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Bali bomber warns of al-Qaida attacks if executed

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 03:43 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Islamic militant awaiting execution in Indonesia for carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings has warned that al-Qaida would be 'very likely' to launch revenge attacks if...

Bali bomber warns of al-Qaida attacks if executed

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 03:43 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Islamic militant awaiting execution in Indonesia for carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings has warned that al-Qaida would be 'very likely' to launch revenge attacks if...

South Korea: Japan should give aid to North Korea

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 03:43 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea urged Japan on Wednesday to give North Korea energy and economic aid to help spur progress in negotiations aimed at eliminating the communist nation's nuclear...

South Korea: Japan should give aid to North Korea

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 03:41 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea urged Japan on Wednesday to give North Korea energy and economic aid to help spur progress in negotiations aimed at eliminating the communist nation's nuclear...

Hundreds of same-sex couples wed across California

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 03:37 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Serenaded by a gay men's chorus, showered with rose petals and toasted with champagne, hundreds of tearful same-sex couples got married across the state Tuesday in what some are...

Guantanamo war crimes court back in session

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 03:36 GMT

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - The U.S. war crimes court goes back into session this week as lawyers for defendants look for ways to use a new Supreme Court ruling to derail the prosecution of...

Guantanamo war crimes court back in session

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 03:36 GMT

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - The U.S. war crimes court goes back into session this week as lawyers for defendants look for ways to use a new Supreme Court ruling to derail the prosecution of...

Mexico adopts US-style public trials

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 03:33 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico threw open the doors to its judicial system Tuesday, allowing U.S.-style public trials and creating a presumption of innocence

Mexico adopts US-style public trials

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 03:33 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico threw open the doors to its judicial system Tuesday, allowing U.S.-style public trials and creating a presumption of innocence

Cuban TV shows new images of ailing Fidel Castro

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 03:29 GMT

HAVANA (AP) - Cuban television on Tuesday showed the first images of Fidel Castro in more than five months, broadcasting a silent video of the ailing revolutionary chatting in a garden with visiting...

Cuban TV shows new images of ailing Fidel Castro

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 03:29 GMT

HAVANA (AP) - Cuban television on Tuesday showed the first images of Fidel Castro in more than five months, broadcasting a silent video of the ailing revolutionary chatting in a garden with visiting...

Attorneys to decide bridge victims' compensation

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:57 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Susan Holden built her legal career trying to get everything she could for people hurt in car accidents or by defective products

Security heavy for Olympic flame in China's Muslim region

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:38 GMT

KASHGAR, China (AP) - Hundreds of security personnel lined the streets to head off any disruption as the Olympic torch relay resumed Wednesday in western China's restive Muslim region of Xinjiang

Wedding bells ring for gay couples in California

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:35 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Serenaded by a gay men's chorus, showered with rose petals and toasted with champagne, hundreds of tearful same-sex couples got married across the state Tuesday in what some are...

Wedding bells ring for gay couples in California

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:35 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Serenaded by a gay men's chorus, showered with rose petals and toasted with champagne, hundreds of tearful same-sex couples got married across the state Tuesday in what some are...

John Prescott

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:27 GMT

'Tony had told us to connect with the electorate!' - John Prescott on why he thumped a protester in North Wales after being hit by an egg during the 2001 election campaign

Al Gore

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:27 GMT

'Even our dogs and cats have learned that elections matter. This election matters more than ever because America needs change more than ever' - Former US vice president Al Gore

Noel Clarke

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:27 GMT

'The overriding message is you can walk away from violence ... you do have a choice.' - Young British film director Noel Clarke speaking at the world premiere of his new film Adulthood

Harry Patch

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:27 GMT

'I neither smoke, drink nor gamble. The three sins, leave them alone. I lived for many years amongst the Welsh people, in the mountains. I feel about 50. Fresh air, no petrol and no cars, that's the...

John Smeaton

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:27 GMT

'I am going over to let my hair down, get away from it all and assess my options. Scotland hasn't seen the last of me though - I'll be back' - Former baggage handler John Smeaton, who became an...

Women's prisons reform urged

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 05:34 GMT

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has been urged to carry out reforms of women's prisons set out last year by an official report

Final Parliament test for Treaty

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 05:19 GMT

The controversial Lisbon Treaty reaches its final Parliamentary hurdle - amid claims the deal is already dead

Data scare after Blears' PC stolen

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 07:51 GMT

Hazel Blears is at the centre of yet another data security scare after government officials admitted breaching rules when sending her sensitive documents

Davis to begin freedoms stand

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 05:33 GMT

David Davis is set to kick off his civil liberties campaign for real by officially quitting as an MP

Call to boost dementia funding

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 15:24 GMT

The NHS will not survive the next 20 years unless funding for dementia improves, leading scientists have said in a letter to the Health Secretary

Machine gun killers to be sentenced

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 07:41 GMT

Two gunmen found guilty of killing an innocent schoolboy as he slept in his bed are due to be sentenced for murder

Qatada released from prison

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 04:51 GMT

Firebrand preacher Abu Qatada - once described as 'Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe' - has been released from prison

Fuel prices rise by record margins

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 20:07 GMT

The price of both petrol and diesel at UK pumps rose by record margins over the last month, according to figures

2 teens charged in killings of Minn. mother, son

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:10 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Two teenagers were charged Tuesday in the killings of a woman who was stabbed and cut more than 100 times and her 10-year-old son, who had a television smashed over his head,...

2 teens charged in killings of Minn. mother, son

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:10 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Two teenagers were charged Tuesday in the killings of a woman who was stabbed and cut more than 100 times and her 10-year-old son, who had a television smashed over his head,...

Mugabe threatens opposition arrests

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:06 GMT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Election observers from across Africa are hearing accounts of political violence as Zimbabwe draws closer to a presidential runoff, their spokesman said Tuesday,

Mugabe threatens opposition arrests

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:06 GMT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Election observers from across Africa are hearing accounts of political violence as Zimbabwe draws closer to a presidential runoff, their spokesman said Tuesday,

Tory Chairman to face sleaze probe

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 02:06 GMT

Tory Party chairman Caroline Spelman will face a sleaze inquiry over her use of MPs' expenses to pay a nanny, it was revealed

Voters' call to scrap Lisbon Treaty

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:50 GMT

More than half of voters believe Britain should drop the EU's Lisbon Treaty in the wake of its rejection by Irish voters in a referendum last week, according to a new poll

Gunmen face life for boy's murder

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 00:39 GMT

Two gunmen are facing life sentences for killing an innocent schoolboy as he slept in his bed

Minister's stolen PC 'broke rules'

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:50 GMT

Information on a computer stolen from Cabinet minister Hazel Blears had been sent to her in breach of data protection rules, it was revealed

Mississippi River breaks through Illinois levee

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:45 GMT

GULFPORT, Ill. (AP) - The rising Mississippi River broke through a levee Tuesday, forcing authorities to rescue about a half-dozen people by helicopter, boat and four-wheeler as floodwaters moved...

Agreement ends tanker driver strike

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:41 GMT

A deal to resolve the bitter fuel drivers' pay dispute has been agreed, averting the threat of further strikes

Guantanamo war crimes court back in session

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:30 GMT

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - The U.S. war crimes court goes back into session this week as lawyers for defendants look for ways to use a new Supreme Court ruling to derail the prosecution of...

Guantanamo war crimes court back in session

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:30 GMT

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - The U.S. war crimes court goes back into session this week as lawyers for defendants look for ways to use a new Supreme Court ruling to derail the prosecution of...

DNA sample identifies attacker from 1985 rape case

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:28 GMT

DALLAS (AP) - A DNA sample that freed a wrongly convicted man who spent nearly 23 years behind bars implicated another man already in prison who has confessed to the crime, Dallas County prosecutors...

Olympic torch to reach Tibet Saturday

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:18 GMT

BEIJING (AP) - Organizers of the Olympic torch relay say the flame will reach Tibet on Saturday in a one-day stop that has been shrouded in secrecy

Olympic torch to reach Tibet Saturday

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:18 GMT

BEIJING (AP) - Organizers of the Olympic torch relay say the flame will reach Tibet on Saturday in a one-day stop that has been shrouded in secrecy

Grand Teton marks biggest addition since 1950

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:15 GMT

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Rockefeller family and National Park Service this weekend will quietly mark the single largest expansion of Grand Teton National Park since 1950 - the donation of nearly two...

Grand Teton marks biggest addition since 1950

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:15 GMT

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Rockefeller family and National Park Service this weekend will quietly mark the single largest expansion of Grand Teton National Park since 1950 - the donation of nearly two...

Soldiers put down two-day strike by Guinea police

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:15 GMT

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Shooting erupted as soldiers raided the main police base in the capital Tuesday, putting down a two-day strike by officers protesting working conditions and salaries, witnesses...

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 447

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:01 GMT

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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 447

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:01 GMT

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UC Berkeley takes steps to oust tree-sitters

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 00:59 GMT

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - University of California, Berkeley officials ratcheted up the pressure on a band of tree-sitters Tuesday, sending in teams to cut supply lines and dismantle some living...

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 447

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 00:54 GMT

As of Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at least 447 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the...

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 447

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 00:53 GMT

As of Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at least 447 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the...

Ex-policeman not guilty in death of NY immigrant

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 00:41 GMT

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A former policeman was found not guilty Tuesday in the death of a homeless illegal immigrant who had a long history of arrests in the officer's jurisdiction

Ex-policeman not guilty in death of NY immigrant

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 00:41 GMT

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A former policeman was found not guilty Tuesday in the death of a homeless illegal immigrant who had a long history of arrests in the officer's jurisdiction

Soldiers put down two-day strike by Guinea police

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 00:41 GMT

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Soldiers raided and seized control the main police base in the capital Tuesday, putting down a two-day strike by officers protesting working conditions and salaries, witnesses...

Cuban TV shows new images of ailing Fidel Castro

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 00:40 GMT

HAVANA (AP) - Cuban television on Tuesday showed the first images of Fidel Castro in almost six months, broadcasting a silent video of the ailing revolutionary chatting in a garden with visiting...

Cuban TV shows new images of ailing Fidel Castro

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 00:40 GMT

HAVANA (AP) - Cuban television on Tuesday showed the first images of Fidel Castro in almost six months, broadcasting a silent video of the ailing revolutionary chatting in a garden with visiting...

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