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(02/04/08 6:07am)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Tiger Woods birdied his last two holes Sunday to rally from a four-shot deficit and win the Dubai Desert Classic, starting his season with two victories that looked nothing alike.\nOne week after winning the Buick Invitational by eight shots, Woods had to birdie five of his last seven holes for a 7-under 65, then wait to see if Ernie Els could catch him.\nNeeding a birdie on the par-5 18th to force a playoff, Els hit his second shot into the water and made bogey.\n“To go 2-for-2, it’s a pretty good start, isn’t it?” Woods said.\nThis is the third time he has started a season with two straight victories, and it was another sign that the world’s No. 1 player could be headed for a big year. Woods now has won his last four official tournaments, and six of his last seven dating to the Bridgestone Invitational in early \nAugust.\nHe also won his unofficial Target World Challenge by seven shots in December.\nWoods holed a 25-foot birdie on the last hole for a 14-under 274 and a one-shot victory over Martin Kaymer of Germany. Woods had already finished when Kaymer, who won the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship two weeks ago, closed with a birdie-birdie-eagle for a 66.\nIt was a devastating blow to Els.\nThe 38-year-old South African, who has finished runner-up to Woods more times (seven) than any other player, is in the middle of his three-year plan to become No. 1 in the world. He said recently he needed to start winning, and this was the perfect occasion.\nInstead, Els closed with a 71 and tied for third at 276 with fellow South African Louis Oosthuizen. It was the second time in three years that Els hit into the water on the 18th at Dubai and lost to Woods. In 2006, it happened during a sudden-death playoff.\nWoods lost momentum with bogeys on the sixth and ninth holes, but he poured it on along the back nine with seven birdies to capture the Dubai Desert Classic for the second time.\nIt was his 72nd career victory, 62 of those on the \nPGA Tour.
(01/07/08 2:30am)
CAIRO, Egypt – Al-Qaida’s American spokesman called on the terror network’s fighters to greet President Bush with “bombs and booby-trapped vehicles” when he visits the Middle East later this week, according to a video posted Sunday.\nThe rhetoric-packed video also featured the California-born Adam Gadahn tearing up his U.S. passport as part of a “symbolic” protest against Washington and marked the terror network’s first message of 2008.\n“Now we direct an urgent call to our militant brothers in Muslim Palestine and the Arab peninsula ... to be ready to receive the Crusader slayer Bush in his visit to Muslim Palestine and the Arab peninsula in the beginning of January and to receive him not with flowers or clapping but with bombs and booby-trapped vehicles,” Gadahn said in Arabic.\nGadahn, also known as Azzam al-Amriki, was charged with treason in the U.S. in 2006 and has been wanted since 2004 by the FBI, which is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction.\nHe last appeared on a video in August threatening new attacks on foreign embassies.
(10/23/07 2:56am)
A U.S. Navy sailor shot and killed two female sailors early Monday in the barracks an American military base in Bahrain, officials said.\nThe alleged shooter, a man, was critically wounded in the shooting at the U.S. Naval Support Activity base in Bahrain, said a Navy official who was not authorized to release the information to the media and spoke on condition of anonymity.\nIn Washington, a State Department official said initial reports suggested the shooting was the result of a “love triangle.” The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way.\nThe wounded sailor apparently shot himself, the Navy said. The three seemed to be acquainted, “but the extent of their relationships and the details of the shootings are still under investigation,” it said in a statement.\nThe Navy said the shootings, which took place around 5 a.m. and forced the base to close for about an hour, were not terror related and only involved U.S. military personnel.\nThe Navy declined to release the names of those involved, saying their families had not been notified.\n“The incident is under investigation, and it would not be prudent to discuss details at this time,” said Navy spokesman Lt. John Gay.\nBahrain, a tiny island nation on the Persian Gulf, is a U.S. ally and home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, which is responsible for an area of about 2.5 million square miles of water including the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and parts of the Indian Ocean.\nAbout 3,600 personnel work on the U.S. Naval Support Activity base, located just outside Bahrain’s capital, Manama. The base supports U.S. naval ships in the region.
(04/26/07 4:00am)
CAIRO, Egypt – A top Taliban commander said al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was behind the February attack outside the U.S. military base in Bagram, Afghanistan, during the visit there by Vice President Dick Cheney, according to an interview aired Wednesday on Al-Jazeera.\nBin Laden planned and supervised the attack that killed 23 people outside the big U.S. base at Bagram during Cheney’s visit, said Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban’s main military commander in southern Afghanistan who has had close associations with al-Qaida.\n“You may remember the martyr operation inside the Bagram base, which targeted a senior U.S. official. ... That operation was the result of his wise planning. He (bin Laden) planned that operation and guided us through it. The operation was a success,” Dadullah told Al-Jazeera.\nHe did not say how he knew that bin Laden planned the attack, and it was not immediately clear when the interview took place.\nDadullah also insisted that bin Laden was alive and well, according to the interview.\n“Thank God he is alive. We get updated information about him. Thank God he planned operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan,” Dadullah told Al-Jazeera in excerpts that were translated into Arabic.\nThe bombing killed about 20 Afghan civilians, a U.S. soldier, a U.S. contractor and a South Korean soldier outside Bagram while Cheney was meeting with officials inside the base, an attack the Taliban claimed was aimed at Cheney but which officials said posed no real threat to the vice president.\nThe attacker never tried to penetrate even the first of several U.S.-manned security checkpoints at Bagram, instead detonating himself among a group of Afghan workers outside the base.\nThe bearded Dadullah, wearing a black turban and a gray traditional Afghani robe, was interviewed by Al-Jazeera’s correspondent in Afghanistan. In the interview, the Taliban commander was seen sitting on the ground in the middle of a field with some trees.\nIn the video, a man covering his head and face with a white scarf and wearing an ammunition belt can be seen in the background.\nParts of the interview were broadcast on Al-Jazeera’s English and Arabic satellite TV channels and were posted the stations’ Web sites.\nAl-Jazeera, which is based in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, said it planned to show the entire interview later Wednesday. The station declined to provide any more details about the interview.
(02/11/05 4:17am)
CHICAGO -- Before Kanye West and Twista shot to the top of the charts last year, their hometown's hip-hop scene was an unknown underground of artists with huge local followings but no quick route to the national stage.\nThe city's thriving club scene pumped out local celebrities with comfortable local careers.\nBut those hungering for more had to get out of Chicago and go where the management was: New York or Los Angeles.\n"From what I can tell there is no management culture," said Chicago radio deejay John Schauer, aka JP Chill, who hosts a hip-hop show on WHPK. "People would pick their friends or someone they know from their neighborhoods who know nothing about management."\n"When people came by the station from the West Coast and East Coast they always had people, such as managers who are professionals, with them."\nThough a few Chicago artists, like Common, Do or Die and Crucial Conflict, had some mainstream hip-hop success, none received overwhelming attention and recognition until West and Twista seized it last year.\nTheir stardom has turned a spotlight on their hometown hip-hop scene, and the attention could intensify Sunday when West, a producer-turned-rapper who grew up on Chicago's South Side, is up for 10 Grammy Awards, including album of the year for "The College Dropout."\nOnce the domain of New York and Los Angeles, the national hip-hop scene has reached across the country with rappers from the South and Midwest controlling the airwaves and record sales.\nBut while Nelly, Eminem and Ludacris who hail from St. Louis, Detroit and Atlanta, respectively, became superstars, rappers in Chicago remained largely unknown.\n"We have had our share of big-name artists but not on the level of creating a mainstream scene," said David Kelly, a Chicago rapper and president of the record label All Natural, Inc. "It's an underground scene."\nChicago's streets provide inspiration for powerful lyrics, but the city lacks the strong management to sell records, Schauer said. Chicago's underground is so vibrant, though, talented artists can still thrive without the national exposure.\n"People were happy to exist locally and there wasn't much incentive to do anything else," Schauer said. "My guess is in St. Louis there couldn't be 10 people who could make a mini-career off of hip-hop like in Chicago."\nTwista, who maintains a Chicago address, may be the exception. But while the rapper has been making songs for more than a decade, "Kamikaze" was his first on a major label in almost seven years.\nOne of the reasons "Kamikaze" sold more than a million copies last year may have been West, who produced some of the album's songs and was featured along with actor/singer Jamie Foxx on the No. 1 hit "Slow Jamz." The song also gave Twista one of his two Grammy nominations.\nUnlike many rappers, West first made a name for himself as a producer for artists such as Ludacris and Brandy.\n"Kanye West's success has given Chicago artists a platform," said Erik Parker, music editor at Vibe magazine. "He has both the critical acclaim and commercial success, which is important. And now, because there is a potential for record companies to make money off of it, they are starting to get their checkbooks out."\nBump J, whose real name is Terrence Boykin, hopes that new attention to Chicago hip-hop can propel him and other young artists to the top. He may not have put Chicago on the map, but hopes to help keep it there.\n"There's so many rappers in Chicago now, mini-Kanyes, mini-Bumps, mini-Twistas. There's definitely talent here in Chicago," he said. "Everyone has their time to shine and it's definitely Chicago's time"