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Top Stories: Separate attacks throughout Iraq resulted in the deaths of 11 people on Christmas Day. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:30:33 -0500Israel in two months will provide all its residents with gas masks. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:07:07 -0500Reconstruction of Gaza, devastated by a three week war, is being frustrated by the Israeli blockade. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:18:49 -0500Palestinians were joined by visitors from all over the world for traditional Christmas Mass at the Church of Nativity. Big News Network.com Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:35:06 -0500The jailing of Liu Xiaobo is causing concern with the UN Human Rights Council chief. Big News Network.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:04:26 -0500Pope Benedict wa sknocked to the ground by a woman at Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Sabina Castelfranco Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:45:25 -0500Actor Charlie Sheen will spend Christmas in jail after being arrested on a domestic violence.charge. Big News Network.com Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:19:57 -0500A man has died in a fall from a hotel in Perth in Western Australia. Big News Network.com Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:34:58 -0500By ASSOCIATED PRESS LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A prominent Nigerian banker says he's meeting with security officials because he fears his son may have been the man who allegedly tried to bomb a U.S.-boun... Washington Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:07:23 -0500TEHRAN: Iranian police clashed Saturday with protesters and arrested several people trying to stage an anti-government demonstration during a Shiite mourning event in Tehran, an AFP correspondent said... Channel News Asia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:50:55 -0500LONDON: Police on Saturday were searching several buildings in central London as part of an investigation into a Nigerian man who tried to blow up a US airliner flying from Amsterdam to Detroit, a spo... Channel News Asia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:50:53 -0500HYDERABAD, India - The 86-year-old governor of a southern Indian state resigned Saturday, a day after a television news channel broadcast a tape allegedly showing him in bed with three women, an offic... C News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:42:28 -0500A man sprinkles water on sand sculptures depicting tsunami victims to pay homage, at Marina Beach, in Chennai, India, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. The devastating Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami struck a dozen cou... C News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:42:27 -0500Are you going to be back in the mall this weekend looking for Boxing Day deals? Yes, I'm picking up where Santa left off No, I've had enough of the mall I would love to shop but I'm broke... C News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:42:27 -0500By THE CANADIAN PRESSA WestJet plane takes off from the international airport in Calgary, Thursday February 13, 2003. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld CAPTION 1... C News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:42:25 -0500Lava flows continuesly from the crater of Mayon volcano in a continuing mild eruption as viewed from Legazpi city, Albay province, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines bef... C News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:42:25 -0500This undated picture made available via KTVK-TV shows Natalie Flores. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/via KTVK-TV PHOENIX - A patrol officer spotted a suspected kidnapper's vehicle and aided in the rescue of a ... C News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:42:24 -0500Transportation authorities began imposing tighter security measures at airports on Saturday and ordered new restrictions governing the activities of passengers during flights as investigators conducte... International Herald Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:37:08 -0500AOL and Ask.com, also without success. “Later someone told me it was a multistep question,” said Benjamin, a seventh grader from North Potomac, Md. “Now it seems quite obvious becaus... International Herald Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:37:05 -0500Palestinians carried the body of Ghassan Abu Sharach in the West Bank City of Nablus on Saturday. Israeli soldiers shot and killed six Palestinians in two incidents. International Herald Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:37:02 -0500BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Airports and airlines across Europe moved rapidly to tighten security on U.S.-bound flights on Saturday after a man tried to set off explosives on a plane flying from Amsterdam to... Reuters Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:32:24 -0500WHEN FLYERS general manager Paul Holmgren phoned Peter Laviolette on Dec. 4 to inquire about his team's soon-to-be-vacant head coaching position, Laviolette had just one request. He wanted to come as... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:23:23 -0500The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for Burlington and Camden Counties, where small creeks and streams were rising because of rain and melting snow. The Cooper River in Haddonfiel... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:23:21 -0500This picture provided by J.P. Karas shows Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on the runway after arriving at Detroit Metropolitan Airport from Amsterdam on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. Officials say a passenger ... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:23:19 -0500Police are investigating a shooting early Monday morning at the intersection of Bustleton and Devereaux avenues. According to Northeast Detectives, the shooting took place at about 2 a.m. Officers fr... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:23:17 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. counterterrorism officials are scrambling to assess a potential new threat from an explosive mixture that evaded detection aboard a Detroit-bound airliner but failed to bring d... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:05:03 -0500However, it has been spared during the recent surge of militant attacks in Pakistan that have killed more than 500 people. Some suspect that is because the Taliban use the city to relax and raise mone... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:05:02 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- How many Americans will get subsidized medical coverage - plus who will pay for it - will be front-burner issues when Congress returns next month to complete President Barack Obama'... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:05:00 -0500Steady crowds of shoppers across returned to malls across the country Saturday, rummaging through thinly stocked shelves hunting for deals, next year's Christmas gifts and, for most, gifts for themsel... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:04:58 -0500By Ashley M. Heher ASSOCIATED PRESS Shoppers across the country returned to malls Saturday, rummaging through thinly stocked shelves hunting for deals, next year's Christmas gifts and, for most, gift... Washington Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:46:23 -0500By Kwang-Tae Kim ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A Christian missionary from the U.S. has entered North Korea carrying a letter to leader Kim Jong Il to call attention to the tens of thou... Washington Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:46:22 -0500An investigation into an overnight Israel Defense Forces operation in the West Bank city of Nablus early Saturday suggests that Israeli soldiers may have executed two of the three Palestinian militant... Haaretz Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:37:26 -0500Over the last few days the country has been gripped by the slow drip of information coming out regarding a deal for the release of Gilad Schalit. It has become increasingly clear that one news sour... Jerusalem Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:34:29 -0500THE JOURNEY They traveled on a troop ship, 30 people to a cabin and three-tier bunks, separated of course, on a journey which took two weeks. "But it was fun," Leon recalls. "We were a group of 70 y... Jerusalem Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:34:27 -0500Residents across the central United States who made it home for Christmas were digging out yesterday after a fierce snowstorm, while those who spent the night in airports and shelters tried to resume ... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:40 -0500Shrink I can understand Major General Anthony Cucolo's exasperation. There he is, a US Army general stuck in Iraq, trying to instil awe and wonder into the enemy, bring peace to a troubled land and i... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:36 -0500MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) ? A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in... USA Today Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:23:18 -0500Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful prior to delivering the Angelus prayer from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's square, at the Vatican on Saturday. USA Today Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:23:18 -0500Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Two Shiite pilgrims were killed in a roadside bombing in Baghdad on Saturday afternoon, the latest strike targeting people marking Ashura, one of the most important annual holy ... CNN Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:21:18 -0500A severe winter storm in the US that has seen record amounts of snow fall is set to continue, forecasts say.Blizzard warnings are still in place for parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyom... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:18:05 -0500AMARA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi and Iranian forces are dug in on either side of a disputed inactive oil well in the sensitive border area, with Iraqis vowing to fight if necessary to fend off another oc... Reuters Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:10:09 -0500"} ,{"image" : '/resources/r/?m=02&d=20091226&t=2&i=36895885&w=460&r=2009-12-26T151926Z_01_BTRE5BP16KN00_RTROPTP_0_POPE', "thumbnail" : '/resources/r/?m=02&d=20091226&t=2&i=36895885&w=50&r=2009-12-2... Reuters Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:10:08 -0500Jasper Schuringa, seen here in a photo posted on his Facebook profile, has been identified as the passenger who subdued alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab onboard Northwest Flight 253. CBS News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:08:09 -0500]+(>|$)/g, ""); formObj.field.value += ' (HTML deleted)'; } //alert('After Flag | mT: ' + mT + ' | kP: ' + kP) return insertComment(formObj, true, updateComments, true); };... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:00:10 -0500NEWARK, N.J. - When federal snitch Solomon Dwek takes the witness stand next year as New Jersey's biggest corruption sting moves into court, he'll join a rogue's gallery of informants who have graced ... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:00:08 -0500If Charles Szoradi could figure out how to power a car or even a light bulb with his caffeine-free personal pep reservoir, he just might achieve his goal of ending America's energy-hogging ways. But ... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:00:03 -0500ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) -- An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke - sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:41:41 -0500MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) -- A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are concentrat... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:41:40 -0500Shoppers across the country returned to malls Saturday, rummaging through thinly stocked shelves hunting for deals, next year's Christmas gifts and, for most, gifts for themselves. New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:41:39 -0500By Bob Seavey ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX (AP) -- A patrol officer spotted a suspected kidnapper's car and aided in the rescue of a 5-year-old girl, who was found uninjured in what police are calling Ph... Washington Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:19:22 -0500By ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian security forces beat protesters in central Tehran on Saturday, a sign of mounting tensions ahead of planned opposition rallies to mark a religious fes... Washington Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:19:21 -0500Shoppers returned to malls Saturday, rummaging through thinly stocked shelves hunting for deals, next year's Christmas gifts and, for most, gifts for themselves. USA Today Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:56:35 -0500Thousands demonstrate against violence and the lack of safety in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on December 6. Feuding drug cartels are engaged in a violent struggle in the city, which lies right across the ... MSNBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:55:42 -0500Police in Hertfordshire searching for a 13-year-old boy missing since Christmas Eve have found a body.Jordan Trowsdale, from Bishop's Stortford, was last seen at the town's skate park in The Causeway ... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:52 -0500Television's first weather presenter George Cowling died on Christmas Eve, following a short stay in hospital.Mr Cowling, 89, had presented the first televised forecast from the BBC's Lime Grove Studi... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:50 -0500The collapse of a bridge being built in western India is feared to have left some 40 people dead, local police say.Dozens of labourers working on the bridge are thought to have fallen into the river C... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:49 -0500British police are carrying out searches in the UK after a London student, suspected of being an al Qaeda operative, allegedly attempted to blow up a US plane. Sky News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:44 -0500Stanton Social, took on the "Chef on a Shoestring" challenge. His mission was to prepare some great dishes with leftovers you'll actually want to eat -- on a $30 budget. CBS News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:42:05 -0500WASHINGTON - U.S. counterterrorism officials are scrambling to assess a potential new threat from an explosive mixture that evaded detection aboard a Detroit-bound airliner but failed to bring down th... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:34:47 -0500Brian Westbrook has carried the ball just six times since Oct. 26 and suffered two concussions. So despite a full week of practice, exactly how much the Eagles will be able to use him against visiting... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:34:45 -0500Bryn Athyn College president Christopher Clark (center) with parents at a reception aimed at raising enrollment. Some New Church members worry that theology will be watered down. Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:34:43 -0500The Low Mass of the Dawn, also called the Shepherds' Mass, at St. Clement's Episcopal Church in Center City was attended yesterdayby six worshipers. There is no singing or sermon, and the service last... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:34:41 -0500Once again, backup quarterback Michael Vick missed practice yesterday. And the quadriceps bruise he suffered last week against San Francisco could keep him from playing tomorrow. "I can't do wha... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:34:39 -0500Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson - such nice Jewish boys. Not exactly a doctor and a lawyer. Oy! - not even close. But consider an old Yiddish saying that translates something like this: The person aware o... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:34:36 -0500ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) -- An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke - sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:16:03 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. counterterrorism officials are scrambling to assess a potential new threat from an explosive mixture that evaded detection aboard a Detroit-bound airliner but failed to bring d... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:16:03 -0500SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A Christian missionary from the U.S. has entered North Korea carrying a letter to leader Kim Jong Il in order to call attention to the tens of thousands of political prisone... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:16:02 -0500Shoppers returned to malls Saturday, rummaging through thinly stocked shelves hunting for deals, next year's Christmas gifts and, for most, gifts for themselves. New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:15:59 -0500LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Until the foam started flying, the Cleveland Cavaliers had everything under control while dealing the defending NBA champions a loss they should remember until summer. New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:15:58 -0500A Nigerian man believed to be linked to al Qaeda militants was in custody today after he tried to ignite an explosive device on a US passenger plane as it approached Detroit. The suspect, who... The Independent Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:39:59 -0500The suspect, identified by a U.S. government official as 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, ignited a small explosive device Friday, shortly before a... CNN Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:28:42 -0500A large piece of plastic ceiling panel fell on shoppers seeking out Boxing Day bargains at a Selfridges store in Manchester, injuring four people.The 3ft (1m) square piece from the ceiling light fixtu... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:25:19 -0500ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) -- An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke - sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:49:59 -0500SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A Christian missionary from the U.S. has entered North Korea carrying a letter to leader Kim Jong Il in order to call attention to the tens of thousands of political prisone... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:49:58 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are troubled by the inconsistency of Republican lawmakers who approved a major Medicare expansion six years ago that has added tens of billions of dollars to federal defic... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:49:57 -0500VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican will review security procedures after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, this time managing to knock him down b... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:49:56 -0500TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian security forces beat protesters in central Tehran on Saturday, a sign of mounting tensions ahead of planned opposition rallies to mark a religious festival and the death o... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:49:55 -0500PHOENIX (AP) -- A patrol officer spotted a suspected kidnapper's car and aided in the rescue of a 5-year-old girl, who was found uninjured in what police are calling Phoenix's "Christmas miracle."... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:49:54 -0500NABLUS, West Bank (AP) -- Israeli soldiers on Saturday shot dead three Palestinians who the military says were involved in a roadside ambush that killed an Israeli settler earlier in the week. New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:49:54 -0500LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The yellow foam hands came flying in from every corner of the lower bowl, sailing onto the court in dozens of frisbee-style arches late in the Cleveland Cavaliers' dominant victory... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:49:52 -0500Audrey Hudson A Nigerian man is hospitalized and in police custody after an attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack when he attempted to ignite an incendiary device on a Northwest flight as it desce... Washington Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:33:51 -0500Iranian security forces beat protesters in central Teheran on Saturday, a sign of mounting tensions ahead of planned opposition rallies to mark a religious festival and the death of a dissident cleric... Jerusalem Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:22:30 -0500EastEnders was the most watched TV programme on Christmas Day, with 10.9m viewers on average, according to overnight figures from Barb.The audience research body found BBC shows were nine of the 10 mo... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:05:35 -0500Today's expected to be the busiest shopping day of 2009 but for others Boxing Day means saddling to hunt. What does the day mean to you?Traditionally held on the day after Christmas the day is meant t... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:05:32 -0500TEHRAN (Reuters) - A reformist website said Iranian riot police fired tear gas to disperse opposition supporters in Tehran who used a religious commemoration on Saturday to try to revive anti-governme... International Herald Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:03:00 -0500The Hague - The United States has asked airlines worldwide to tighten security after a Nigerian tried to blow up a US airliner he boarded in Amsterdam, Dutch authorities said Saturday. Officials sa... IOL Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:59:45 -0500DETROIT/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Nigerian man believed to be linked to al Qaeda militants was in custody on Saturday after he tried to ignite an explosive device on a U.S. passenger plane as it approac... Reuters Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:58:44 -0500ROMULUS, Mich. - A Nigerian man who said he was an agent for al-Qaida tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane Friday as it was preparing to land in Detroit, but travelers who smelled smoke and hea... Philadelphia Daily News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:49:37 -0500ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) -- An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke - sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:31:03 -0500SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A Christian missionary from the U.S. has entered North Korea carrying a letter to leader Kim Jong Il in order to call attention to the tens of thousands of political prisone... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:31:00 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are troubled by the inconsistency of Republican lawmakers who approved a major Medicare expansion six years ago that has added tens of billions of dollars to federal defic... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:30:58 -0500TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian security forces beat protesters in central Tehran on Saturday, a sign of mounting tensions ahead of planned opposition rallies to mark a religious festival and the death o... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:30:56 -0500PHOENIX (AP) -- A 5-year-old girl abducted by a man as she played outside her Phoenix home Friday was rescued hours later after police chased down the suspect's pickup and found her "alive and well" i... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:30:54 -0500IDF soldiers in Nablus killed 3 terrorists who murdered Rabbi Meir Chai in a shooting attack on Thursday, a spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday accused Israel of tr... Jerusalem Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:02:57 -0500ZAGREB : Croatians go to the polls Sunday amid a deepening economic crisis and concerns over high-level corruption to elect a president to steer the Balkans country into the European Union. A dozen ca... 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