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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) – A jury of U.S. military officers sentenced Osama bin Laden’s driver to just 5 1/2 years in prison on Thursday for supporting terrorism, concluding the first U.S. war crimes tribunal since World War Two. Read more
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Osama Bin Laden’s former driver has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison at the first US military trial in Guantanamo Bay. Read more
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It remains unclear what will happen to Hamdan once his sentence is served, since the U.S. military has said it won’t release anyone who still represents a threat. The judge, Navy Capt. Keith Allred, said Hamdan would likely be eligible for the same administrative review process as other prisoners. Read more
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ELEVEN people alleged to have stolen the credit card details of up to 100 million shoppers, including customers of TK Maxx stores in Britain, have been charged in the biggest identity theft case in US history. Read more
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A pill which may “lock in” the benefits of dieting, allowing dieters to return to normal eating without putting on weight, has been discovered by scientists. The inventors also claim that the pill, a dietary supplement called alpha-lipoic acid and widely sold in health food shops, also slows ageing, which is a known effect [...]
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Aug. 7) — Pakistan’s ruling coalition has announced it will seek the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf , cranking up pressure on the U.S.-backed former general to resign. Read more
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An e-mail from British police warning that Madeleine McCann could have been abducted by a Belgian paedophile ring took six weeks to reach detectives in Portugal, it emerged today. Read more
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TUCSON – Four Mexican soldiers crossed into a remote area of Arizona and briefly held a United States Border Patrol agent at gunpoint before realizing where they were and returning to Mexico, US authorities said. Read more
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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Israel’s foreign minister could become the first woman to serve there as prime minister since Golda Meir (Livni already followed in Meir’s footsteps by becoming the second woman to serve as foreign minister). She’s currently leading in polls to take over the Kadima party leadership from the resigning Ehud Olmert. Learn more about Tzipi Livni [...]
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To better understand the determined fury of State Sen. James Meeks—his fiery rhetoric on education funding and proposals to spark city-suburban confrontations—we must look back to spring 2006, when Meeks himself got a schooling he can’t forget. Read more
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7:56am UK, Thursday August 07, 2008 President George Bush has told China that the US stands in “firm opposition” to the way the communist government represses its own people. President Bush [...]
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Rex Features Amy Winehouse will try her hand at being an agony aunt when her father Mitch presents a radio phone-in show next month, according to a report. The troubled star’s dad is standing in for Danny Baker on his BBC Radio London slot on September 1. After hearing that her father had been approached [...]
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Israel is building up its strike capabilities amid growing anxiety over Iran’s nuclear ambitions and appears confident that a military attack would cripple Tehran’s atomic program, even if it can’t destroy it. Read more
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One in three people who are prescribed medications may never get them filled, a new study of patients being treated for skin conditions has found. Read more
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Hillary says her backers need to feel ”voices were heard.” Yet another California campaign fundraiser has produced an unauthorized video making news — this one for Hillary Clinton. The five minute video clip was posted by SimoFish, a PUMA (as in ”Party Unity My Ass”) backer who attended the New York Senator’s July 31 Bay [...]
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In preparation for the Olympic Games that will begin in Beijing on Friday, China’s communist government has ordered residents of the Chinese capital to refrain from spitting and not to ask questions of foreign visitors. It has shut down factories and limited automobile traffic in an effort to reduce air pollution. It has made it [...]
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UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 6 — Russia said Wednesday that Iran should be granted more time to respond to a package of incentives that the United States and five other powerful nations have offered Tehran to freeze its uranium enrichment efforts, a stance that may slow U.S. and European efforts to impose U.N. sanctions on Tehran. [...]
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Yang Jianli, a prominent Chinese activist and exile, was barred from entering Hong Kong yesterday after he arrived from Japan, according to his wife and American contacts he reached by cellphone. Yang, a U.S. permanent resident, had planned to take part in a two-day walk in Hong Kong in support of human rights in China. [...]