12/26/2009 2:45:46 AM
AP - An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke — sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaida to blow up the airliner, officials and travelers said.
12/26/2009 12:55:15 AM
AP - Buddhist monks chanted on white-sand beaches in Thailand and thousands prayed at mosques in Indonesia to mark the fifth anniversary of the Asian tsunami that left 230,000 people dead.
12/26/2009 2:13:36 AM
AP - Israeli soldiers on Saturday shot dead three Palestinians who the military says were involved in a roadside ambush that killed an Israeli settler earlier in the week.
12/26/2009 2:33:00 AM
AP - The Vatican will review security procedures after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, this time managing to knock him down before being pulled away by guards, the Vatican spokesman said.
12/26/2009 1:12:36 AM
AP - A reformist Web site in Iran says clashes have erupted between security forces and opposition supporters in central Tehran.
12/26/2009 2:04:04 AM
AP - A Christian missionary from the U.S. has entered North Korea carrying a letter to leader Kim Jong Il in order to call attention to the tens of thousands of political prisoners believed held in the communist state, an activist said Saturday.
12/26/2009 2:28:01 AM
Reuters - A reformist website said Iranian riot police fired tear gas to disperse opposition supporters in Tehran who used a religious commemoration on Saturday to try to revive anti-government protests in the Islamic Republic.
12/26/2009 12:56:49 AM
AFP - A young Nigerian man with reported links to Al-Qaeda attempted to blow up a US airliner as it began its descent into Detroit before being subdued by passengers and crew, officials said.
12/26/2009 2:41:58 AM
AFP - People across Asia paused on Saturday to remember the day five years ago when an undersea earthquake unleashed a devastating wave that killed more than 220,000 people.
12/26/2009 1:10:30 AM
Six Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank and Gaza, in the deadliest day of violence for a year.
12/26/2009 2:45:36 AM
Iranian security forces and opposition activists clash in the centre of Tehran, reformist websites and witnesses say.
12/26/2009 1:16:51 AM
Actor Charlie Sheen spent much of Christmas Day in a cell after being accused of domestic violence, police say.
12/25/2009 4:03:26 PM
A family of "limpet-like" proteins play a crucial role in repairing DNA damage which can lead to cancer, two studies show.
12/25/2009 6:21:36 PM
Prize-winning "chatbot" technology is being used in an attempt to solve one of "the last uncracked problems" in games design.
12/25/2009 11:39:39 PM
Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis build a healthy partnership for South Africa on day one of the second Test against England.
12/25/2009 3:00:41 PM
The Vatican says it is impossible to protect the Pope from incidents like that involving a woman at Christmas Eve Mass.
12/26/2009 2:24:38 AM
Shops across the UK open their doors for the Boxing Day sales, though savings are not expected to be as great as last year.
12/26/2009 1:56:34 AM
A Nigerian with alleged al-Qaeda links is questioned after an attempted "act of terrorism" on a plane arriving in the US.
12/26/2009 1:10:30 AM
Six Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank and Gaza, in the deadliest day of violence for a year.
12/26/2009 1:46:12 AM
Countries across the Indian Ocean mark five years since the catastrophic tsunami that killed almost 250,000 people.
12/26/2009 2:45:36 AM
Iranian security forces and opposition activists clash in the centre of Tehran, reformist websites and witnesses say.
12/26/2009 1:16:51 AM
Actor Charlie Sheen spent much of Christmas Day in a cell after being accused of domestic violence, police say.
12/25/2009 6:22:30 PM
Pakistani jets target suspected militants in the Orakzai tribal agency, south-west of Peshawar, killing at least 10 people.
12/25/2009 8:42:10 PM
A fire on board a Greek cargo ship off the coast of Venezuela kills nine members of the crew and injures five.
12/25/2009 4:03:26 PM
A family of "limpet-like" proteins play a crucial role in repairing DNA damage which can lead to cancer, two studies show.
12/25/2009 7:24:16 PM
An ancient "dwarf" whale fed by sucking small animals out of the seafloor mud with its short snout and tongue.
12/25/2009 6:21:36 PM
Prize-winning "chatbot" technology is being used in an attempt to solve one of "the last uncracked problems" in games design.
12/25/2009 11:39:39 PM
Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis build a healthy partnership for South Africa on day one of the second Test against England.
12/25/2009 11:26:51 PM
Australia's openers narrowly miss out on centuries but give their side a strong start in the first Test against Pakistan at the MCG.
12/24/2009 4:56:16 AM
US senators have passed the final Senate version of a historic healthcare reform bill. What is your reaction?
12/23/2009 4:20:43 PM
The Greek parliament votes in favour of adopting big public spending cuts that aim to lower the country's high levels of debt.
12/24/2009 1:23:00 AM
The pay of Disney's chief executive Robert Iger decreased by 28% to $29m in 2009 as the firm's profit declines.
12/24/2009 2:50:51 PM
The heads of bailed-out US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may each be paid up to $6m (£3.7m) for 2009.
12/24/2009 2:35:28 AM
A video comparing a webcam's facial recognition response to a white woman and a black man is a YouTube hit.
12/24/2009 12:10:24 AM
A 50-year old tradition has gone hi-tech as children track Santa via Google Maps, Facebook and Twitter.
12/24/2009 1:30:22 AM
Google's plans to buy mobile phone marketing company Admob are looked at by the Federal Trade Commission.
12/24/2009 12:22:33 AM
Hollywood couple Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have ended their 23-year relationship, the actress's publicist confirms.
12/24/2009 2:47:41 AM
Artwork for a DVD release showing late actress Brittany Murphy lifeless in a bathtub is withdrawn by a US rental chain.
12/24/2009 2:06:07 AM
Europe's Goce satellite returns remarkable new data on the way the pull of gravity varies across the Earth.
12/24/2009 3:59:56 PM
A "molecular switch" that can prevent Huntington's disease developing is found in mice.
12/24/2009 10:16:02 AM
The US Senate passes the final version of a historic healthcare reform bill, in a boost to President Barack Obama.
12/24/2009 1:58:56 AM
Eritrea says sanctions imposed by the UN are shameful and dismisses claims it backs militants in Somalia.
12/24/2009 4:48:12 AM
Niger says it will arrest three exiled opposition leaders - jeopardising crisis talks on the country's political deadlock.
12/25/2009 10:35:32 AM
The US military says a video, issued by the Taliban, of a captive soldier in Afghanistan is an affront to his family.
12/25/2009 11:48:45 AM
Several states declare emergencies as at least 19 people die amid huge winter snowstorms buffeting central US.
12/25/2009 7:09:35 AM
The jailing for 11 years by China of one of its leading dissidents, Liu Xiaobo, is met with international condemnation.
12/25/2009 12:01:11 PM
The brother of a British man due to be executed in China for drug smuggling makes a desperate plea for mercy.
12/25/2009 3:00:41 PM
The Vatican says it is impossible to protect the Pope from incidents like that involving a woman at Christmas Eve Mass.
12/25/2009 5:25:50 PM
Eurotunnel accuses Eurostar of ignoring safety rules when evacuating passengers from trains last weekend.
12/25/2009 9:47:07 AM
Iran's foreign minister says he has been told that Osama Bin Laden's daughter Iman is staying at the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran.
12/24/2009 6:51:23 AM
At least 30 suspected al-Qaeda militants, possibly including two commanders, are killed in an air strike in Yemen, officials say.
12/24/2009 8:53:28 AM
A suicide bomber kills eight Afghan civilians in Kandahar when his bomb explodes near a hotel, police say.
12/23/2009 9:33:39 PM
The start of a two-day strike by supporters of a planned new Indian state, Telangana, brings violence to the region.
12/26/2009 12:28:49 AM
British officials are to visit Briton Akmal Shaikh, who is to be executed in China next week for drugs smuggling.
12/25/2009 5:58:32 PM
The environment secretary launches a campaign to keep the fox-hunting ban as traditional Boxing Day hunts meet.
12/26/2009 2:24:38 AM
Shops across the UK open their doors for the Boxing Day sales, though savings are not expected to be as great as last year.
12/25/2009 11:48:16 PM
UK aid agencies left "more than bricks and mortar" despite errors in the wake of 2004's Asian tsunami, a report says.
12/25/2009 4:03:14 PM
A free quit-smoking kit is launched as research shows almost half of smokers in England resolve to quit in the new year.
12/25/2009 4:44:40 PM
Twelve Scouts are honoured for their bravery including a 13-year-old boy who risked his life to save a friend.
12/26/2009 12:26:45 AM
A passenger on a U.S.-bound flight Friday ignited a small explosive device in a move the White House called an attempted terrorist attack. 
12/26/2009 12:47:52 AM
Crowds attended prayers and other ceremonies across Asia on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami that killed about 250,000 people in 14 countries five years ago. 
12/26/2009 1:57:37 AM
Forty-five people are believed dead after a bridge collapsed in the north Indian industrial hub of Kota, officials said Saturday. 
12/25/2009 2:48:50 PM
That dream of a white Christmas is turning into a nightmare for some as forecasters predicted blizzard conditions to continue Friday in Oklahoma and Midwestern states. 
12/25/2009 10:20:35 AM
The Taliban released a video that purportedly shows an American soldier captured in Afghanistan last summer. Her. His family pleaded for his release. 
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