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| Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:55:58 EST FBI: Body of U.S. hostage found in Iraq |
| The body of a Christian peace advocate taken hostage in Iraq last year has been found, the U.S. State Department confirmed Friday. There was no word on three other men abducted with 54-year-old American Tom Fox. A group calling itself the Swords of Righteousness Brigade kidnapped Fox on November 26 along with the three other members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams. Arabic-language television station Al-Jazeera aired a 25-second video of Fox's fellow hostages Tuesday. Fox was not in the footage, and there was no mention of his status. |
| Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:53:49 EST Spacecraft successfully slips into Mars' orbit |
| The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA's two-year mission to study the Martian atmosphere and surface, pulled off a tricky maneuver and began circling the Red Planet today. Twenty-one minutes in, the spacecraft disappeared behind Mars and was out of radio contact with mission control for a nerve-wracking half-hour. At 5:16 p.m. ET, the team erupted in cheers when a signal was received back from the craft. |
| Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:22:21 EST Feds target gangs in crackdown |
| The Bloods, Crips, Disciples and an increasingly popular street gang known as MS-13 were among the gangs targeted in a Department of Homeland Security operation over the past two weeks that yielded 375 arrests of wanted members in 23 states, the department announced today. In Operation Community Shield federal authorities are, for the first time, using immigration and customs authorities in an attempt to dismantle what they call "transnational, violent street gangs." According to DHS, 260 of the 375 arrestees have past criminal records, and 73 face new charges ranging from drug and gun violations to re-entering the country after being deported. The others face deportation proceedings. |
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