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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An attempt to rescue an American photojournalist held captive by al-Qaida in Yemen has failed. A senior Obama administration official tells The Associated Press that militants tried to kill Luke Somers just before the raid, wounding him. U.S. commandos took Somers to a Navy ship in the region where he died. A South African hostage, Pierre Korkie, also was killed. A South African aid group says arrangements had been made to free Korkie tomorrow.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's military is claiming to have killed a high-value terror target during operations in the country's lawless tribal region. The military says soldiers killed Adnan Shukrijumah (SHOOK'-ree-joohm-HAH'). He served as al-Qaida's head of external operations, the same role once held by Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (HAH'-leed shayk moh-HAH'-mehd). Shukrijumah was indicted in the U.S. for his alleged involvement in a plot to bomb New York's subway system. Today's raid in South Waziristan also killed two other suspected militants.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The military is on full alert in the Philippines, as a powerful typhoon hits the country's eastern coast. Haunted by Typhoon Haiyan's (HY'-ahnz) massive devastation last year, more than 600,000 people have fled Philippine villages. The Philippines' weather agency says Typhoon Hagupit made landfall in Eastern Samar province with maximum sustained winds of 109 miles per hour and gusts of 130 mph.
WASHINGTON (AP) — New racial profiling guidelines to be released by the Obama administration would exempt agents from the Homeland Security Department who do border checks and screen passengers at airports. But the new rules would restrict the ability of the FBI and other Justice Department law enforcement agencies to take into account religion, national origin and other characteristics. The revisions are expected to be released within days.
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's a big funeral in Washington today for "Mayor for Life," Marion Barry. Political and civil rights leaders are expected to join thousands of Washington residents to give the mayor a send-off at the Washington Convention Center, capping three days of memorial events. Barry was the most famous and influential politician in 40 years of self-rule in the District of Columbia. Barry died on Nov. 23 at age 78.
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