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OMAHA, Neb. A federal judge in Omaha, Nebraska, has ordered the deportation of three Egyptian students who were among eleven at the center of a nationwide search last month.

The organization building a Muslim youth camp on Coralville Lake is asking Linn and Johnson counties for a small amount of financial support and their endorsements to go after a larger state grant. Bob Ballantyne, a member of the Muslim Youth Camps of America board of directors, asked the Johnson County Board of Supervisors at their informal work session this morning to sign a letter of support for a $250,000 Vision Iowa grant. He also asked the board to consider a "token" contribution to further show the Vision Iowa board that MYCA had the county's support.

A man was jailed on $500,000 bail Saturday after authorities alleged he tried to board a plane bound for his native Yemen with a knife hidden in a book. Mohammed Ghanem, 21, of Hamtramck, was arrested Thursday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers detected the knife "artfully concealed" in the book, airport spokesman Michael Conway said.

The U.S. government ordered Venezuela to close its military purchasing office in Miami after suspending arms sales to the South American country, American officials said Thursday. The U.S. government announced in May it was banning new arms sales, accusing President Hugo Chavez's government of failing to cooperate in counterterrorism efforts - a charge strongly denied by Chavez. Venezuela's Foreign Ministry demanded that the U.S. government uphold all pending contracts for military equipment. American officials have said the United States would honor such contracts.

Deborah Rowe is a former administrator for the City of Chicago, serving under three Mayors. She successfully managed two citywide programs, including the popular Farmer’s Market. A seasoned and respected public speaker; she recently was the featured speaker for the LaLeche League International’s 17th Annual Convention. Ms. Rowe often speaks to groups on topics such as “Perfecting Parent/Child Communication Skills”, “American Media: the Good, The Bad and The Ugly” and “Stop Holding Your Success Hostage.” Ms. Rowe has been a recognized voice in Chicago radio since 1993. She has made several appearances on “Chicago Tonight” and CNN’s “Talk Back Live.”...

A new film depicts President Bush being assassinated. Should it be shown? * 55345 responses Yes, it's a good display of free speech. 52% No, the filmmakers have gone too far. 43% Perhaps -- but not in the United States. 5.2%

The Deborah Rowe Radio Program Saturday: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM http://www.wlsam.com/article.asp?id=152352 Deborah Rowe is a former administrator for the City of Chicago, serving under three Mayors. She successfully managed two citywide programs, including the popular Farmer’s Market. A seasoned and respected public speaker; she recently was the featured speaker for the LaLeche League International’s 17th Annual Convention. Ms. Rowe often speaks to groups on topics such as “Perfecting Parent/Child Communication Skills”, “American Media: the Good, The Bad and The Ugly” and “Stop Holding Your Success Hostage.” Ms. Rowe has been a recognized voice in Chicago radio since 1993. She...

MADRID, Spain (AP) - The Spanish government agreed Friday to contribute up to 1,100 troops to the strengthened U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon and lead one of its multinational brigades. The decision, made at a weekly Cabinet meeting, is expected to be approved by the parliament in a Thursday vote. Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said that, assuming the mission is approved, Spain will immediately send marines to Lebanon. They will be replaced in November by other Spanish troops, who will take command of a multinational brigade, she said. Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso is to...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., said Monday that Democrats shouldn't shy away from pointing out Republican failures on national security. "If anything is shown by the British uncovering the plot on the airliners, it's simple -- we are not protected," Biden said. Biden, who has said he is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, was in Iowa to campaign for Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, who is in a heated re-election campaign in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District. Biden said the report of a bipartisan commission named to review the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is an example of...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan demanded on Monday that Hezbollah release two captured Israeli soldiers to the international Red Cross, and that Israel lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon. Visiting Beirut on the first leg of an 11-day Mideast tour, Annan said he was renewing his "call for the abducted soldiers to be free," and urged Hezbollah to transfer them to the Lebanese government "or a third party" under the auspices of the international Red Cross. "We, the U.N., will be prepared to play a role if we are required to do so. And I...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Hundreds of Iraq's tribal chiefs Saturday signed a "pact of honor," pledging to support the prime minister's national reconciliation plan on wiping out sectarian strife and terrorism tearing the country. In another boost for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's efforts, a Sunni lawmaker was released nearly two months after she was abducted in an attack that had stoked sectarian tensions and led to a boycott by the minority in parliament. At least 23 people were killed Saturday, including four members of a Shiite family in Baqouba and a female translator working for the British consulate in Basra,...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israel's foreign minister said Wednesday the situation in Lebanon was "explosive" while Syria's president says the deployment of international troops along the Syria-Lebanon border would be a "hostile" act. The escalating rhetoric came as the 10-day cease-fire was shaken by the deaths of three Lebanese soldiers killed defusing a missile and an Israeli killed by a land mine in south Lebanon. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora urged the U.S. to help end Israel's sea and air blockade, saying his country was making "every effort" to secure its borders. "Time is working against those who would like...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora urged the United States on Wednesday to help end Israel's sea and air blockade, and said his country was making "every effort" to secure its borders. "The United States can support us in putting real pressure on Israel to lift the siege," the Western-backed Saniora told reporters. His government has called the blockade a violation of the U.N.-brokered cease-fire, and has asked the international community to intervene. Lebanon's leading An-Nahar newspaper reported that Saniora had spoken with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to enlist their help.

Amherst, NY (WBEN) - Federal agents raided a home in Amherst, and arrested three people they say are linked to an overseas terror cell. The FBI raided a home on Shetland Drive over the weekend, and the three unidentified suspects were charged with raising and laundering money for the Tamil Tigers terror group in Sri Lanka. WBEN's Tom Puckett has more in the audio link above, including assurances from police that the local community was apparently not a target.

Within two weeks, the I.R.S. will turn over data on 12,500 taxpayers — each of whom owes $25,000 or less in back taxes — to three collection agencies. Larger debtors will continue to be pursued by I.R.S. officers.

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Immigration officials have now picked up all but two of the eleven Egyptian exchange students who came to the U-S for a summer course in Montana but never showed up for classes. U-S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tracked three of the students to Des Moines, Iowa, where they were arrested yesterday. Others were picked up earlier in New Jersey, Maryland, Chicago and Minnesota.

Hezbollahland Photo Gallery (snip) Last year I took dozens of photos of Hezbollah’s miniature state-within-a-state, along the border with Israel and in the suburbs, the dahiyeh, south of Beirut. The photos of Beirut’s southern suburbs are not very good quality. Taking pictures in the dahiyeh is absolutely forbidden. I did not dare raise my camera and click the shutter except through the windshield from inside a moving car. Even then I had to be careful. Here is what Hezbollahland looked like before the war. Much of what you see here has since been destroyed. http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001226.html

Quotes about the Iraqi elections from Iraqi and world leaders, observers and voters: --- This is "the first time the Iraqis will determine their destiny," Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. --- "The world is hearing the voice of freedom from the center of the Middle East," President Bush. --- "What we are seeing here is the emergence of an Iraqi voice of freedom," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. --- "They know they're voting for the future of their country. They're voting for the day when they're going to take their destiny in hand," U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. --- "The irony...