- Former Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein is now a U.S. prisoner – U.S. forces captured Hussein last night in a Hideout near his hometown
- An explosion in Pakistan was apparently an assassination attempt against President Pervez Musharaff
- A constitutional convention opens in Afghanistan, with president Hamid Karzail proposing a plan that enhances his own power
- Cuts in police and fire services in California could be coming soon, as the Legislature adjourns for the holidays deciding how to replace four and a half billion dollars in vehicle license fees that were cut by Governor Schwarzenegger