Jamaica Gleaner International
Published: Monday Tuesday | December 29, 2009
'Unusually serious' Korean Christian missionary missing
South Korea (AP): Robert Park is "unusually serious" about his Christian faith, with an intense devotion to prayer and ending suffering in North Korea, those who know him say. Now, the 28-year-old Korean-American missionary is himself the focus of prayers... Read More...
Horse population-control plans spark protests
LAS VEGAS (AP): The federal capture of about 2,500 wild horses from public and private lands in northern Nevada was scheduled to begin yesterday amid protests that the roundups are unnecessary and inhumane... Read More...
Thai ethnic group repatriated
Thailand (AP): Thai troops packed more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong into military trucks yesterday for a one-way journey to Laos, all but ending the Hmong's three-decade search for asylum following their alliance with the United States during the Vietnam... Read More...
Nine killed in fire
Mississippi (AP): Nine people, including at least six children, died yesterday in an apartment fire, officials said. The blaze was reported around dawn, according to County Coroner Michael Hunt. Read More...
Security-system failure helped terrorist attack
WASHINGTON, dc (AP):Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano conceded yesterday that the aviation security-system failed when a young man on a watchlist with a United States visa in his pocket... Read More...
Suicide bombing kills 30
Pakistan (AP):A suicide bombing targeting a Shiite Muslim procession in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi killed 30 people and wounded dozens more yesterday, as Shiites across the country marked the key holy day of Ashoura. Read More...