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- Guantanamo prisoners could soon be on US streets
Lebanon News.Net
The US government is concerned a Supreme Court ruling about the legal rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, could see suspected terrorists walking free.
- Taliban at work again in Afghanistan killings
Lebanon News.Net
At least eight policemen have been in a Taliban insurgent attack on a check post in southern Afghanistan, while three suspected rebels were held for weapons smuggling in the southwest.
- UK top judge gives controversial opinion on Sharia law
Lebanon News.Net
The most senior judge in the UK, Lord Phillips has inflamed an existing controversy by saying that Muslims in Britain should be able to live according to Sharia law.
- Chinese government wants comittment from Dalai Lama
Lebanon News.Net
The Chinese government has told the Dalai Lama they will not hold further talks with him unless he publicly declares that the activists of Tibetan Youth Congress should not disturb the Beijing Olympic Games.
- Obama caught up in Iraq remarks
Lebanon News.Net
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has become a controversial figure almost overnight with his latest comments on Iraq.
- Man jailed for killing baby girl
BBC
An RAF technician who shook his baby daughter to death has been jailed for six years and eight months. Gareth Harries, 25, attacked Chloe, who was eight months old, at the couple's home in 2006...
- Bush to visit China for Olympic ceremony
Lebanon News.Net
US President George Bush has said he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
- Zimbabweans seek refuge at US Embassy
Lebanon News.Net
Around two hundred Zimbabweans have sought refuge at the US embassy in Harare.
- US employees snoop on private celebrity information
Lebanon News.Net
In the US, an internal State Department report suggests celebrities may have had their privacy breached by employees.
- Car bomb explodes near Baghdad morgue
Lebanon News.Net
A car bomb has exploded near one of Baghdad's major hospitals, killing four people and wounding 10.
- London police at a loss to explain shocking murder
Lebanon News.Net
Police in London have been shocked at a frenzied attack on two French students.
- Britain pours more money into Pakistan
Lebanon News.Net
Britain says it will double assistance to Pakistan to secure the trouble-plagued border, which is shared with Afghanistan.
- Opposition supporters arrested in Cuba
Lebanon News.Net
Eight people have been arrested in Cuba, in an action against opponents of the communist government.
- Medvedev says he will end corruption in Russia
Lebanon News.Net
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on says he will establish anti-corruption legislation by next year.
- Family says bulldozer driver not a terrorist
Lebanon News.Net
The family of a 30-year old East Jerusalem man who went amok Wenesday with a bulldozer, killing three people, say he was not a terrorist.
- China obsessed with faked tiger photo
C News
It all started with a farmer, a photo and a claim - a sighting of a rare tiger in the local woods, curled up and staring right at the camera. Little did Zhou Zhenglong know his...
- 50 injured by hooligans
New Zealand Herald
More than 50 people were injured when a bomb went off at an outdoor concert in the Belarusian capital. Officials blamed "hooligans."The blast took place before dawn at the concert in...
- Vets Mull Wins and Losses in Benefits Fight
IPS
You could hear the joy in Patrick Campbell's voice as he reflected on U.S. President George W. Bush's signing Monday of a new GI Bill of Rights for veterans returning...
- BJP ridicules Azads decision to revoke land transfer order
KeralaNext
JAMMU, India: The BJP ridiculed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's justification for revocation of Amarnath land transfer order, saying the decision was highly provocative and...
- SpiceJet shares surge over 7 pc
KeralaNext
Shares of private air carrier SpiceJet surged over seven per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange, amid reports that it is close to finalising a share swap deal with Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher...
- Thousands enlisted to shift green goo
New Zealand Herald
Oly-Whites coach picks his own players over Phoenix trio China's latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world's best sailors are supposed...
- What the Most Seen Photographs Say
IPS
No matter how familiar they become, the photographs depicting abuse at Abu Ghraib prison never seem to lose their ability to shock.These images of humiliation, torture and...
- Special court acquits 34 persons
KeralaNext
MUMBAI, India: The special riots court acquitted 34 persons accused of rioting, stone pelting and assault during the 1992-93 communal clash in Mumbai.
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