Archive for January 19th, 2007

By John Murphy
Sun reporter
Originally published January 19, 2007
JERUSALEM // In the pine-tree-shaded hills outside Jerusalem, the Israeli government is building a massive war bunker where top government officials would take shelter in case of a biological, chemical or nuclear attack.
The government ordered the construction of the labyrinth of underground tunnels and rooms years ago...
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By LAURIE KELLMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic leaders in Congress lobbed a warning shot Friday at the White House not to launch an attack against Iran without first seeking approval from lawmakers.
"The president does not have the authority to launch military action in Iran without first seeking congressional authorization," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told...
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By Bill Wilson, KIN Senior Analyst
WASH—Jan 15—KIN-- He was born of a Muslim father and an atheist mother, who in his own words was “a lonely witness for secular humanism, a soldier for New Deal, Peace Corps, and position paper liberalism.” She divorced when he was two years old and remarried another Muslim living in Indonesia,...
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By Sophie Walker
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States explored ways of persuading Israel and the Palestinians to revive peace talks on Thursday after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice invited Middle East negotiators to Washington
"I have issued an invitation to the members of the quartet for a meeting in Washington ... likely to take place...
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Following rare international criticism, defense minister withdraws approval to construct 30 housing units in northern Jordan valley settlement for families evacuated from Gush Katif. Evacuees in response: Peretz making political profit on our expense
Defense Minister Amir Peretz has withdrawn the approval to construct housing units in the northern Jordan Valley settlement of Maskiot, Israel Radio reported Friday...
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Iranian news agency reports 'a radiant unidentified flying object in Western Iran'
Yaakov Lappin
A UFO omitting a "yellow ray" has been seen across Western Iran, the Fars News Agency claimed in a report recently.  
"Witnesses told FNA (Fars News Agency) that the object has been observed for more than an hour," the report...
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SEOUL (AP) — A high-level Iranian delegation arrived in North Korea on Thursday, the North's media reported, as the two hard-line regimes face international pressure to give up their nuclear weapons programs.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry delegation, led by Vice Minister Mahdi Safari, arrived in Pyongyang, the Korean Central News Agency reported in a one-sentence dispatch without giving...
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By Joe Kovacs
Zoomed image of mysterious orange light seen Jan. 9 near Van Buren, Ark. (photo: Col. Brian Fields, USAF, ret.)
In the wake of reports of unidentified objects flying over Chicago's O'Hare Airport, a retired Air Force pilot has his own mystery with a rash of bright, colorful lights he photographed hovering in skies...
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