AP News Alerts
7:55AM
WASHINGTON (AP) Dubai Ports World has offered to delay part of its $6.8 billion deal to take over operations at six U.S. ports.
Now we'll get an opportunity to hear Congress get stupid. Again.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Shiite leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim has called for Shiite-Sunni unity and urged restraint in the wake of the Samarra bombing.
I don't expect the situation in Iraq to worsen to the point of civil war...there is just too much at stake there for the people to give in now.
Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) Philippine president declares state of emergency amid flurry of coup rumors.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) The Philippine government has canceled all activities to commemorate the popular revolt 20 years ago.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) Witnesses report fresh clashes between police and anti-government protesters in the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) Police in Manila move in to end opposition protest led by former President Corazon Aquino.
Developing...
9:10AM
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) A Saudi oil official says explosion heard in oil refinery in eastern Saudi Arabia. Al-Arabiya TV reports shots fired.
Will this effect the price of gas?
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) Al-Arabiya TV reports that Saudi authorities foiled an attempt to bomb an oil refinery with two vehicles packed with explosives.
...probably not. Interesting that jihad has returned to Saudi Arabia. Was al Qaeda behind this?
3:05PM
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) The South Dakota House has given final legislative approval to a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in the state.
It. Is. On.
Other Stuff
WND has a
story about 130 Christians that were killed over those stupid cartoons. Still no word on world wide protests over the mosque that Islamofascists blew up in Iraq...
9:15AM
Steven Kelso catches Jim Petro in a moment of opportunism... I'm not surprised to find that Petro isn't serious about limiting soending, are you?
