MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) – The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan crisscrossed the country on Saturday, making a Christmas visit to coalition troops at some of the main battle fronts in a show of appreciation and support in the tenth year of the war against the Taliban. Gen. David Petraeus started his visit by [...]
Denver Post: Investigators are looking for a motive after 10 unexploded homemade bombs were thrown through the windows of an Englewood cellphone store. Detectives are working hard to make an arrest, said Officer Scott Allen, a spokesman for Englewood police. The owner of the store, CTG Wireless, knew of no one who might be a [...]
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Joseph Proctor told his girlfriend he was popping out to the convenience store in the quiet Mexican beach town where the couple had just moved, intending to start a new life. The next morning, the 32-year-old New York native was dead inside his crashed van on a road outside Acapulco. He [...]
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Benedict XVI urged loyal Catholics in China and Iraq to have courage in the face of persecution and limits on their religious freedom, as the largest number of pilgrims in a decade flocked to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem. Benedict’s traditional holiday speech highlighted the tensions between Beijing and the Vatican [...]
(CNN) — Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said Friday that he’d welcome a Taliban office opening in Turkey, that country’s state-run news agency reported, adding that such a development could help peace talks in his war-torn nation. Karzai made his remarks during a joint press conference with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Pakistani President Asif Ali [...]
A Rotterdam pawn shop and internet cafe searched by police investigating 12 men suspected of planning violent attacks. (CNN) — Dutch authorities have arrested 12 Muslim men of Somali origin they believe were about to carry out a terrorist attack, authorities said Saturday. The country’s intelligence service provided information that led to the arrests in [...]
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Christians gathered Saturday to mark Christmas in the same church where less than two months ago dozens from their beleaguered community were killed by Muslim extremists intent on driving them from Iraq. The walls were pockmarked with bullet holes, plastic sheeting covered gaps where glass windows used to be and small pieces [...]
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) – A burqa-clad female suicide bomber in Pakistan lobbed hand grenades, then detonated her explosive belt among a crowd at an aid center Saturday, killing at least 45 people in militants’ latest strike against the authorities’ control over the key tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Police believed it was the first time Islamic [...]
Nashville, Christmas Eve NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With a rare white Christmas in parts of the Southeast and snow predicted for the nation’s Capital, airlines canceled hundreds of flights and urged travelers to rethink their plans, while travel authorities warned of potentially dangerous roads. After blanketing parts of the Midwest and hampering motorists there on [...]
From great American patriot and songwriter James Hooker, a longtime friend of the site. Visit his site for other original recordings. Tres Reyes ¨Three Kings¨ from James Hooker on Vimeo.
This display was the work of Carson Williams, a Mason, Ohio, electrical engineer who spent about three hours sequencing the 88 Light-O-Rama channels that controlled the 16,000 Christmas lights in his annual holiday lighting spectacular (from Christmas 2004). His 2005 display includes over 25,000 lights that he spent nearly two months and $10,000 to hook [...]
Mediaite: Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s inmate Christmas caroling contest has a winner: Jodi Arias, a woman currently awaiting trail for the alleged murder of her boyfriend, beat out some 50 other inmates for the contest’s top prize, winning a Christmas stocking brimming with goodies, as well as a turkey dinner for herself and her cellmates. The [...]
Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas Eve with an evening Mass on Friday amid heightened security concerns following the package bombings at two Rome embassies and Christmas Eve security breaches at the Vatican the past two years running. Midnight Mass for the last two years has actually started at 10 PM due to the 83-year-old [...]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – President Hugo Chavez has given himself the equivalent of a big Christmas present in congress: a package of laws that dramatically expand his powers and allow him to undermine opponents in one of the boldest moves of his presidency. In a single week, he has used an outgoing National Assembly packed [...]
