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Black's Hearing Delayed

Vicky Hunter - Nov 22, 2005 / 2:00 pm | Story: 14042

Conrad Black's arraignment hearing has been put off until Nov. 30 when the former media baron is expected to appear to answer fraud charges, a packed Chicago courtroom heard Tuesday. CBC News
Israel said its warplanes struck in Lebanon on Tuesday in what Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz described as the largest-scale Israeli response to cross-border attacks by Lebanese guerrillas since 2000. CTV News
Australia's conservative Prime Minister John Howard's plans to strip workers of their rights has seen voters turn against him, according to two separate opinion polls published on Tuesday. News24
The U.S. ambassador and the U.S. commander in Iraq had to scramble for cover on Tuesday when insurgents fired a mortar during a handover ceremony at a former presidential palace in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's home town. CBC News
After being held for more than three years in custody, Jose Padilla has been charged with membership in a North American terrorist support cell and with conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim. CNN News
North Korea denounced United States president George W Bush as a "wicked man" comparable to Adolf Hitler, and labelled his advocating democracy a pretext for invading other countries. News24
Waving orange flags and wearing orange scarves against the morning chill, Ukrainians gathered in Kiev's Independence Square on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of their Orange Revolution. CBC News
A student carrying an AK-47 assault rifle opened fire on a schoolhouse in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, killing a teacher and wounding two students, officials said. CNN News
The former vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix was arrested on Monday on charges that he fondled boys and young men and asked them prying questions about their sex lives that he pretended were part of confession. Monsignor Dale Fushek, 53, became one of the highest-ranking priests to be charged in the sex scandal that has engulfed the church. News24
A 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl saw her boyfriend kill her father, then fled the scene with the 18-year-old to "get as far away as possible, get married and start a new life," prosecutors alleged in court papers filed Monday. CNN News