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12/26/2009 2:21:51 PM

AP - A 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed to have ties to al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, as authorities around the world urgently sought to learn more about him.

12/26/2009 2:33:53 PM

AP - U.S. government officials tell The Associated Press that the Nigerian man charged with trying to destroy a jetliner came to the attention of U.S. intelligence in November when his father went to the U.S. embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, to express his concerns about his son.

12/26/2009 12:53:44 PM

AP - Some airlines were telling passengers on Saturday that new government security regulations prohibit them from leaving their seats beginning an hour before landing

12/26/2009 12:57:01 PM

AP - Shoppers headed to America's malls Saturday, many with gift cards in hand, hoping to snag after-Christmas discounts. They were greeted with big markdowns — in some cases topping 75 percent off — but often found limited selection.

12/26/2009 1:53:12 PM

Reuters - A Nigerian man with possible links to al Qaeda militants was charged on Saturday for trying to blow up a U.S. passenger plane with an explosive device on approach into Detroit, U.S. officials said.

12/26/2009 2:12:51 PM

Reuters - Airports and airlines across Europe moved rapidly to tighten security on U.S.-bound flights on Saturday after a man tried to set off explosives on a plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit.

12/26/2009 2:09:47 PM

Reuters - A bomb exploded in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Saturday, targeting a car used by members of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

12/26/2009 2:20:42 PM

AFP - US justice officials charged Saturday a young Nigerian man with attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day with 289 people on board.

12/26/2009 1:00:19 PM

AFP - People across Asia paused 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 1:00:00 PM

A Nigerian man who allegedly ignited an incendiary device on a transatlantic flight Friday has been charged with attempting to destroy the plane, the Justice Department said.

12/26/2009 12:48:00 PM

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12/26/2009 2:50:02 PM

A Nigerian is charged with attempting to destroy a passenger jet arriving in the US by detonating a bomb on board.

12/26/2009 2:10:55 PM

Eight Turkish soldiers are detained over an alleged plot to assassinate the deputy prime minister, the army says.

12/26/2009 2:46:07 PM

Police search a number of properties in central London as a man is charged with trying to blow up a US airliner over Detroit.

12/26/2009 7:18:58 AM

Police searching for a 13-year-old boy missing since Christmas Eve believe they have found his body in Hertfordshire.

12/26/2009 12:17:24 PM

Lebanese security officials are reporting a mysterious blast in a Hezbollah stronghold south of Beirut, but say the cause is ...

12/26/2009 10:34:39 AM

A string of attacks Saturday against Shiite pilgrims in eastern Baghdad killed five, the latest round of violence to strike worshippers ...

12/26/2009 10:26:44 AM

Fewer earthquakes have been recorded in the Philippines' lava-spilling Mayon volcano, but magma continues to build up inside ...

12/26/2009 11:53:57 AM

Israeli soldiers stormed homes in the West Bank on Saturday, killing three Palestinians suspected in the fatal shooting of an ...

12/26/2009 1:59:22 PM

Pope Benedict XVI appeared in good shape on Saturday as he addressed the faithful two days after a woman knocked him down at ...

12/26/2009 7:14:18 AM

A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on ...

12/26/2009 6:05:10 AM

Shoppers returned to malls Saturday, rummaging through thinly stocked shelves hunting for deals, next year's Christmas gifts ...

12/25/2009 11:49:23 PM

Deep-sea divers searched Saturday for a sunken ferry and 24 missing people after it collided with another vessel and went down ...

12/26/2009 12:59:25 PM

Federal authorities on Saturday charged a Nigerian man with attempting to destroy an aircraft on its final approach to Detroit ...

12/26/2009 3:48:01 AM

The body of a Maryland girl who authorities say was abducted by a registered sex offender was found Friday in a wooded area near ...

12/26/2009 2:28:50 PM

The father of a man suspected of trying to bring down a U.S. jet contacted the U.S. Embassy to warn his son had "become radicalized," a source says.

12/25/2009 11:16:13 PM

A kidnapped girl was rescued on Christmas Day after a dramatic police chase on the streets of Phoenix, Arizona.

12/26/2009 4:48:47 AM

Actor Charlie Sheen was arrested early Friday and charged with several offenses with a domestic violence component, Aspen, Colorado, police said.

12/26/2009 9:29:16 AM

Political conflict and public piety converged on tension-filled streets in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday. Clashes erupted between riot police and opposition protesters as hundreds of people solemnly took part in an annual Shiite Muslim observance.

12/26/2009 10:45:23 AM

Israeli forces rces killed six Palestinians in separate incidents in the West Bank and Gaza early Saturday, acts that quickly drew Palestinian condemnation.