ABC's Woodruff, Vogt stable after bombing
BAGHDAD, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- ABC News co-anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt were in stable condition after undergoing surgery in Iraq Sunday.
The men were severely injured in a bombing attack near Taji, Iraq, but were treated quickly at the U.S. military hospital in Balad, about a 20-minute ride from Baghdad, ABC said.
Both suffered head injuries. Woodruff had shrapnel wounds and Vogt was hit by shrapnel in the head and suffered a broken shoulder, the network said.
Both were wearing body armor, helmets and ballistic glasses at the time of the bombing.
Woodruff, Vogt and a four-man broadcast team were traveling in a convoy with Iraqi security forces, ABC reported. They had been embedded with the 4th Infantry Division but were in an Iraqi vehicle when an improvised explosive device was detonated. The explosion was followed by small arms fire.
ABC said the news team initially had been traveling in a U.S. armored vehicle, but had transferred into the Iraqi vehicle.
The U.S. military said it would conduct an investigation of the attack.
Woodruff was on assignment in Iraq and planned to broadcast from there this week for the State of the Union address.
Woodruff was named co-anchor of ABC News' "World News Tonight" earlier this month.
He also contributes reports to "Nightline" and other ABC News broadcasts. Most recently he covered the presidential campaign of Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.
Bush: No aid for a violent Hamas
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush said in an interview broadcast Sunday the United States will not give aid to a government led by a violent Hamas party.
"We won't give help to a government that wants to destroy our friend and ally," Bush told CBS News' "Face the Nation" in a reference to the Hamas platform, which calls for the destruction of Israel.
Hamas won a surprising victory in elections for the Palestinian Authority parliament last week, toppling the ruling Fatah party.
"I don't see how you can be a partner in peace if you don't give up violent intentions," Bush said.
The president also defended his decision to approve a plan that lets the National Security Agency eavesdrop without warrants on international communications in the United States if they appear to involve terrorists.
Bush said he checks in occasionally on former President Bill Clinton. He called Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. -- a possible 2008 presidential contender -- "formidable" but said his focus was on the 2006 congressional elections.
The interview was videotaped Friday at the White House.
M15 running out of leads in bombings
LONDON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A leaked document reveals that despite months of investigation, MI5 has discovered almost nothing about the July 7, 2005, bombings in London.
The Sunday Times of London reports a secret report for Tony Blair and senior ministers states: "We know little about what three of the bombers did in Pakistan, when attack planning began, how and when the attackers were recruited, the extent of any external direction or assistance and the extent and role of any wider network."
The eight-page report by Britain's Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre concedes MI5 does not know whether the attacks of July 7 and July 21 were linked or if they were directed by al-Qaida chiefs.
M15's lack of progress has angered victims' relatives and survivors of the July 7 attacks that killed 56 people, including four suicide bombers.
Rachel North, who was injured in the King's Cross bombing, said: "I am disappointed that they have not come up with any real leads. Most of the survivors want to know not just what happened but why it happened. This absolutely underlines the need for a transparent, independent public inquiry."
Report: Global warming soon irreversible
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- There is growing concern that global warming, if left unchecked, will reach a point of no return within just decades, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
James Hansen, who directs NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies, confirmed that 2005 was the warmest year on record, surpassing 1998.
Earth's average temperature has risen nearly 1 degree Fahrenheit over the past 30 years, and another increase of about four degrees over the next century would "imply changes that constitute practically a different planet."
"It's not something you can adapt to," Hansen told the newspaper. "We can't let it go on another 10 years like this. We've got to do something."
There are three specific events scientists fear. They are ongoing widespread coral bleaching that could damage the world's fisheries within three decades; a dramatic sea level rise by the end of the century, and a shutdown of the ocean current that moderates temperatures in northern Europe.
The rising sea level would claim the bottom third of Florida, and drive the coast well into New York City as far as Greenwich Village, the report said.
