WWI veteran dies in France at age 108

WWI veteran diesin France at age 108
BORDEAUX, France -- Rene Moreau, one of seven remaining French soldiers who fought in World War I, has died at the age of 108, a veterans association said Thursday. Veterans were expected to attend a funeral for Moreau on Saturday in the southwestern French town of Angouleme, the Office for War Veterans in the Charente region said. It said he died Wednesday in Angouleme. Moreau was born Sept. 8, 1897, and was drafted in 1916.
AOL hires daughterof Vice President Cheney
DULLES, Va. -- America Online Inc. has hired Mary Cheney, the daughter of the vice president, to a newly created position. Cheney will report to AOL Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis and assist in managing the advertising, e-commerce and search engines considered AOL's core functions. Citing employee privacy Thursday, company officials would not reveal her salary, when she was hired, where she'll work or when she will start. Cheney's r & eacute;sum & eacute; includes stints heading a gay and lesbian outreach program for Coors Brewing Co. and running operations in her father Vice President Dick Cheney's campaign office. She received a graduate business degree from the University of Denver. AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham said Leonsis knows Cheney and hand-picked her for the AOL post.
4 Danish Muslims arrestedon suspicion of terrorism
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Police arrested four Danish Muslims on Thursday on suspicion of belonging to a network planning a suicide terror attack in Europe, officials said. The suspects, all males between 16 and 20 years old, were ordered held in jail while police investigate the allegations, police spokesman Joern Bro said. He said at a news conference that the network had planned to carry out the suicide attack in Europe, but he declined to provide further details. The suspects, who were not further identified, faced a judge in a closed-door hearing late Thursday in Glostrup, a suburb of Copenhagen. Danish media quoted Bro as saying that the arrests in Copenhagen were linked to an investigation in the Balkans in which arrests were made this month.
Associated Press