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KABUL: At least 8 American civilian workers were killed on Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack on a US military base, officials said.

BAGHDAD: Staggered explosions killed 23 people Wednesday including the governor of Anbar, Iraqi officials said, in the latest violence to roil a turbulent province that is still struggling to stamp out the remnants of the al-Qaida insurgency. The western province of Anbar is strategically important because it was once the heartland of support for al-Qaida linked militants before American officials paid Iraqi fighters to join a pro-government force.

WASHINGTON: What can Washington do to face down a growing threat posed to US national security by al-Qaeda’s affiliates in Yemen? After a failed bomb attack on a US airliner last week, this question is soaring up the national security agenda

Barack Obama Vows to Track down Plane Attack Plotters, US President Barack Obama has vowed to hunt down all those persons behind the attempt to blow up US airline, saying that the perpetrators are present in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Replying to a question regarding current Iran situation, Obama said:“We stand by all those people who are fighting for their rights”

TEHRAN: Security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters in the Iranian capital Sunday, killing at least five people. The dead included a nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. Authorities deny reports that some protesters were shot dead

DETROIT: US federal officials brought criminal charges on Saturday against a Nigerian man suspected of trying to destroy a Northwest Airlines aircraft as it approached the airport in Detroit, Michigan.

DETROIT: A Nigerian man who said he was an agent for al-Qaida tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane as it was preparing to land in Detroit, but travelers who smelled smoke and heard what sounded like firecrackers rushed to subdue him, the passengers and federal officials said. Flight 253 with 278 passengers and 11 crew members aboard was about 20 minutes from the airport when passengers heard popping noises, witnesses said

KABUL: Taliban Video Shows Captive US Soldier, The Taliban released a new video on Friday purportedly showing US soldier Bowe Robert Bergdahl who was captured in Afghanistan about six months ago. The video showed a brief clip of Bergdahl, 23, in front of a carpet wearing in combat fatigues, a helmet and sunglasses. “I’m afraid to tell you that this war has slipped from our fingers and it’s just going to be our next Vietnam unless the American people stand up and stop all this nonsense,” he said.

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica got off to a tumultuous start Thursday after an apparently deranged woman jumped the barriers and knocked him down on his way to the altar.

Merry Christmas today Comments for MySpace latest updates :- Christians around the world are celebrating Christmas today. The top Roman Catholic cleric in Bethlehem, West Bank delivered Christmas wishes for peace in the Middle East — and prayed for the day when Palestinians would no longer be confined by Israeli barriers. There was more Christmas gloom than cheer elsewhere, too.