurricane warning flags.
Ex-top aide to Mike Bilirakis dies in bizarre fall
St. Petersburg Times
Weakened by cancer treatment, Patricia Faber, 63, falls on a rocking chair's rocker that pierces her chest.
Instead of swiping kettle, suspect gets his bell rung
St. Petersburg Times
ST. PETERSBURG - A holiday grinch is stealing from some of the bay area's most needy people. Twice in one evening, a kettle full of cash was taken from a Salvation Army bell ringer. But thanks to an alert volunteer, the man's third attempt failed.
Lawsuit filed against Taser
Bay News 9
POLK COUNTY - Georgina Yeagley says the device that is billed as "less than lethal" is responsible for her husband's death.
Man, 18, charged with killing his parents in Brevard
WFTS
MELBOURNE - A teenager was arrested and charged Tuesday with fatally shooting his father and stepmother in the family's trailer home. Matthew Wayne Almand, 18, faces murder charges in the deaths of his father, Rodney Wayne Almand, and stepmother Jacqueline Almand, both 38, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said.
Al-Arian jury extends its deliberation time
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - After nine days of deliberations spanning three weeks, jurors in the federal trial of Sami Al-Arian told the judge on Wednesday they expect to continue working toward a verdict through Dec. 8.
Mother, Brother Of Boy Pinned By 300-Pound Camp Counselor Found Dead
Ocala Star-Banner
OCALA - A woman whose 12-year-old son died in 2000 after being pinned down by a youth camp counselor was found dead in her garage with her 7-year-old son in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said.
MURDERS IN MYAKKA: 'Why'd it have to be your family?' suspect's wife asks
Bradenton Herald
MANATEE - "I hope they kill you." That's what 19-year-old Brittany Wilde said she would tell her husband, Richard E. Henderson Jr., if she had the chance.
Firefighters file sex discrimination complaint
WFTS
CLEARWATER - Women firefighters who were temporarily banned from entering burning buildings filed a discrimination complaint against the city Wednesday with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Identities of Tampa jurors won't be secret
Bay News 9
A judge has denied prosecutors' requests to keep the identities of jurors secret in the trial of alleged Cali cocaine cartel kingpin Joaquin Valencia-Trujillo.
Tampa lawyer tells of judging Saddam
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - Greg Kehoe believes in the Iraqi High Tribunal, the group of five judges who face the task of judging Saddam Hussein.
Supreme Court rules on Carlie photos
Bradenton Herald
One journalist from four different news organizations, including The Herald, will now have access to photos and a video taken at the scene where Carlie Brucia's body was found in February 2004.
Fla. 3-Year-Old Severely Burned While Father Pumped Gas
Local 6
PENSACOLA, Fla. - A 3-year-old Florida boy was flown to a Texas hospital with serious burns after a fire ignited while his father was pumping gasoline at a convenience store station.
Warrick Dunn scores big with another dream fulfilled
WFTS
ST. PETERSBURG - The dream of home ownership has been made possible again for another single mom by former Tampa Bay Buccaneer running back Warrick Dunn.
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