An Israeli man is severely injured when his paraglider lands in a minefield near the Syrian border. The man jumped off from a peak in the Golan Heights and sailed east toward Syria and Jordan. He crashed in the middle of the minefield, breaking several bones and injuring his legs. An Israeli army spokesman tells Reuters, "He's in the process of being rescued. "

After King Abdullah of Jordan hosted a dinner in the city of Aqaba Thursday for visiting Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, he decided to chauffeur him Koizumi back to his hotel. Koizumi stated, "I did not think the king himself would take me back to my hotel. "

Even though some kids want to be like Mike, there is one Oregon man that does not. Portland, Oregon resident Allen Heckard is suing both Michael Jordan and Nike founder Phil Knight for $832 million in Oregon's Washington County Court.

Jericho, West Bank (AHN)-The Palestinian man who befriended a 16-year-old Michigan girl through the popular MySpace. com Web site and invited her to join him in Jericho says he is heartbroken by U. S. authorities' decision to send her back home. Abdullah Jimzawi, 20, who is an internet buff who spends at least 10 hours a day on the Internet, says that his love for Katherine Lester, of Gilford, Michigan was pure and they planned to marry. He also decried attempts to portray him as an internet predator.

A 16-year-old girl who flew to the Middle East to see a man she met on MySpace. com was detained in Jordan and is now heading home, according to an FBI spokesman. AP reports U. S. officials persuaded Katherine Lester to take the return flight from Amman, FBI Special Agent Robert Beeckman said from the agency's Detroit office.