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José María Aznar has said that while he has heard Pope Benedict XVI being asked to apologise for a speech about the Islamic faith he made in Germany last weekend, he has not heard "any Muslims apologising to me for conquering Spain and staying for eight centuries." The former president of the Spanish government was answering a question at the Hudson Institute in Washington, where he had earlier made a speech during which he said that international terrorism "threatens us all wherever we may be. We are at war. This is a war, and, to fight it, it is indispensable...

Israelis Stop Teen Wearing Bomb Vest 42 minutes ago By ALI DARAGHMEH, Associated Press Writer NABLUS, West Bank - A Palestinian teenager approached a crowded West Bank checkpoint wearing a suicide bomb vest Wednesday in what Israel said was a failed attempt to kill soldiers there. AP Photo Reuters Slideshow: Mideast Conflict In a tense scene captured in exclusive Associated Press Television News footage, soldiers jumped behind concrete barricades and sent a yellow robot to hand scissors to the 16-year-old boy so he could cut off the vest. They then ordered him to strip to his underwear. Experts later detonated...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Peter Arnett, fired by NBC earlier this week for giving an interview to state-run Iraqi television, is reporting for pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Arabiya, the station said Saturday. "He (Arnett) is an able reporter who has covered wars before and who knows Iraq well," the Dubai-based station's editor-in-chief Salah Nejm told The Associated Press. "I think he is unbiased and has a lot of experience," Nejm said. Arnett started reporting for Al-Arabiya on Friday, becoming its third correspondent in Baghdad. His reports are voiced over in Arabic. NBC fired him for giving an unauthorized interview to...

Additional reporting by IOL correspondent in Nigeria, Sulaiman Osho ABEOKUTA, Nigeria (IslamOnline) - The leader of Al-Qaeda network, Osama bin Laden, who is being chased by the U.S. in Afghanistan for alleged acts of terrorism has been declared as hero in different parts of Nigeria.  Newly born babies in Nigeria are being named after the man who is regarded as a "hero for challenging America's double standards in world politics."  Investigations revealed that seventy percent of baby boys born in a hospital in Kano, northern part of Nigeria are being named Osama bin Laden.  A nurse at the hospital told ...

And Joseph went up from Galilee to Bethlehem with Mary, his espoused wife, who was great with child. And she brought forth a son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn. And the angel of the Lord spoke to the shepherds and said, "I bring you tidings of great joy. Unto you is born a Savior, which is Christ the Lord." "There's a problem with the angel," said a Pharisee who happened to be strolling by. As he explained to Joseph, angels are widely regarded ...

On war in the 21st century Piracy on the high seas, as terrorism today, plagued the international system with raids, hostages and slavery and in general dealt in the currency of fear. In the early 19th century as now, the United States faced important choices of war and peace in securing freedom from fear. "We must let nations see we have an energy which at present they disbelieve"-Thomas Jefferson The horrific events of September 11th have left many looking for answers to what is being referred to as the "next Pearl Harbor." It has also been referred to as ...

"Who could be behind an atrocity on such a scale .. could it be the same entity behind the bombing and destruction of USS Liberty in 1967 to widen the conflict .. "

Wow - a new baby entered the world at 9:40 last night. Luke Kaden Hargrove weighed in at 7lb. 10oz. Mom and son are doing fine.

Monday, January 2 2034 3:54 PM ET New York (AP) - The week began without the long-expected crashing the world's computers, leaving experts to question whether the $965 billion price tag to immunize business and government against the "1-2-34" bug was necessary. Predictions of cyberspace chaos proved as empty as the prophesies of the now nearly forgotten "Y2K" of our parents' generation, as well as the earlier "9-9-99" scare. Many computer buffs will remember the "binary bug" virus, at the true turn of the century, when the world narrowly escaped the collapse of the old network that could have been ...

GEORGE --Fifteen-year-old Heather Hansen said she spent three-and-a-half years of her young life strung out on drugs until her best friend encouraged her to join the Christ's Center Church in Junction City, Ore. Since Hansen accepted God into her life, she has been drug-free for three months and smoke-free for three days. Last Saturday, Hansen joined 78 other Christians in getting baptized against the majestic backdrop of the Columbia Gorge at Creation '99. "I can't think of a better time or more beautiful place to do it," said Hansen of Creation '99. Creation '99, the nation's largest contemporary Christian music ...