2008 Woodie Awards
World
Protests bring troops to Tibet, making residents and tourists uneasy
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ZHONGDIAN, China - China blanketed restive Tibetan areas yesterday with a huge buildup of troops, turning small towns across a wide swath of western China into armed encampments. Beijing acknowledged that last week's anti-government protests had spread far beyond Tibet's borders and that police opened fire on protesters.
Osama bin Laden urges holy war instead of peace
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CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden lashed out yesterday at Palestinian peace negotiations with Israel and called for a holy war to liberate the Palestinian lands. A day after a bin Laden audio on a militant Web site threatened Europeans, Al-Jazeera TV broadcast audio excerpts attributed to the al-Qaida leader that urge Palestinians to ignore political parties "mired in trickery of the blasphemous democracy" and to rely on armed might.
Cheney: U.S. and NATO will not let extremists retake Afghanistan
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BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - Vice President Dick Cheney dismissed fears that Afghanistan could slide into a failed state, telling troops on yesterday that the U.S. and NATO allies will not allow resurgent extremists to bully their way back into power. More than 8,000 people died in Afghanistan last year, making it the most violent year since 2001 when the U.
