British forensic experts are slowly sifting through materials that could potentially have been used as precursor chemicals to make explosives – the materials were found in the homes of suspects arrested last week in the alleged plot to blow up at least 10 planes headed from the United Kingdom to the United States.
AP - The Lebanese Cabinet agreed Wednesday to deploy the Lebanese army south of the Litani River starting the next day, a key demand of the cease-fire that halted 34 days of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. But it left unclear the issue of disarming the Islamic militant group.
AP - A district judge ruled Wednesday that British investigators have until next week to investigate the suspects arrested in an alleged plot to blow up as many as 10 trans-Atlantic jetliners, saying they could be kept in custody without charge.
A suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case has been arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, two law enforcement officials told CNN. The suspect has confessed to certain elements of the crime that are unknown to the general public, CNN's Denver affiliate, KUSA, reported. The 6-year-old's beaten and strangled body was found in the basement of the family home in Boulder, Colorado, the day after Christmas in 1996.
One of the most wanted drug lords in the world was captured Wednesday aboard a 43-foot boat in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, federal law enforcement officials said. The DEA has a $5 million reward for the capture of Javier Arellano-Felix. The DEA's Michael Braun said Arellano-Felix is "one of the most ruthless thugs that was involved in drug trafficking around the world."
It was showtime for Jill Carroll. And her kidnappers were crafting the premiere from hell. 'Holy warriors' were setting the scene, moving a sheet back and forth like confused housewives trying to make a knockoff framed print level. The video's director had eyes like ink, and when his followers showed compassion for the crying Carroll, he did not.