A security incident Friday on the Potomac River was prompted by a training exercise, two sources in the Washington police department said the Coast Guard told them.
Potomac security threat merely an exercise, police say
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Turkish reality show sparks scandal
Were nine attractive young Turkish women duped and imprisoned in a villa by Internet soft-core porn peddlers?
Chavez wraps up controversial tour with stop in Spain
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ended a sometimes controversial nine-country tour on a quieter note Friday, meeting with top Spanish leaders in Madrid. Chavez, while in Russia on Thursday, announced his country has decided to recognize the independent republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Iran nuclear plans ‘revealed’ on Web site
An online news organization has published what it said is a copy of Iran’s proposals to the United Nations which were supposed to address international concerns about its nuclear program.
Israel retaliates, shells Lebanon after rocket fire
Israel’s military fired at least a dozen artillery shells into southern Lebanon on Friday shortly after a rocket attack on northern Israel, according to the Israeli military and a Lebanese army official.
Renault refer Nelson Piquet Jr. to police
The Renault Formula One team have commenced legal proceedings against former driver Nelson Piquet Junior over allegations made by the Brazilian that he was asked by the team to deliberately crash his car in last year’s Singapore Grand Prix. It has been claimed that Renault boss, Flavio Briatore, in order to maximize the chances of Fernando Alonso winning the 2008 race, planned the crash of teammate Piquet Jr.
Zeta-Jones latest star to test 40 in Hollywood
Happy birthday, Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Commentary: Where’s Osama bin Laden?
Eight years after September 11, the “war on terror” has gone the way of the dodo. And President Obama talks instead about a war against al Qaeda and its allies.
Super-light sub has ‘capability greater than U.S. Navy’
A new generation of deep-sea submarines light enough to launch from a yacht could open up the ocean’s depths to amateur explorers.
British PM apologizes for treatment of gay code-breaker
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has issued a posthumous apology for the “appalling” treatment of Alan Turing, the British code-breaker who was chemically castrated for being gay.