The truce between
Muqtada al-Sadr's
militia and occupation troops ends as US troops surround his house in
Najaf to arrest him.
(BBC)
Reports state that information that led the US to raise the
terror alert for five
financial centers in
New York City, northern
New Jersey and
Washington, D.C. was mainly three or four years old but had been updated as recently as January. Administration officials note, too, that
al Qaeda is known for its planning, and that this information became available following the
apprehension of a Pakistani member of the organization.
(CNN)(Xinhuanet)
The death toll in the market fire in
Asunción,
Paraguay rises to 464. Six people, including the co-owner, are arrested for
manslaughter on charges that they locked the doors after the fire started, in order to prevent looting.
(The Scotsman)(ABC News)