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By Signal Editorial Staff | Sep. 8, 2009Three British Muslims were convicted Monday of plotting to murder thousands by downing at least seven trans-Atlantic airliners in simultaneous attacks ...
Read More »Three British Muslims were convicted Monday of plotting to murder thousands by downing at least seven trans-Atlantic airliners in simultaneous attacks ...
Read More »Scotland’s justice minister on Monday defended his much-criticized decision to free the Lockerbie bomber, as the U.S. State Department said that it ...
Read More »SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog expressed confidence Monday that President Barack Obama's approach to North Korea and ...
Read More »KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - A gunman forced his way though airport security onto a Canadian jet near Montego Bay, holding six crew members hostage for eight ...
Read More »Famed mathematician Stephen Hawking was rushed to a hospital Monday, and is very ill, according to Cambridge University officials. President Barack ...
Read More »KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - The killing of three Somali pirates in the dramatic U.S. Navy rescue of a cargo ship captain has sparked concern for other ...
Read More »The woman suspected of killing an 8-year-old girl found stuffed into a suitcase in Tracy, Calif., is being held in an observation cell where jail staff ...
Read More »BANGKOK (AP) - Thousands of troops fired warning shots and tear gas at anti-government protesters rampaging across the Thai capital on Monday, forcing ...
Read More »L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) - A powerful earthquake in mountainous central Italy knocked down whole blocks of buildings early Monday as residents slept, killing ...
Read More »Farrah Fawcett, who has struggled with cancer since 2006, has checked into a Los Angeles hospital but is "not on death's door," a producer who has worked ...
Read More »SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's rocket may have fallen into the sea, but military experts cautioned Monday against calling it a complete failure, ...
Read More »White House officials said Monday neither General Motors nor Chrysler submitted acceptable plans to receive more bailout money, setting the stage for ...
Read More »CARTHAGE, N.C. (AP) - The gunman suspected of slaying eight people at a North Carolina nursing home was stopped by a single shot to the chest fired by ...
Read More »PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The man accused of overseeing the torture and execution of enemies of Cambodia's former Khmer Rouge rulers faced scores of ...
Read More »Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight Monday, sending an ash plume more than nine miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions ...
Read More »KABUL (AP) - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) killed a senior Taliban commander and nine other suspected militants in southern Afghanistan, ...
Read More »BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - The single-engine turboprop airplane that crashed just short of Butte airport jerked to the left before nose-diving into a cemetery, ...
Read More »KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber in a police uniform detonated explosives he was carrying inside a police headquarters in southern Afghanistan ...
Read More »A senior adviser said on Monday that former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami has decided to pull out of the upcoming presidential election to avoid ...
Read More »TSUKUBA, Japan (AP) - A new walking, talking robot from Japan has a female face that can smile and has trimmed down to 43 kilograms (95 pounds) to make ...
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