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 Gaddafi receives apology from US
Pittsburgh News.Net
The US State Department has apologised over comments made by a State Department official about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.  Letterman blackmailer confesses his crime
Pittsburgh News.Net
A former television producer on the David Letterman show has admitted in a New York court that he tried to extract two million dollars from the famous television compere.  Gay life of US senator revealed
Pittsburgh News.Net
A California state senator has come out as a homosexual after many years as a staunch opponent of gay rights. Massa denies sexually groping male staffer
Washington Times
By Andrew Miga ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, acknowledged Tuesday groping a staffer but denied it was sexu... Judge gets tossed from 44th District City Council race
New York Post
Amid alleged dirty politics, Republican candidate Jonathan Judge was thrown off the ballot Tuesday for the special 44th District City Council election.State Supreme Court Judge Larry Martin ruled that... Angered by U.S. Security, Pakistanis Return as Heroes
International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A tour of the United States arranged by the State Department to improve ties to Pakistani legislators ended in a public relations fiasco when the members of the group refus... Butcher shop shooting solved
New York Post
Butcher shooter bustedInvestigators have arrested one of the men allegedly responsible for last year’s shooting at Romeo Brothers Meats and Foods.Prosecutors said that 36-year-old Andrew Gibson ... Powell vs Towns, take three
New York Post
Is three times the charm for Powell?Political activist, writer and entertainer Kevin Powell will make a third attempt to unseat 24-year incumbent Rep. Edolphus Towns in Brooklyn’s 10th Congressi... US slams new J'lem homes approval
Jerusalem Post
The decision by an Interior Ministry committee to announce approval of plans for some 1,600 housing units in northeast Jerusalem’s Ramat Shlomo neighborhood cast a pall Tuesday night over the visit ... Arms stolen from police facility
Jerusalem Post
Police were reeling on Tuesday from an embarrassing break-in targeting a police facility in the North, in which a number of weapons were stolen overnight Monday by unidentified thieves.A few details o... 'No to cash for draconian moratorium’
Jerusalem Post
A Knesset panel dealt a blow to the freeze on new settler homes on Tuesday, when it rejected a funding request by the Defense Ministry for extra manpower to enforce the decree.Defense Minister Ehud Ba... Biden reassures Israel on Teheran
Jerusalem Post
The US is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, Vice President Joe Biden said in Jerusalem on Tuesday, stressing that when it came to Israel’s security, there was “no space be... Elephant calf alive, despite fears
New Zealand Herald
The calf of an elephant at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, believed to have died in labour, has been delivered alive. Porntip gave birth to the calf this morning, zoo spokesman Mark Williams told AAP. On Mond... Shooting at US university
New Zealand Herald
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A university janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a maintenance building for his early morning shift today and shot two supervisors, killing one of them and fatally shoot... Doctor killed wife with cyanide
New Zealand Herald
An Ohio judge has handed down a life prison term for a doctor convicted of killing his wife with cyanide. Relatives of the victim sobbed and held each other as Yazeed Essa, 41, was sentenced today in... Audacious thief a man of many faces
New Zealand Herald
In a case reminiscent of the character in the Leonardo diCaprio film Catch me if you can, an audacious thief is using a variety of identities to boldly walk into well-protected locations and steal tho... 'Sweatshop' claim halts World Cup toy production
New Zealand Herald
CAPE TOWN - A Chinese factory has halted production of World Cup 2010 mascot toys after an investigation into alleged sweatshop conditions, the merchandise company for world football body FIFA said to... Runaway Prius sparks investigation
New Zealand Herald
EL CAJON, California - Federal officials are sending two investigators to California to determine what caused a Toyota Prius to race out of control on a San Diego-area freeway. A spokeswoman for the ... China wages war on growing corruption
USA Today
China 's northwest, is accused of taking a half-million dollars in bribes over the years from businessmen who needed his approval for their projects. 2nd ex-New Orleans cop charged in Katrina coverup
USA Today
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A second ex-New Orleans officer charged in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina is expected to plead guilty, ... Hospital ship USNS Comfort sailing home from Haiti
USA Today
Lt. Jerri Gram, from Huntsville, Ala., shares a smile with a baby girl during an examination on the USNS Comfort off the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The infant was accompanied by her mother and wa... Ex-MI5 head: US hid torture tactics from UK
The Independent
A former head of MI5 has accused intelligence services in the US of deliberately hiding the mistreatment of terror suspects from their British allies. Baroness Manningham-Buller, giving a lecture in ... Greece pleads with US to stop the speculators
The Independent
Search the news archive for more stories The solution, he insists, lies in tougher joint measures to clamp down on such activities, especially the credit default swaps that played a big role in aggr... 800-year-old shipwreck found in Baltic Sea
The Independent
A dozen shipwrecks that date back centuries – some of them unusually well preserved – have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia an... Man found guilty of blackmailing model Crawford
The Independent
A German man who tried to blackmail supermodel Cindy Crawford using a photo of her bound and gagged 7-year-old daughter was sentenced to two years in jail yesterday. Edis Kayalar, 26, surrend... Somali leader welcomes US military support
The Independent
Somalia's president yesterday welcomed any US military involvement in a long-awaited offensive in his country aimed at driving Islamist rebels from the capital. During a visit to London, President Sh... Two charged over death of British teenager in Goa
The Independent
Two men have been charged with killing a British teenager who was found dead on a beach in India. The semi-naked body of 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling, from Bideford, was discovered on a beach... Where Australia's sharks go to stay looking sharp
The Independent
A pampering session at the beauty salon always works wonders for morale – not just for humans, but also for sharks and manta ray fish. Australian scientists have discovered that these large mari... Irish arrests over 'plot to kill cartoonist'
The Independent
Seven people were arrested in the Republic of Ireland yesterday as part of an international investigation into a conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist whose work has led to death threats from Musl... Gallantry awards to mark brutality of Afghan combat
The Independent
The greatest number of gallantry awards in recent times is expected to be announced next week in recognition of last summer's brutal fighting in Afghanistan. More bravery awards will be posthumous ...
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