Sunday, January 09, 2005

In Today's News - Sunday, January 9, 2005

JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Workers find tsunami corpses in Indonesia
Rescue workers pulled thousands more rotting corpses from the mud and debris of flattened towns along the Sumatran coast Saturday, two weeks after surging walls of water caused unprecedented destruction on the shores of the Indian Ocean. The death toll in 11 countries passed 150,000.

Polls: Abbas leads Palestinian elections
The election to replace Yasser Arafat on Sunday has the potential to usher in the Arab world's first genuine democracy with a peaceful transfer of power that will augur well for the dream of a Palestinian state. The new Palestinian president — widely expected to be Mahmoud Abbas — won't have an easy job ahead of him.

U.S., owner dispute house bombing deaths
The United States military said it dropped a 500-pound bomb on the wrong house outside the northern city of Mosul on Saturday, killing five people. The man who owned the house said the bomb killed 14 people, and an Associated Press photographer said seven of them were children.

AP: U.N. audits show oil-for-food bilking
Internal audits conducted by the United Nations of its oil-for-food program revealed lapses in U.N. oversight that allowed contractors to overcharge by hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to copies obtained by The Associated Press.

Soldier gets six months in Iraqi drowning
An Army platoon sergeant who ordered his soldiers to throw Iraqis into the Tigris River was sentenced Saturday to six months in military prison, but will not be discharged.
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Ananova: War In Iraq
UK group warns of vote block
Israeli border restrictions will prevent thousands of Palestinians voting in landmark elections, a UK group overseeing the poll has warned. Ananova: War In Iraq

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Iraqis Die In Errant Bombing By U.S.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 8 -- A U.S. warplane mistakenly dropped a 500-pound bomb Saturday on a house in a village near the northern city of Mosul, killing several Iraqis, according to witnesses and the U.S. military. Yahoo! News: War with Iraq

Jordanian authorities ban protest by US anti-war group
Jordanian police banned relatives of US servicemen killed in Iraq and members of anti-war groups from holding a candlelit vigil outside UN headquarters, an AFP correspondent reported. Yahoo! News: War with Iraq

Annan: Won't Resign Over Iraq Oil, Food Scandal
U.N. Secretary-General KofiAnnan said on Tuesday corruption allegations in the Iraqioil-for-food program had cast a shadow over the United Nationsbut said again he would not resign as the world's top diplomat. Yahoo! News: War with Iraq

Navy SEALs Sue AP Over Iraq Prison Photos
Six members of a Navy special forces unit and two Navy wives sued The Associated Press on Tuesday, saying the news agency endangered the servicemen's lives and invaded their privacy by publishing photos showing the men interacting with Iraqi prisoners. Yahoo! News: War with Iraq

New York Times
For Returning Soldiers, Hellos to Family and Goodbyes to Comrades
In little more than three years, a group of returning volunteers from the New York Army National Guard had seen more action than most National Guard units see in a lifetime. New York Times: World Special

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
U.S., owner dispute house bombing deaths
The United States military said it dropped a 500-pound bomb on the wrong house outside the northern city of Mosul on Saturday, killing five people. The man who owned the house said the bomb killed 14 people, and an Associated Press photographer said seven of them were children. Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq

Palestinians set to vote in elections
This weekend's election to replace Yasser Arafat has the potential to usher in the Arab world's first genuine democracy with a peaceful transfer of power that will augur well for the dream of a Palestinian state. The new Palestinian president - widely expected to be Mahmoud Abbas - doesn't have an easy job ahead of him. Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq

The US News: Iraq News
Car bomb attack at Iraqi police graduation ceremony kills 20
"We will not allow the terrorist to stop the political process in Iraq," Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, a secular Shiite leader, said Wednesday. [in San Diego Union Tribune] The US News: Iraq News

Iraqi Christians fleeing the country
Iraq's Christian community, targeted by Islamic extremists, has been disappearing rapidly over the past year, the Telegraph reported Saturday. [in The US News] The US News: Iraq News

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