Tuesday, September 19, 2006

National and International News-Tuesday, Sept. 19th

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iran's nuclear ambitions, the Middle East
peace process and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Those are
among the key topics at the U-N General Assembly meeting beginning
today. President Bush addresses the meeting this morning.


WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is making some changes to its
proposal for how to handle the nation's most dangerous terror
suspects. Senate Republicans who challenged the administration's
plan are standing firm but say they are once again hopeful a deal
can be reached on detainee legislation.


TORONTO (AP) - The United States "very likely" sent a Canadian
software engineer to Syria, where he was tortured, based on a false
accusation by Canadian authorities that he was suspected of links
to al-Qaida. That's according to a Canadian government inquiry that
has cleared the man.

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER (AP) - A space station astronaut says
"it's a little crowded in the sky this morning." The crews of the
space station, space shuttle and a Russian Soyuz chatted in a
ten-minute conference call. Six of the 12 people in orbit are
returning to Earth tomorrow aboard shuttle Atlantis.
UNION, Mo. (AP) - Police have fielded hundreds of leads as they
search for a missing newborn baby in Missouri. The infant's mother
has helped police come up with a composite sketch of a woman she
says slashed her throat and took Abigale Woods last Friday.

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