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KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaiti security forces have detained up to eight Kuwaiti soldiers suspected of plotting to attack U.S. forces in the Gulf Arab state, a security source said Monday. The soldiers, some of whom are high-ranking officers, and several non-Kuwaiti citizens were detained a week ago and are being questioned over an alleged plan to attack U.S. soldiers in Kuwait, the launchpad for the 2003 war on Iraq. Kuwait's official news agency KUNA quoted a military official as saying that Kuwaiti "Army Intelligence's security apparatus is interrogating some members of the military after what surfaced on a plot against...

South Africa begins gun amnesty South Africa has begun a nationwide amnesty for gun owners in an attempt to reduce the country's high crime levels. For the next three months, people who own illegal weapons will be able to hand them in to police stations without fear of prosecution. Almost 20,000 people were murdered in South Africa last year, according to official figures. Possession of an illegal weapon is normally punished by a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. Tests The amnesty had been due to start in October but got delayed until now to allow for more...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Three militant groups warned Iraqis against voting in Jan. 30 elections, saying Thursday that people participating in the "dirty farce" risked attack. All 700 employees of the electoral commission in Mosul (search) reportedly resigned after being threatened.

To: U.S. Congress Six Ohio-based reservists were court-martialed for taking Army vehicles abandoned in Kuwait by other units so they could carry out their own unit's mission to Iraq. Members of the 656th Transportation Company said they needed the equipment to deliver fuel that was needed by U.S. forces in Iraq for everything from helicopters to tanks. The reservists took two tractor-trailers and stripped parts from a five-ton truck that had been abandoned in Kuwait by other units that had already moved into Iraq, one of the reservists, Darrell Birt of Columbus, told the Associated Press on Sunday. Birt, a...

Mom's Boyfriend Has Taken Lie Detector Test POSTED: 4:52 am EST December 9, 2004 UPDATED: 8:26 am EST December 9, 2004 COLUMBUS -- Police say they're treating the disappearance of 5-year-old Columbus area girl as a kidnapping after two days of searching with dogs and helicopters failed to turn up any trace of her. Emily Rimel vanished from her bed in her home in the Columbus suburb of Madison Township early Tuesday morning. Her mother's boyfriend, Brent Copley, said he put the child to bed shortly after midnight and she was gone when her mother, Jane, returned home from her...

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Wichita County authorities are helping in the search for a Mesquite, Texas, man who is believed to have kidnapped his 12-year-old stepdaughter. Mesquite police say the girl, Jami Nicole Hicks, was last seen with James Roy Hudachek on Friday. Jami`s mother Angela says the two of them went to cheerleading practice Friday night and never came home. Angela found a disturbing letter from James to Jami. In it he writes, "I know last night you would have let me go all the way, but I didn`t because Yahuweh hasn`t told me yet. Jami you even have my last name already....

I don't even know how to begin this thread. I am so embarrassed and ashamed that I don't know where to turn. I have been on a Chapter 13 plan for several years now after losing a $52,000 manufacturing job. My payments were going smoothly until January when I was laid off my job and was unable to make payments for about 2 months. I got a letter today from the attorneys for Bank of America stating that I am in default and they want my house. I knew I was in arrears to the Trustee but I have been...

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ST. LOUIS - A severely disabled 16-year-old boy weighing just 40 pounds when he was rushed to the hospital is at the center of a multistate investigation. The boy, whose name was not released, was starving, dehydrated, appeared to be in shock and had bedsores, sunken eyes and protruding bones, said Ann Ricci, the emergency room physician who treated him at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis. He had been airlifted there Tuesday from a hospital in Illinois, but is from Michigan, said Jill Manuel, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. He is mentally...

POSTED: 3:20 pm EST February 18, 2004 UPDATED: 5:08 pm EST February 18, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- There is a report of a vehicle possibly being struck by a bullet on a local road, NewsChannel 4 reported. The vehicle reportedly drove to another location. Police are searching woods in the area. There is no word if this incident is connected to the series of shootings in the Columbus area. Watch NewsChannel 4 and refresh nbc4columbus.com for additional information.

Alex Polier, the twenty-four year old journalist who could end Senator John Kerry's hopes of becoming the next president of the United States is alleged to have had a two-year affair with the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. Last night the rumours were in danger of becoming a full-blown scandal. "This is not going to go away," one American friend of Miss Polier said yesterday. "What actually happened is much nastier than is being reported." The allegations come at a crucial time for the senator. Polls showed him leading Mr Bush by 52 per cent to 42 per cent, and...

Another Case Linked To Serial Shooter Van Shot On Interstate 71 POSTED: 3:36 PM EST February 6, 2004 UPDATED: 5:51 PM EST February 6, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An eighth shooting has been linked by ballistic evidence to the series of shootings around the city's south side, according to the serial shooting task force. The shooting occurred at about 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, Franklin County sheriff Chief Deputy Steve Martin said. It was the 21st linked to the serial shootings, and the eighth linked by ballistic evidence. The driver of a van, John Caito of Bridgeville, Pa., was heading north on...

Serial Shooting Task Force Notified POSTED: 11:57 PM EST February 4, 2004 UPDATED: 12:20 AM EST February 5, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Law enforcement responded Wednesday night to a report of a car window shattering while the driver was on Interstate 70 on the city's west side, NewsChannel 4 reported. It was not clear as to what shattered the window. The driver reported the incident to police at about 9:40 p.m. while she was driving on I-70 west near Wilson Road. Columbus police and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office responded to the call. The serial shooting task force was notified....

Tony Blair and George Bush have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for waging war on Saddam Hussein. They have been put forward by a Norwegian politician who said ousting the dictator had reduced the threat of a war with weapons of mass destruction. It also laid the foundation for the development of democracy in Iraq, he said. The five-member Norwegian awards committee will announce the winner on December 10. The move has been condemned by anti-war campaigners. Andrew Burgin of the Stop the War Coalition said: "This is completely unbelievable. It shows the stupidity of this peace prize...

Second 911 Caller Claims Responsibility For Shootings Caller: 'It's Gonna Get Worse' POSTED: 5:46 PM EST January 31, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A second person has called 911 and claimed to be the shooter responsible for a string of 20 shootings around the city's south side, investigators said on Saturday. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said its communications center took the call at 2:23 a.m. Saturday from a man who said he was the "highway shooter." "It's gonna get worse. I am intended to start shooting at the police now," the caller said, according to a sheriff's news release. The...