TBS and a marketing company have agreed to pay $2 million and apologize for their ad campaign that caused a terrorism scare. The signs were part of a publicity campaign in Boston for Cartoon Network's "Aqua Teen Hunger Force." They appeared in nine other big U.S. cities but created little interest.
Technicians have assembled two small uranium enrichment units at Iran's underground Natanz complex, diplomats and officials said Monday. The move underscored Tehran's defiance of a U.N. Security Council ban on the program, which can be used to create nuclear arms.
Filthy brown water flooded large parts of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, on Monday. The water forced 340,000 people from their homes and cut off power and clean water in the city, where at least 29 have died after days of torrential rain.
A bone-chilling Arctic cold wave with temperatures as low as 38 below zero shut down schools for thousands of youngsters Monday. The cold also halted some Amtrak service and put car batteries on the disabled list from the northern Plains across the Great Lakes. The cold was accompanied by snow that was measured in feet in parts of upstate New York.
William Matthews of Nashville, Tenn., pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges of possessing the deadly poison ricin along with firearms silencers and explosives. He pleaded guilty under a plea deal with prosecutors to spare himself from life in prison. Matthews was charged after a tip from his estranged wife led law enforcement to search his property.
At least 38 people died in bomb and mortar attacks across Baghdad, Iraq on Monday. Fifteen died as they waited to buy gasoline when two car bombs blew up in quick succession. Seven people died after nightfall when four mortar shells rained down on a Shiite neighborhood.
Foreign policy experts warned British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday that military action against Iran could worsen violence across the Middle East. They urged Blair to persuade the U.S. to hold talks with Tehran. President Bush and other Western leaders have said there are no plans to attack Iran, but the U.S. also warns that military action remains an option.
