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'Balloon boy' found safe at homeA six-year-old US boy thought to have been carried away by a helium balloon is found alive at his home in Colorado.
BBC Friday, October 16, 2009Sky-high 'balloon boy' drama ends in atticAfter scouring northern Colorado by foot and air, frantically chasing a now-infamous Mylar balloon for dozens of miles and interviewing his big brother numerous times, local and federal authorities ended their search for 6-year-old Falcon Heene where it began -- at his house.
CNN Friday, October 16, 2009MacKay denies seeing Afghan torture reportsDefence Minister Peter MacKay said he never saw a former diplomat's reports containing allegations of torture of detainees transferred by Canadians to Afghan prisons.
CBC Friday, October 16, 2009Five convicted in Australia of terrorFive men were convicted Friday in Sydney, Australia, of trying to commit terrorist acts, court officials said.The suspects were connected to four other suspects who had earlier pleaded guilty to charges that included acquiring weapons, hydrochloric acid and bombs for an attack.
CNN Friday, October 16, 2009U.S. mulling new assessment of Iran threat: reportWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. spy agencies are considering whether to rewrite a controversial 2007 intelligence report that asserted Tehran halted its efforts to build nuclear weapons in 2003, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Reuters Friday, October 16, 2009While world worried, 'balloon boy' safeAfter scouring northern Colorado by foot and air, frantically chasing a now-infamous Mylar balloon for dozens of miles and interviewing his big brother over and over, local and federal authorities ended their search for 6-year-old Falcon Heene where it began -- at his house.
CNN Friday, October 16, 2009Boy safe after runaway balloon scareA 6-year-old boy is found at home, several hours after the runaway flight of the
family's experimental balloon riveted the nation and led to a frantic search for the child.
Msn Friday, October 16, 2009In New Orleans, Obama fires back at criticsNEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - U.S. President
barack obama fired back on Thursday at critics who say he has few accomplishments of note in his nine months in office and declared he was just getting started.
Reuters Friday, October 16, 2009DNA points to Berkeley carjack suspectA man suspected of trying to carjack two women in the parking lot of a Berkeley supermarket in December before stealing a car was arrested early today after DNA evidence linked him to the crimes, police said. Paul Anthony McGruder, 52, was arrested at his...
SF Gate Friday, October 16, 2009Bomb hits police station in NW Pakistan; 6 woundedPakistani police say a bomb has exploded near a police station in the northwestern city of Peshawar, wounding six people. Police official Salim Khan says the bomb went off at a building where criminals and militants are held for initial questioning. The...
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