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MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE - Two laptop computers are missing and may have been stolen from the closely guarded headquarters of Gen. Tommy Franks here, federal authorities confirmed Tuesday. Maj. Mike Richmond at the Air Force Office of Special Investigations said his agency is one of those investigating the possible theft of the laptops. A spokeswoman for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Lt. Cdr. Barbara Burfeind, said late Tuesday that she would not comment ``on any ongoing investigation.'' Franks directs the U.S. and coalition forces searching for remaining al-Qaida and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan from the headquarters here of U.S. Central...

<p>AMHERST, Mass. (AP) -- A 12-year-old Chinese girl who disappeared from San Francisco International Airport last week is safe and staying with relatives in Amherst, an Immigration and Naturalization official said.</p> <p>Authorities at first had feared that Yukun Jia may have been kidnapped when she disappeared from Chinese tour group Thursday during a layover in San Francisco on a trip to an Alabama space camp.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) --  Five agencies under Justice Department jurisdiction, including the FBI and DEA, have reported 775 missing or stolen weapons and 400 missing laptop computers, says a report released Monday.</p> <p>Some of the weapons were used to commit crimes and the classification level of 218 of the missing laptops is unknown, said the audit report by the department's Office of Inspector General, an internal investigative unit.</p>

Sudan Aid Workers Attacked; American EscapesHumanitarian aid workers in Sudan are reported to have been victims of a July 29th attack in southern Sudan. According to World Vision (WV) – a Christian international humanitarian aid organization – one WV humanitarian aid worker was killed and three were taken hostage. A southern Californian church has now confirmed that one of the aid workers that escaped the attack was American. Jeff Lasseigne, associate pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, told CPI News investigators that Eric Green, an American, was able to escape the attacks. Dean Owens of World Vision says he...

This is sad news on a day where 2 other young women were found safe and sound out in California. Melissa Chamberlain, 21, of Bucks County, PA, was found dead today in Trappe, Md. Her body was found 25 yards off U.S. Route 50 in a wooded area. During a press conference involving FBI and local official in PA, it was announced that John Passmore, the former boyfriend of Ms. Chamberlain, had lead authorities to the body. She was most likely killed on July 15 or 16, according to authorities. Authorities are in negotiations with Passmore to arrange a confession,...

John Walsh will tape "America's Most Wanted" Tuesday morning from the Leawood swimming pool where Ali Kemp was murdered. The show, to air at 8 p.m. Saturday on Fox, will ask viewers to help solve the cases of Kemp, Precious Doe and women whose bodies were found in the Missouri River. They also will feature the case of Tabitha Brewer, a 16-year-old girl who disappeared from Shawnee with her boyfriend in 1998. Her boyfriend, Nick Travis, was found dead four months later in a Kansas City neighborhood, and Tabitha's purse was found there. The show will be taped at 8:30...

Some 5,610 Saudi passports have been stolen or lost in the past eight months, most of them inside the kingdom, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The London-based Asharq Al-Awsat said 710 passports were stolen or lost in Arab countries, mainly Egypt, Syria and Jordan, and also in foreign countries including Britain and the United States. In Jordan, the stolen Saudi passports are bought by Iraqis who use them to travel to foreign countries to improve their living conditions, the paper said, quoting security sources. In other countries, the passports are normally used in criminal activity. Saudi nationals and expatriates living in...

FOXnews just (11:16 AM EDT) reported another missing child near St. Louis.... No text report yet

Elizabeth Smart case for July 22, 2002

Building collapse, fire at huge printing plant Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: July 12, 2002 Lomira, Wis - A portion of a building at the Quad/Graphics plant in Lomira collapsed Friday night, leading to a massive fire at the largest single printing facility in the Western Hemisphere, authorities said.The building was reported to have collapsed about 9:30 p.m. at the plant complex, located at 952 Badger Road, said company spokeswoman Claire Ho.Ho could not confirm a report from the Dodge County Sheriff's Department that injuries and fatalities were possible but said a number of workers from the plant's second shift...

The recent disclosure that a nuclear fuel rod is missing from a research reactor in Congo-Kinshasa and could be in the hands of terrorists has underscored concerns that the former Soviet Union is not the only possible source of illicit nuclear materials. Experts say Russia is still considered the most likely source of any diverted nuclear weapons and materials that find their way into the wrong hands. According to a new database compiled by researchers at Stanford University in California, about 40 kilograms of weapons-useable plutonium and uranium have been stolen from nuclear facilities in the former Soviet Union over...

Mystery over 47 missing golfers Gethin Chamberlain ORGANISERS of the Open Championship have launched an investigation after 47 out of 48 Nigerians granted visas to enter Britain to take part in the competition failed to turn up for their games. There are suspicions that some of the would-be golfers had no intention of taking part in the tournament but used the event as an excuse to get past immigration controls. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club, which organises the tournament, has expressed surprise at the size of the entry from a country not normally associated with top-class golf, and concern...

CBS News Correspondant Lee Cowan reports a neighbor of Richard Albert Ricci says he has been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury investigating the Smart case.The neighbor claims he saw Ricci digging underneath his home.Investigators confirm they have examined the ground under Ricci's trailer home but are refusing to say what, if anything, they found.

<p>This year's boating season opened with a mystery: the theft of almost a third of the new moorings placed around the islands of Boston Harbor.</p> <p>Harbor officials doing an inventory of the islands' moorings on Sunday found that 15 of the 50 buoys installed last August by the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership to provide safe anchorage and on-site waste removal services to private boaters had been stolen.</p>

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A YOUNG US woman has gone missing in the Pakistani city of Karachi, the scene of a string of recent attacks targeting US citizens and interests. "A US citizen was reported missing in Karachi," said State Department deputy spokesman Philip Reeker today. "Our consulate in Karachi is working with local authorities on that matter to see if we can find out any more facts." The woman, who cannot be named due to US Privacy Act restrictions, went to the city alone on June 13 to visit someone, a US official said later on condition of anonymity. The official said it...

Police now say abductor of 14-year-old Utah girl didn't know he was watched by her sister By RICH VOSEPKA= Associated Press Writer= SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Police investigating the disappearance of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart said Tuesday the man was not aware that the girl's little sister witnessed the apparent abduction. Two weeks ago, Elizabeth was taken by gunpoint from the queen-sized bed shared by the two girls in the Federal Heights home. He told Elizabeth to grab some shoes and as he left with her. Although it was earlier reported that 9-year-old Mary Katherine Smart had been warned to remain...

Mystery shrouds IOP's floating orb Thursday, June 13, 2002 BY GLENN SMITHOf The Post and Courier Staff      <!summ!>ISLE OF PALMS-When a giant silver orb washed up in front of her rented beach house Monday night, Marie Segneri wondered for a moment if aliens had landed in the middle of her family reunion.<!end!>     The smooth, metallic ball was at least 3 feet in diameter and weighed a couple hundred pounds or more. Aside from a series of numbers stamped on its slightly dimpled surface, the sphere offered few clues as to its origin.     "It looked like it may have...

Girl Missing After Father Found Dead Father's Body Found Near Chico Posted: 2:40 p.m. PDT May 31, 2002Updated: 2:49 p.m. PDT May 31, 2002 CHICO, Calif. -- Butte County authorities are searching for an 11-year-old girl following the discovery of the body of her father. The body of Joaquin Garcia, 45, of Downey, Calif., was found near Chico earlier this week. Authorities said Garcia died from a gunshot wound to the head. An autopsy was performed Thursday in an effort to determine whether the fatal gunshot wound was self-inflicted, but results are not expected to be made public before...

<p>A $5,000 reward is being offered by the family of a missing Clarksdale woman whose abandoned car was left on a logging road 8 miles outside of Yazoo City, authorities said.</p> <p>After canvassing the area with K-9 dogs, authorities called off the search for 83-year-old Nell Califf, the head of Clarksdale's tourism board, after the dogs lost her scent, said her daughter June Hornsby.</p>