World News Archive09-Jan-2006
ANKARA, Turkey ? A court has approved the release of the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, saying he completed his prison term in Turkey, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported Sunday. The debut last week of news broadcasts led by Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff was just the latest development in an improbable 13-month odyssey. ANKARA, Turkey ? Mehmet Ali Agca shocked the world with his assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, but his motive for the attack _ and whether he had help _ remains shrouded in mystery nearly 25 years later. ANKARA, Turkey ? A court has approved the release from prison the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, saying he completed his sentence for crimes he committed in Turkey, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported Sunday. ANKARA, Turkey ? The man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 will be released from a Turkish prison as soon as Monday after completing his sentence for crimes committed in his homeland, a news agency reported Sunday. CARACAS, Venezuela ? The American singer and activist Harry Belafonte called President Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world" on Sunday and said millions of Americans support the socialist revolution of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. JERUSALEM ? Like nearly everything in Israel, Ariel Sharon's condition touches both the hard-edged logic of the secular world and the vagaries of faith. SurfControl , the world leader in enterprise threat protection, today announced Newport News Public Schools is helping to protect more than 38,000 students and teachers from malicious Internet threats using the newest release of SurfControl Web Filter for Check Point FireWall-1®. BEIJING, Jan 9 (Bernama) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Monday there remains a relatively big gap between the overall scientific and technological level of China and that of the world advanced level, China's Xinhua news agency reported. ANKARA, Turkey ? The man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 will be released from prison this week after a court decided he had completed his sentence for the attack on the pontiff and other crimes _ a ruling that took the Vatican by surprise.
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