Death-row prisoner gets pregnant in solitary (Reuters)

" 1 hour, 46 minutes ago HANOI (Reuters) - A death-row inmate held in solitary confinement in Vietnam for almost a year is pregnant and is seeking a pardon to give birth, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper quoted a police doctor as saying tests...

What Maf54 Said To The Page Boy

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Who's Representing You In Our Nation's Capitol?

There are 100 U.S. Senators (two from each state) and 435 seats in the House of Representatives. The number of House Representatives each state has depends on that state's population. The House and the Senate together are called Congress. They make up the legislative,...

Inmate has victim's name tattooed on him (AP)

" EVANSVILLE, Ind. - An inmate serving a life sentence for molesting and murdering a 10-year-old girl named Katie was apparently forcibly tattooed across the forehead by a fellow prisoner with the words "KATIE'S REVENGE," authorities say. Anthony Ray Stockelman, 39, was...

March 27, 1941 -- Takeo Yoshikawa arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii

Takeo was the Japanese spy inside Pearl Harbor. On December 6, 1941, Takeo sent his final message: *No barrage balloons sighted, Battleships are without crinolines. No indications of air or sea alert wired to nearby islands. Enterprise and Lexington [aircraft carriers]...

Teenager Held Prisoner 8 Years Calls Captor 'Part Of My Life'

"An Austrian teenager who spent eight years in a dingy underground cell until her dramatic escape last week on Monday defended her captor as "part of my life" and insisted she didn't miss anything during her long ordeal. In remarks read to reporters by a psychologist,...

Italian tourist seized in Niger says not prisoner

"DAKAR (Reuters) - An Italian tourist seized by a Saharan rebel group on the border between Niger and Chad told Reuters on Wednesday he was no longer a prisoner but was seeking a safe way to leave the rebels' remote desert hideout."

UN chief on Lebanon truce mission

"UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for talks aimed at shoring up the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Mr Annan will meet Lebanese leaders for discussions on the planned deployment of 15,000 UN peacekeepers."

Gaza converts' dilemma - Die Welt

"'s Weblog Gaza converts' dilemma Two new Muslims emerged from captivity today: cameraman Olaf Wiig, 36, and journalist Steve Centanni, 60. Their jailors, the Holy Jihad Brigade, had taken them prisoner on 14 August to bargain for the freedom of Moslem prisoners held in the...

Immigration front lines start inside county jails

Deporting the most dangerous criminals who are in the country illegally.

Manhunt underway after Montreal prisoner escape - CBC Montreal

" Last Updated: Wednesday, August 2, 2006 | 11:11 PM ET CBC News A manhunt was launched Wednesday afternoon after a prisoner escaped from a bus on his way to the Montreal courthouse. Sylvain Hamel, 35, reportedly escaped by using his feet to break a window of the patrol wagon...

Communities Following Hazleton's Lead

"A community in Carbon County is looking to take a page out of Mayor Lou Barletta's book in Hazleton. Nesquehoning is considering a measure to crack down on illegal immigrants, as Hazleton has done."

Migrants' advocates look to '07 for reform

"After organizing major street protests in Phoenix to focus attention on immigration reform, several key Valley immigrant advocates have given up hope Congress will be able to strike an election-year compromise."

Arizona Indymedia News

Occasional source of news about illegal immigration.