Abbas to Ask Hamas to Form Next Government
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that he would ask the party that won the most votes in parliamentary elections — the Islamic militant Hamas — to form the next government.
Hamas win puts Mideast peace efforts in turmoil
GAZA (Reuters) - International peace diplomacy in the Middle East was plunged into turmoil on Friday by Hamas's shock Palestinian election win and a U.S. vow not to deal with the Islamic group until it renounced violence against Israel.
U.S. won't deal with Hamas
President Bush yesterday said the U.S. will not deal with Hamas, the terrorist group that won Wednesday's Palestinian elections, unless it renounces its goal of destroying Israel.
Iran cooler on Russian nuclear proposal
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator on
Friday dampened hopes that Tehran was leaning toward a
compromise solution put forward by Russia over its nuclear
dispute with the West.
Pentagon plan calls for new WMD task force: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's latest strategy
review proposes a new military unit that would prevent the
transfer of weapons of mass destruction from states such as
North Korea and Iran to terrorist groups, The Washington Times
reported on Friday.
Bush resists changing law on spying on Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush insisted on
Thursday his decision to allow spying on Americans'
international telephone calls was legal and said he would
resist changing laws governing such action if it meant
revealing secrets to an enemy.
Republicans Aim for Alito Vote Tuesday
WASHINGTON - Senate GOP leaders plan to confirm Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito early next week after dealing with a filibuster threat from Democratic die-hards who worry that the conservative judge would swing the court too far to the right.
Base-Closing Panel Wants More Time, Money
WASHINGTON - The commission that recently helped decide which U.S. military bases to shutter wants another year of life — and $1.2 million in taxpayers' money — to study a plan that may streamline the process of closing those facilities.
Iran hails Hamas victory
Iran has congratulated the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas for its election victory and praised voters for choosing "to continue the struggle and resistance against occupation". Iran and Hamas are allies and declared in December that they represented a "united front" against Israel.
Gates to Spend $900 Million on TB Research
DAVOS, Switzerland - Microsoft Corp. chairman and co-founder Bill Gates said Friday that his charitable foundation will triple its funding for tuberculosis eradication from $300 million to $900 million by 2015.
Gulf Reefs Damaged by Rita, Warm Waters
NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Rita's pounding waves and a hotter-than-usual Gulf of Mexico took a toll on the Gulf of Mexico's only government-protected coral reefs about 100 miles off the Louisiana and Texas coasts.
Hamas Election Victory Shocks World
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Islamic militant Hamas' landslide victory in Palestinian elections unnerved the world, darkening prospects for Mideast peace and ending four decades of rule by the corruption-riddled Fatah Party.
Al Jazeera Airs Video of German Hostages
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Al-Jazeera television broadcast a videotape Friday showing two German engineers abducted this week in northern Iraq, and the station said they appealed to the German government to work for their release.
Fake Passport Ring With Terror Ties Busted
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian has dismantled a false passport ring with links to al-Qaida and Hamas militants, the acting attorney general said Thursday after authorities led dozens of simultaneous raids across five cities in collaboration with U.S. officials.
Bush Wary of Exposing Surveillance Details
WASHINGTON - President Bush again defended his program of warrantless surveillance Thursday, saying "there's no doubt in my mind it is legal." He suggested that he might resist congressional efforts to change or expressly endorse it.
Scorpion Lives for 15 Mo. Inside Fossil
SALT LAKE CITY - A scorpion lived for 15 months without food or water inside the plaster mold of a dinosaur fossil, breaking free only when a scientist broke open the mold.
World Honors Mozart on 250th Birthday
SALZBURG, Austria - One Salzburg hotel piped Beethoven through its intercom, but it was mostly Mozart in his cobblestoned hometown and cities around the world on Friday, the 250th anniversary of his birth.
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Tampa to invoke eminent domain
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
TAMPA - Carmen Brown Johnson says her family has owned land in Tampa Heights for nearly 100 years. Now, they'll have to sell it or the city will force them to a developer that wants to build a 60-acre master-planned community with nearly 2,000 homes.
District: Educator is innocent
BRADENTON HERALD
MANATEE - In a case that has garnered national attention, Manatee County school officials said Thursday they "are convinced" that a Lakewood Ranch High School teacher's assistant who was punched by a student's father is innocent of allegations made by the girl.
Fla. Crash Deaths Hit Town, Family Hard
YAHOO! NEWS
LAKE BUTLER, Fla. - Barbara and Terry Mann were supposed to complete their adoption of a 20-month-old boy on Thursday. Instead, they were planning funerals for him and their other four children — all killed in a fiery car wreck.
Grandfather Has Deadly Heart Attack After 7 Grandkids Die
LOCAL 6
LAKE BUTLER, Fla. -- A family reeling from the deaths of seven children in a fiery crash on a Florida highway Wednesday afternoon was struck with more tragedy when the children's grandfather suffered a heart attack and died.
City not responsible for Tampa cop's death, jury rules
WFTS
TAMPA - The city of Tampa is not responsible for the death of one of its police officers, a jury ruled Thursday. Officer Lois Marrero was fatally shot by the bank robber she was pursuing back in July 2001.
Overnight fire at St. Pete apartment complex
BAY NEWS 9
An overnight fire in St. Petersburg has left 16 apartments on 24th Street South damaged. Investigators said the two-alarm blaze started about 1:00 a.m. in one unit on the first floor of the Flagler Point Apartments and spread quickly inside the walls to other units.
Church dating to 1920s starts to come down
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
CLEARWATER - Workers with D.H Griffin Wrecking and Opus South Contractors have begun demolishing Calvary Baptist Church at Osceola Avenue and Cleveland Street.
Deputies Find 136 Abused Dogs
LAKELAND LEDGER
MULBERRY - Sheriff's deputies found 136 malnourished dogs on the property of a Mulberry man Thursday, along with evidence that the dogs had been abused and trained to fight.
Hooters founder freed of charges
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
TAMPA - The man who made millions with a winning combination of chicken, beer and women in tight T-shirts does not have to worry about spending time behind bars over failing to pay enough taxes.
Man murdered in St. Petersburg
BAY NEWS 9
ST. PETERSBURG - After reports of shots being fired at 18th Avenue and 9th Street South, police found the body of a man who had been shot to death.
Killer's execution stayed in challenge to lethal injection
MIAMI HERALD
One or possibly two Florida executions are on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether a convict can challenge lethal injection.
Former Pinellas school resource officer faces sex charges
WFTS
LARGO - A Pinellas County deputy is on leave, accused of carrying on sexual relationship with one of the students he was supposed to be protecting.
Dad defends hitting teacher's assistant
BRADENTON HERALD
EAST MANATEE - Manatee County sheriff's detectives have not found evidence that a Lakewood Ranch High School teacher's assistant inappropriately touched the daughter of a man who punched him in the face earlier this week, according to a sheriff's office representative.
Murder suspect kills self after chase
BAY NEWS 9
ST. PETERSBURG - A police pursuit of a murder suspect ended in a deadly crash in St. Petersburg Wednesday night. Clearwater police said the incident began when Connecticut State Police asked them for help because they believed a suspect was believed to be staying at a mobile home park in the area.
Along parade route, beer sales are out
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
TAMPA - Beer drinkers, take note: You won't be able to buy any brew along the Gasparilla parade route this year. Instead, you'll be taste-testers for four new drinks that the makers of Captain Morgan Spiced Rum are testing in Tampa.
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