Man Arrested For Attempted Terrorist Act

Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, twenty-one, was arrested by the FBI, Wednesday morning.

He is charged with plotting to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank, in New York City.

Nafis reportedly came to the US, from Bangladesh with the sole purpose of conducting terrorist organizations.

The FBI took notice of him when they received word that he was trying to recruit people to become part of terrorist cells.

He had a list of other targets that he wished to hit, including the New York Stock Exchange.

An undercover FBI agent pretended to be a member of Al Qaeda, and supplied Nafis with what he thought was one thousand pounds of explosives.

The agent allowed Nafis to build the bomb, plant it, and attempt several detonations before revealing himself and arresting the attempted terrorist.

Man Arrested After Gas Bomb Attempt in Virginia

Around noon EDT, a man threw a forty ounce bottle, with a fuse attached, into the crowded food court of the Ballston Common mall, in Arlington, Virginia.

Luckily, the bottle shattered without igniting, and caused no injuries.

Three more similar bombs were discovered on the upper level, after the incident.

Investigators say they were all filled with gasoline.

Police arrested a man a few hours later, and are preparing charges against him.

Tunisian Journalists on Strike

Journalists across Tunisia went on strike Wednesday, and have continued it through Thursday.

Headlines still streamed across TV and the radio, but no articles of further information was attached.

At least twelve hundred journalists have been protesting government attempts to further control the media.

The revolt, in the country, earlier this year, brought about an end to the government and it's state media.

Now the new government is accused of trying to regain it's hold on what is presented.

Denver Police Arrest 3 For Murder and Arson at Fero's

Denver police arrested three men, on Thursday, on charges of murder, robbery, and arson.

The three men are accused of robbing Fero's Bar and Grill, murdering five people, and then setting the place on fire afterwards, on Wednesday.

Police believe that the only motive was robbery, are not yet sure why it turned to murder, but remain convinced the arson was an attempt to cover up the murders.

It is believed that everyone, who was present at the bar at that time, was among the victims.

Two of the three suspects have previous histories, whilst the third is one of the other men's brother.

Twitter Bans German Group's Tweets

In cooperation with the police and government of Hanover, Germany, Twitter has blocked tweets from a specific group of people.

However, the tweets are still visible to the rest of the world.

They did this under their new Country Withheld Content feature, which allows for the removal of tweets that would be illegal, in that country.

In this situation the tweets were from a neonazi group that Germany banned from existing, on September 25.

Germany is thankful for Twitter's cooperation, in the matter.

Twitter feels that as the tweets are not blocked in the whole world, they have not infringed upon the freedom of speech or information.

It is the first time that Twitter has officially agreed to block or ban someone, though accusations have been leveled of them doing so before.

Greek Protesters Clash With Police

Around forty thousand protesters marched in Athens, on Thursday, barricading part of parliament square.

Their goal was to protest austerity measures, which are being brought down in hopes of reducing the national debt and restoring the economy.

Led by Communist parties and labor unions, the marchers clashed with heavily outnumbered police, and threw stones, bottles, and gas bombs at them.

Police responded with volleys of tear gas, in an effort to regain control and disperse the mob, before it became a full blown riot.

Three people were reported injured, due to the violence, and a sixty-five year old man died from a heart attack, whilst taking part in the protests.

Ski Season Has Begun

Ski season began on Wednesday, as Arapahoe Basin became the first to open it's slopes.

So far only the one run is open yet, for experience skiers, and none for beginners.

Arapahoe Basin is crediting their snow making teams for ensuring that there would be enough snow for an early opening.

The rest of Colorado's ski slopes plan on opening sometime over the next month.

4 Arrested For Tweets Defaming King of Bahrain

Four men in Bahrain have been arrested for posting Tweets that police say defamed King Hamad.

Security forces also confiscated all of their computers and electronic equipment.

Any form of insult towards the king or any of the royal family, Al Khalifa, is considered illegal, in the country.

Previous perceived insults or derogatory remarks towards the rulers have been met with jail sentences of as much as three months.

Human rights and freedom of speech activists, from around the world, have decried the arrests, as they have done for the previous ones.

New York Joins Meningitis Death List

New York became the sixteenth state to see a death from meningitis, on Thursday.

The national total rose to twenty dead and 254 hospitalized, with an additional three in hospitals due to related joint infections.

All of the meningitis cases came from contaminated anti inflammation shots that were put into the spine, the joint infections came from the same shots that were injected elsewhere.

Seventy-six locations, in twenty-three states, were sent the shots, which were given to as many as fourteen thousand people.

New England Compounding Center made the shots, and has complied completely with government officials who are conducting the investigation.

Investigators are worried that at least two other drugs, made by NECC, may have also been contaminated.

Woman Beheaded For Refusing to Become Prostitute

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A woman in Afghanistan was killed for refusing to become a prostitute.

Twenty year old Mah Gul had refused orders, from her mother in law, to prostitute herself repeatedly over the last few months.

After the latest refusal Mah Gul's mother in law hired a man to behead her.

Najibullah took the job, but says he did so after being told that the young woman had been prostituting herself.

He, the mother in law, father in law, and husband have been arrested by the police.

The mother in law has confessed to having Najibullah kill her daughter in law.

It is unclear why the father in law or husband were arrested.