Maziar Bahari from Newsweek has been released from jail in Tehran after he was held there since June 21st. Iran did not specify why they had released him on bail, but it is believed that the fact he is about to be a father and his mother has been ill may have something to do...
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The release of Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who shoveled both of his shoes at former US President George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference in December of last year, is delayed. Al-Zaidi was...
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Gordon Brown finally broke his silence on the matter of the release of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi. Brown denounced the release, saying he was "angry" and "repulsed" by the decision to release Al-Megrahi and the warm welcome that Al-Megrahi has...
" I became involved with Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi quite by accident. Like many people I had been suffering from Lockerbie fatigue. For me, and for you, I suppose, life had moved on from that horrendous crime...
Michael Norburyhttp://bringhomethepoliticians.comThe following is a comment I posted to a California newspaper's online Op-Ed complaining that the idea being considered to release 27,000 low risk and elderly prisoners was being unfairly opposed citing that just because the...
"The last " Nine staff were originally arrested after the disputed re-election of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the street protests that followed. Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said he is "very glad" at news of the release of Hossein Rassam but said the arrests on...
" Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Rafsanjani has called for the release of people jailed after protesting at the result of the recent election. In his first Friday sermon since the vote, he also said large...
Uncut Press release from SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE GLENN McCONNELL" PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Wesley Donehue | 843.460.7990 STATEMENT BY SENATOR GLENN McCONNELL ...
A twelve year sentence of hard labor was handed down to US journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in North Korea on Monday. " North Korea on Monday sentenced two American journalists to 12 years of hard labor in...
"ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits released Tuesday three teachers they kidnapped last January 23 in this southern port city, officials said. Janette Delos Reyes, Rafael Mayonado and Quizon Frierez were freed around 11:40 a.m. Tuesday at Sitio Binahan, Barangay...
"BAGHDAD - Twenty-two Iraqi men pledged to their sheiks and family members they would abide by the laws of Iraq at a reconciliation ceremony held at Joint Security Station Doura, March 27. The men had been detained...
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Opinion
I have never heard of police taking this approach - charging people who sell illegal drugs that ultimately kill their users. I wonder if this approach could be expanded to include Tobacco companies?
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Alta. teen arrested in connection with party drug...
Fans of the highly anticipated dvd release of the first installement of the vampire series Twilight staring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, lined up at midnight last night for the release of the dvd and...
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What this article doesn't say is how this man was tortured. How he was tied by his wrist with leather straps and hung by them for a week at a time. Or how his genitals were mutilated while he was in custody of this...
Indian cricket team will play a series of matches against Sri Lanka. The Indian side has canceled its proposed tour of Pakistan in the wake of Mumbai terror attack. The Indian team will play a five-match limited overs series next month . Sri Lanka cricket...
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