Monday, January 21 in the news....
- US Presidential candidate Barack Obama called Sunday for unity to overcome the country's problems, Bill Clinton agreed, saying, "It's a good idea from Barack Hussein Obama the middle name being Arabic and of Muslim origin, so yes I support that idea."
- The Pakistani military pounded an extremist stronghold Sunday near the Afghan border where a rebel leader blamed for the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is believed to be hiding, officials and witnesses said. It is believed the rebel leader was stuffed with hay had a pumpkin head and was sitting on a chair dressed in pants and a shirt with 'rebel leader' written on the front. Musharraf vowed to get him.