Man With Knife Hijacks School Bus in Arkansas

A man with a knife jumped aboard a school bus in Jacksonville, Arkansas, on Thursday.

He forced the driver to drive several miles before police blocked off the bus.

Eventually the police talked the man into letting go the driver and eleven children aboard.

A short time later he agreed to surrender to them.

None of the children nor the driver were harmed in the incident.

Twenty-two year old Nicholas Miller is being charged with one count of vehicle piracy, twelve counts of kidnapping, and two counts of aggravated assault.

It is not yet known what his motive was.

40 Arrested After Attacking Police in New Brunswick

Forty people were arrested after protesters turned violent and attacked police in Rexton, New Brunswick.

The protest began on September 30 and had been blocking SWN Resources from reaching their equipment to begin exploring for shale gas.

On Thursday, the company won a court battle to have the protesters removed and police moved in to clear the road.

As the police approached, at least one shot was fired at them and protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at the police vehicles.

Five Royal Canadian Mounted Police vehicles were destroyed and several others damaged.

Police responded with pepper spray and arrested forty people.

Despite Thursday's violence, the arrests, and the court order, protesters say they will be back on Friday.

Man Attacks Soldiers With Construction Tractor in Israel

A man was shot and killed by Israeli troops after he attempted to kill one of the, on Thursday.

The man drove a construction tractor through the gate of a military base and repeatedly tried to run over a soldier.

Israeli troops kept ordering him to stop, but opened fire after he repeatedly refused to do so.

He was later identified as thirty year old Yunis Radeideh.

His brother was killed in March 2009, when he attacked Israeli police with an earth mover.

61 Killed in Iraq Bombings

In the deadliest day in nearly two weeks, sixty-one people were killed in Iraq.

Fifteen people were killed when a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle, in al-Mouafaqiyah.

Another three people were killed when a suTuz Khurmatu, when a suicide bomber blew himself up, in a cafe.

Most of the violence occurred in Baghdad, where a mixture of suicide and car bombings targeted popular restaurants, cafes, and parks.

Police checkpoints were also targeted, as the terrorists killed forty-three across the capital.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Australia's Fires Turn Deadly

Hundreds of fires are burning across Australia, with ninety-four in New South Wales, alone.

On Thursday, they turned deadly as a man was killed in the town of Lake Munmorah.

Two firefighters have been seriously injured, fighting the fires.

Dozens of homes have been lost, with firefighters battling to keep the flames from spreading closer to Sydney.

The city is already swamped with the smoke.