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Three US defense contractors held hostage for more than five years by leftist rebels in Colombia are in good shape and have proved to be very resilient, the US military said Thursday.

More4 News discovers members of a US religious sect are making headlines for what they wear.

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak and army chief Gabi Ashkenazi will travel to the United States later this month for talks on US military aid to the Jewish state, public radio said on Thursday.

The dollar rose sharply Thursday after a US labor market report that was not as bad as feared and indications that a European Central Bank rate hike may be the last for some time.

Bahrain, a close US ally, announced on Thursday that it has appointed a Jewish woman as its ambassador in Washington, a first for an Arab country.

In international news:Three US military contractors are back in America and

US Ambassador to Italy Ronald Spogli on Thursday vouched for the purity of the famous Tuscan wine Brunello di Montalcino, hit by suspicions of tampering to please the American palate.

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Wednesday said his country might consider suggestions of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on opening an US interest section in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported.

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LAHORE: The US can take military action in Pakistan or Afghanistan if it finds concrete evidence of Osama Bin Laden, US army chief Admiral Michael Mullen said on Wednesday. He told a briefing that the US would not compromise Pakistan’s sovereignty, Geo News reported.

Today was kind of a rough news day here in Seattle. Even Jesus Obama let us down a little bit today by announcing he's going to expand Bush's faith based programs . Meanwhile, California's talking about letting everyone have pot , whereas our own local officials are limiting the access even sick people get to good weed in Washington. Before we pack it up and head home for the day, we ...

For those living in Budapest, tonight could be the only chance to see the current greatest living Hungarian -and last surviving Ramone - on Hungarian soil, when Tamás Erdély (hopefully) gets behind the drums at Zöld Pardon. Better known as Tommy Ramone, Erdélyi ranked second greatest living Hungarian at the now defunkt Matula Magazine. But that was in the days before the death of Ferenc Puskás, which, in the absence of any up-and-coming great Hungarians, must make him current numero uno. What's more, this is also the one-time drummer's first visit to Hungary since his parents took him to Queens as a child in the 1950s. As for much of his career, Tommy will play second fiddle to the band, Ramones Mania, a Hungarian tribute to the legendary New York punk outfit. But hey ho, who cares, entry to ZP is, as always, just Ft 200 (€0.80)!

From what we assume to be the same anonymous tech-type who sent us this comes the following: Just browsing some knowledge management websites and tried out 'TrueKnowledge.com' for the query on Hungary as to local languages. Result, "We don't know of any significant written languages for the specified geographical area." That's a pretty mean assessment of Hungarian. Not sure what all this means, but in case you are wondering, "ouch" in Hungarian is aúú.

From our anonymous tipjar, an "e-video" touting a ".hu" website explaining how it can help users earn big bucks (bux) on the Internet. Unfortunately, the secret was blatant "click-fraud." Less unfortunately, the clever entrepreneur seems to have been shut down. Oh well, there's always stolen credit-cards, burglary and working for the government…

Carpenter Technology Performs $115 Million Improvement on Pennsylvania Steel Mill, an Industrial Info News Alert

Relatives of the three US men rescued from the left-wing Farc rebels in Colombia, express joy at their homecoming.

BHEL-GE Consortium Wins $550 Million EPC Contract for 740-Megawatt Power Project in India, an Industrial Info News Alert

Seagate Technology has announced a £120m investment in its Springtown plant in Londonderry - good news that will be doubly welcome after last year's announcement by the US firm that Seagate in Limavad..

Ingrid Betancourt woke up, as always, at 4 a.m., for another numbing day in her seventh year of rebel captivity deep in Colombia's jungle. The former presidential candidate listened to news of her mother and daughter over the radio then was told to pack by her guerrilla captors — helicopters were coming.