December 31, 2005

Bomb blast at Christian market kills 7 in Indonesia (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

An Indonesian policeman walks pass the site of bomb blast at the market in the town of Palu, capital of volatile Central Sulawesi province on December 31, 2005. A bomb packed with nails exploded in a crowed Christian market selling pork ahead of New Year celebrations in eastern Indonesia on Sunday, killing six people and wounding 45, police said. (Bai Mazky/Reuters)Reuters - A bomb packed with nails
exploded in a crowded Christian market selling pork ahead of
New Year celebrations in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, killing
at least seven people and wounding 53, police said.


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Trucks start rolling as Iraq tackles fuel crisis (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

An Iraqi motorist pays for his petrol at a station in Baghdad December 31, 2005. (Faleh Kheiber/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq started trucking fuel from its
main oil refinery in the north to cities across the country on
Saturday to ease a crisis that has triggered panic buying and
long queues at petrol stations.


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Bush signs anti-terrorism and prisoner treatment laws (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

U.S. President George W. Bush is shown in this December 21, 2005 photo. Bush on Friday signed legislation extending key provisions of the anti-terrorism USA Patriot Act until February 3 and a bill that bans cruel and inhumane treatment of prisoners, despite initial resistance to both measures. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Reuters - President George W. Bush on
Friday signed legislation extending key provisions of the
anti-terrorism USA Patriot Act until February 3 and a bill that
bans cruel and inhumane treatment of prisoners, despite initial
resistance to both measures.


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Three British hostages freed in Gaza (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

British security personnel help British hostage Hugh Burton (C) after he was released in Gaza December 31, 2005. Three British hostages released in the Gaza Strip on Friday appeared briefly before heading out of the territory. Human rights worker Kate Burton, 25, and her parents Hugh and Helen left Gaza City in a British diplomatic vehicle. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)Reuters - A 25-year-old British human rights worker
and her parents were freed in the Gaza Strip on Friday by the
Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier.


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Palestinian candidates drop out of parliament race (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Reuters - About 20 Palestinian
candidates have dropped out of the race for next month’s
parliamentary election to protest a threatened Israeli ban on
voting in East Jerusalem, officials said on Saturday.

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Three British hostages in Gaza freed (AFP)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Briton Hugh Burton, father of Kate Burton, humanitarian aid worker kidnapped in Rafah, appears after his release in Gaza City. Kate Burton and her parents held hostage for two days by Palestinian militants in the lawless Gaza Strip were freed unharmed and being kept in a safe house in Jerusalem.(AFP/Mohammed Abed)AFP - A British rights activist and her parents held hostage for two days by Palestinian militants in the lawless Gaza Strip were freed unharmed and being kept in a safe house in Jerusalem.


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Bush signs law banning torture, extends Patriot Act (AFP)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

President George W. Bush signed a law explicitly prohibiting torture of prisoners in US hands outside of the United States, after months of fighting the legislation, and extended the Patriot Act(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - President George W. Bush signed a law explicitly prohibiting torture of prisoners in US hands outside of the United States, after months of fighting the legislation, and extended the Patriot Act, the White House said.


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US Justice Department probes secret wiretap leak (AFP)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

The US Justice Department has opened a probe into the leaking of classified information which revealed that President George W. Bush had authorised a secret government wiretap program, an official source said(DOJ)AFP - The US Justice Department has opened a probe into the leaking of classified information which revealed that President George W. Bush had authorised a secret government wiretap program, an official source said.


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Eight killed, 48 injured in Indonesia market bombing (AFP)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Indonesian police remove a body of a blast victim in Palu, Central Sulawesi. Eight people have been killed and dozens injured when a bomb tore through a Christian market stall selling pork in Indonesia's religiously divided province of Central Sulawesi, police have said.(AFP/Bai Mazky)AFP - Eight people have been killed and dozens injured when a bomb tore through a Christian market stall selling pork in Indonesia's religiously divided province of Central Sulawesi, police have said.


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Philippine judge murdered in ambush (AFP)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Airport policeman standguard infront of Manila airport passenger terminal 10, January 2005, that was expropriated by the government. A Philippine judge who ordered the government to pay tens of millions of dollars in a legal battle over the terminal has been murdered in an ambush.(AFP/File/Joel Nito)AFP - A Philippine judge who ordered the government to pay tens of millions of dollars in a legal battle over a Manila airport terminal has been murdered in an ambush.


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