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| Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:26:52 EST Kidnappers threaten to kill U.S. journalist |
| The kidnappers of a U.S. reporter threatened to kill her unless all female Iraqi prisoners are released within 72 hours, the Arab TV network Al-Jazeera said Tuesday after it aired a video showing her condition. In a statement, Jill Carroll's family said: "Jill is an innocent journalist, and we respectfully ask that you please show her mercy and allow her to return home to her mother, sister and family." |
| Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:39:38 EST Source: Some killed in airstrike had links to al-Zawahiri |
| Some of the foreigners killed in last Friday's U.S. airstrike in the remote Pakistani village of Damadola were of Egyptian origin, a knowledgeable source has told CNN. It was not clear how many foreigners had been killed, the source said, but some of them had direct ties to top al Qaeda lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahiri. |
| Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:19:30 EST Launch window closes on Pluto mission |
| As the final seconds ticked away on a delayed countdown, gusty winds forced NASA to postpone the launch of its Pluto probe today. The New Horizons probe is a plutonium-powered craft that will soar up to 47,000 miles per hour during its 10-year journey to capture the first up-close images of Pluto and a region of the outer solar system called the Kuiper Belt. The next two-hour launch window opens at 1:16 p.m. ET Wednesday. |
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