Top general assassinated in crisis-hit Lebanon (AFP)
AFP - A top Lebanese army officer and his bodyguard were killed on Wednesday in a powerful car bomb that further destabilised the country as it grapples with a presidential vacuum.
Rice: Iran, North Korea still dangerous (AP)
AP - North Korea and Iran have a long way to go to get off the Bush administration’s list of nuclear threats, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Bush vetoes children’s health bill a second time (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday vetoed a bill expanding a popular children’s health care program for the second time, angering Democrats who are locked in a fight with the administration over the budget and spending.
U.N.’s Ban concerned about eastern Congo fighting (Reuters)
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Congolese government on Wednesday to protect civilians endangered by an offensive against Tutsi rebels and he urged the rebels to lay down their arms.
‘Danger: Avoid Death’ contest winner (AP)
AP - Words to live by, from a warning label on a small tractor: “Danger: Avoid Death.” That warning was selected Wednesday as the winner of the 11th annual “Wacky Warning Label Contest,” sponsored by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch. The contest is part of an effort to show the effects of lawsuits on warning labels.
Ike Turner dead at 76 (Reuters)
Reuters - Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Ike Turner, whose achievements as one of the founding fathers of the genre were overshadowed by ex-wife Tina Turner’s claims that he regularly beat her for almost two decades, died on Wednesday at his home near San Diego. He was 76.
Clinton adviser: Obama drug use concern (AP)
AP - A top adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign said Wednesday that Democrats should give more thought to Sen. Barack Obama’s admissions of illegal drug use before they pick a presidential candidate.
Republican rivals find lots of agreement in debate (Reuters)
Reuters - Republican presidential contenders took shots at China, budget deficits and the debate moderator but avoided attacking each other on Wednesday in their final encounter before Iowa kicks off the 2008 White House race on January 3.
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December 13th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
[…] Top general assassinated in crisis-hit Lebanon (AFP) AFP - A top Lebanese army officer and his bodyguard were killed on Wednesday in a powerful car bomb that further destabilised the country as it grapples with a presidential vacuum. Rice: Iran, North Korea still dangerous (AP) AP - North Korea and Iran have a long way […] […]
December 14th, 2007 at 4:24 am
[…] Top general assassinated in crisis-hit Lebanon (AFP) AFP - A top Lebanese army officer and his bodyguard were killed on Wednesday in a powerful car bomb that further destabilised the country as it grapples with a presidential vacuum. Rice: Iran, North Korea still dangerous (AP) AP - North Korea and Iran have a long way […] […]