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The top news headlines on current events – Yahoo! News
DETROIT – A 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed ties to al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner, just a month after his father warned U.S. officials of concerns about his son’s religious beliefs. Full Story;
Winter weather disrupts travel in Plains and East
OMAHA, Neb. – Drifting snow and cold rain that have plagued much of the country for days stranded drivers and airline passengers Saturday trying to get home after Christmas. Full Story;
Cash seizures quadruple on Arizona-Mexico border
PHOENIX – Seizures of money bound mostly for Mexico’s violent drug cartels more than quadrupled this year on the Arizona border, and government officials are crediting beefed-up screening at checkpoints. Full Story;
Ferry sinks in Philippines; 3 dead, 22 missing
MANILA, Philippines – A passenger ferry sank in the northern Philippines in a second sea disaster in three days. Three bodies were recovered and 22 were missing, the coast guard said Sunday. Full Story;
Activist: US missionary crosses border into NKorea
SEOUL, South Korea – An American Christian missionary slipped into isolated North Korea on Christmas Day, shouting that he brought God’s love and carrying a letter urging leader Kim Jong Il to step down and free all political prisoners, an activist said. Full Story;
Monks, tourists, villagers mark Asian tsunami
PHUKET, Thailand – Buddhist monks in orange robes chanted on a Thai beach, an Indonesian mother mourned her children at a mass grave, and a man scattered flowers in now-placid waters Saturday to commemorate the 230,000 killed five years ago when a tsunami ripped across Asia. Full Story;
Sparse shelves greet post-Christmas deal hunters
Shoppers headed to America’s malls Saturday, many with gift cards in hand, hoping to snag after-Christmas discounts. They were greeted with big markdowns — in some cases topping 75 percent off — but often found limited selection. Full Story;
Florida’s Meyer resigns amid health concerns
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Urban Meyer shocked college football Saturday by resigning as Florida’s coach after five seasons and two national titles because of health concerns that came to light when he suffered chest pains following the SEC championship game. Full Story;
Nigerian charged with trying to blow up U.S. jet
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities on Saturday charged a Nigerian man with trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet with high explosives and were investigating his claim that he had links to al Qaeda. Full Story;
Bomb hits Hamas car in Beirut, casualties unclear
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A bomb exploded in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Saturday, targeting a car used by members of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Full Story;
Security tightened for U.S.-bound air passengers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Airline passengers headed for the United States faced tighter security measures on Saturday after an attempt to blow up a U.S. jet bound for Detroit, including pat-downs and an order to stay seated during the last hour of flight, airlines and security officials said. Full Story;
Clashes erupt in Tehran on Shi'ite holy day
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Baton-wielding riot police clashed with opposition backers in Tehran who used a Shi'ite religious festival to stage new anti-government demonstrations on Saturday, an opposition website and witnesses said. Full Story;
Oklahoma firm recalling beef products in six states
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Oklahoma company said it was voluntarily recalling 248,000 lbs (112,000 kg) of beef products in six states following an outbreak of illnesses involving E. coli bacteria. Full Story;
Taliban planned to use Americans in Pakistan attacks
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents had planned to use five Americans, now detained in Pakistan, who had contacted the militants via the Internet, to carry out attacks in the U.S.-allied country, a police official said on Saturday. Full Story;
Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayer
PATONG, Thailand (Reuters) – Thousands of candles lit up Thailand's Patong beach, thousands of saffron-robed Buddhist monks marched and people held vigils as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Saturday. Full Story;
Israel kills six Palestinians in West Bank,Gaza
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers killed six Palestinians on Saturday in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the bloodiest violent outbreak in months. Full Story;
Nigerian charged with trying to blow up US airliner
DETROIT, Michigan (AFP) – A Nigerian man who reportedly confessed that he was trained by Al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen was charged with attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound US jet airliner. Full Story;
Judge tells man he’s charged with blowing up plane
A federal judge has told a Nigerian man that he is charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane on Christmas Day. Full Story;
Explosion rocks Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut
Three bombs planted under a car exploded south of Beirut on Saturday, killing one person and wounding several others in an attack that apparently targeted an official from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the state-run news agency said. Full Story;
Folk-rocker Vic Chesnutt dies in Ga. at 45
Vic Chesnutt, the folk-rocker whose sometimes dark reflections on life were influenced in part by a car wreck that left him paralyzed, has died. He was 45. Full Story;
