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A Fort Lauderdale multimillionaire has quietly taken a plea deal in a misdemeanor drug case after telling Israeli media that Broward sheriff’s deputies beat him and made anti-Semitic remarks during his arrest.
The spokesman for Zimbabwe’s prime minister says Morgan Tsvangirai is asking other leaders in the region to “rescue” the unity government from which he temporarily withdrew last week.
FORMER local cricketer Don Toft is hoping to catch beer lovers’ attention with two of his real ales.
The Pakistani military moved deeper into South Waziristan on Sunday, hitting Taliban targets with F-16 fighter jets, as troops supported by helicopter gunships climbed higher into the mountainous terrain, according to military personnel and a spokesman for the militants.
Responsible companies are turning to a new concept called application grid, an infrastructure layer beneath the application layer that pools and dynamically provisions the resources, to run their data centres more efficiently.
Share + Oct 19, 2009 5:00 am US/Eastern DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan 1 of 1 Pakistani soldiers search internally displaced civilians, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in South Waziristan, as they arrive at a registration office in Dera Ismail Khan on Oct.
The backers of a $5 million prize celebrating good governance in Africa said Monday they cannot find anyone to award this year.
In a brazen attack on Iran’s military elite yesterday, a suicide bomber killed six Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders and at least 36 others at a gathering of tribal leaders in a southeastern province near the Pakistan border.
A swimming pool in a Warwickshire town is to close for two months for maintenance work.
Rio de Janeiro’s mayor says the city has a tough battle ahead combatting security problems before the 2016 Olympics .
A northern Illinois teacher faces felony charges after allegedly giving two teenage girls marijuana, alcohol and prescription drugs in exchange for work around her home.
Supersized bunnies, tiny cows, and frozen goats -they’re not just for children’s books anymore.
A woman took a stranger’s toddler son over her knee and spanked him three times inside a Salvation Army store after he said something that annoyed her, police said today.
Authorities say a Florida man was charged with driving under the influence after he was spotted riding his motorcycle naked.
Police yesterday morning arrested UBC football news reporter Pornphrom Julakathappa along with four others for participating in ecstasy-taking party in a house in Soi Lat Phrao 93.
PREEMPTIVE STATEMENT:: Although Israel has not officially disclosed the settlement plans, a US spokesman said that they wanted to send a strong signal early on AP, WASHINGTON Sunday, Sep 06, 2009, Page 6 Alarmed by Israeli plans to build new housing units in settlements and dimming prospects for peace efforts, the administration of US President …
BRIEF RESPITE:: Officials said a ceasefire in Saada Province for a humanitarian corridor lasted for only four hours before Shiite rebels and the Yemeni army resumed fighting AFP, SANAA Sunday, Sep 06, 2009, Page 6 A Yemeni military source said yesterday dozens of people were killed or wounded in clashes between Shiite rebels and the army overnight …
Owners of prized seaside properties may face massive losses as insurance policies may not cover future climate change losses By Michael Perry REUTERS, SYDNEY Sunday, Sep 06, 2009, Page 12 Multimillion-dollar properties are pictured close to a wall construction site at south Coogee beach in Sydney, Australia, on Aug.
Thousands of troops, backed by tanks and metal barricades, patrolled the western city of Urumqi yesterday after five people died in protests over a series of bizarre needle attacks that China’s police chief has blamed on Muslim separatists.
A Chinese journalist was checking out a tip that police had discovered a woman s body this week when he was stopped by private security guards who beat him so badly he was hospitalized.
A former U.S. soldier will spend his life in prison for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the slaughter of her family, a judge ruled Friday.
England newcomer Adil Rashid has followed Shane Warne onto the international stage and even uses the Australian’s mentor for advice.
The soldiers patrolling this hamlet racked by insurgent violence measure their progress modestly: Two years ago, when villagers saw them coming, they closed their shutters.
St Petersburg News.Net Saturday 5th September, 2009 India, China, Russia and Brazil have opposed protectionism, while demanding greater say in the global financial architecture and equitable voting rights for emerging economies in institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
The helicopters will be the first to be sent to Mexico under the Merida Initiative, a three-year, $1.4 billion program to train and equip law enforcement to deal with the ruthless cartels, said David Johnson, U.S. assistant secretary for international narcotics and law enforcement.
The race for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death last week of Edward Kennedy got off to a cautious start Tuesday, despite a tight five-month election schedule that leaves little time for campaigning.
Congress wants to subject us to massive tax increases and a health care nightmare with its socialized medicine scheme.
Grassley, who is among three Democrats and three Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee negotiating a health care system overhaul , has been in office since 1956 and seems set to cruise to a sixth term next year.
