Terror arraignment...Afghan blast...Philippines toll...

Source: KXnet
Sep 29 2009 7:42AM
Associated Press
Terror arraignment...Afghan blast...Philippines toll

NEW YORK (AP) An Afghan immigrant is scheduled to appear in federal court in Brooklyn this morning to be arraigned on charges he was planning a terrorist attack on New York City. Law enforcement officials allege Najibullah Zazi (nah-jee-BOO'-lah ZAH'-zee) and his co-conspirators were buying beauty products containing hydrogen peroxide and acetone to make homemade bombs.

Zazi has denied any wrongdoing.

KABUL (AP) A bus packed with Afghan civilians has hit a roadside bomb near the southern city of Kandahar. Police say 30 people are dead, including seven children. Another 39 were wounded.

Some of the more severely wounded have been taken to a NATO base for treatment.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) Rescuers continue to pull bodies from swollen rivers in the northern Philippines. The confirmed death toll from weekend flooding and landslides has now reached 246. More than three dozen people are missing. Officials are appealing for international aid. Meanwhile, forecasters say another storm could hit later this week.

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) Red Cross officials in the West African nation of Guinea say 87 people are dead after soldiers fired on a pro-democracy rally in the capital yesterday. Doctors are said to be treating hundreds of injured civilians. Human Rights Watch says it's received eyewitness accounts that soldiers stripped and raped female protesters.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) "The Twilight Zone" lasted just five seasons and 156 episodes, but it became one of the most enduring and iconic shows in TV history. Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the show's debut, and observances are planned in Binghamton, N.Y., where creator Rod Serling grew up, and elsewhere. The Syfy Channel is planning to air a 15-show marathon Friday.