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US News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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Laughing 9/11 hijackers in video
Mohammed Atta, the ringleader of the September 11 terror attacks, smiles and jokes with another hijacker before the two turn serious and speak intently to a camera in a videotape posted on a British newspaper's Web site. There is no sound on the tape and lip-readers have failed to decipher their words, The Sunday Times says...
CNN - October 1, 2006
Video shows laughing 9/11 hijackers in Afghan hideout
In January, 2000, two of the hijackers in the September 11, 2001, attacks were at one of Osama bin Laden's hideouts in Afghanistan, talking and laughing -- and then apparently reading their martyrdom messages for a video camera, according to video seen by the public for the first time Sunday...
CNN - October 1, 2006
WH: Bush 'shocked' at Foley charges
White House official said Sunday that administration officials were unaware until Friday of allegations that Republican Rep. Mark Foley exchanged sexually explicit e-mails with a 16-year-old former congressional page...
CNN - October 1, 2006
Hungary’s President Urges Ouster of Premier
Hungary’s president made the request on national television as the polls closed in local government elections...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
9/11 Panel Members Weren’t Told of Meeting
Bob Woodward’s new book reports on a White House meeting in July 2001 at which George J. Tenet warned about an imminent Al Qaeda attack...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
Top British Conservative Seeks Center
David Cameron sought today to shift his party away from the steely legacy of Margaret Thatcher...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
Palestinian Factions Clash, Killing 6
Hamas and Fatah today engaged in some of their fiercest battles since the elections in January, as Hamas forces tried to disrupt protests over unpaid government salaries...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
Laughing 9/11 hijackers in video
Mohammed Atta, the ringleader of the September 11 terror attacks, smiles and jokes with another hijacker before the two turn serious and speak intently to a camera in a videotape posted on a British newspaper's Web site. There is no sound on the tape and lip-readers have failed to decipher their words, The Sunday Times says...
CNN - October 1, 2006
GOP leaders assail Foley amid Democratic criticism
House Republican leaders mounted an effort to explain their own conduct after the resignation of Rep. Mark Foley and suggested there should be a criminal investigation of Foley's contacts with congressional pages...
CNN - October 1, 2006
Vanishing Venice: A City Swamped by a Sea of Tourists
Thousands of Venetians have left the sea-locked city to escape the swarms of tourists who have complicated their daily lives...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
Archbishop in gay wedding row
A retired Anglican archbishop is reprimanded for taking part in the same-sex marriage of a lesbian couple...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Five dead in Canada flyover crush
A flyover collapse near Montreal in Canada kills at least five people in two cars, authorities say...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Israel: Last troops out of Lebanon
The last Israeli soldier left Lebanon on Saturday, more than a month after a U.N. resolution ended the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah, Israeli military sources said. Israel already had withdrawn the majority of its 10,000 troops that entered Lebanon during the fighting...
CNN - October 1, 2006
No survivors in Brazil crash
Brazil's president declares three days of national mourning after an airliner crashed in the Amazon's dense rainforest. The president of Infraera, the organization governing Brazilian airports, told reporters that all 155 people on board Gol Airlines Flight 1907 died...
CNN - October 1, 2006
Shelter From the Storm
It is an ordinary inn in Queens, catering to truckers and salesmen. But to refugees fleeing war and worse, it is the portal to a safe, long-sought world...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
Canada flyover 'crushes drivers'
A flyover collapse near Montreal in Canada is feared to have killed drivers of two cars, authorities say...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Blake blasts to Bangkok victory
James Blake beats Ivan Ljubicic to win the Thailand Open final while Andy Murray and his brother lose in the doubles...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
Somber remembrance on Bali beach
Relatives of those killed in last year's triple suicide blasts on Indonesia's resort island of Bali gathered Sunday at a beach to mark the first anniversary of the attacks...
CNN - October 1, 2006
Last Israeli soldier withdraws from Lebanon
The last Israeli soldier left Lebanon on Saturday, more than a month after a U.N. resolution ended the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah, Israeli military sources said...
CNN - October 1, 2006
In Taking On Fox, Democrats See Reward in the Risk
The attacks on Fox News represent a new twist on the Democrats’ complicated dance with the cable news channel...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
Powell Tried to Warn Bush on Iraq, Book Says
A new biography of Colin L. Powell is among the latest accounts of the divisions within the Bush administration over the Iraq war...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
‘Chorus Line’ Returns, as Do Regrets Over Life Stories Signed Away
The musical is based on the stories of dancers who question whether they have been fairly compensated...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
Detainee Memo Created Divide in White House
After a broad overhaul was urged, officials often led by Vice President Dick Cheney were pitted against officials in the State and Defense departments...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
G.O.P. Aides Knew in Late ’05 of E-Mail
Top House Republicans knew for months about e-mail between Representative Mark Foley and a former teenage page, but kept the matter secret...
New York Times - October 1, 2006
Golf: Woods extends lead
Tiger Woods takes a six-shot lead into the final round of the WGC Championship after making a 67 on day three...
BBC News - October 1, 2006
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