News 1st Look: Pentagon: Leaked reports not top-secret

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Pentagon: Leaked reports not top-secret

Pentagon: Leaked reports not top-secret
Lawyer in stoning case reportedly in hiding
Spanish region considers bullfighting ban
Guard slain at prison where inmates were let out to kill
Maradona out as Argentine coach
Fidel Castro to publish new book in August
Rebels in Sudan seize helicopter with Russians aboard
Jordanian king, Israeli PM meet
Illegal local brew kills 14 in Kenya
Former Bosnian leader will not be extradited

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:10 PM PDT

U.S. officials from the president down tried to downplay the leak of tens of thousands of documents about the war in Afghanistan, a disclosure experts are calling the biggest leak since the Pentagon Papers about Vietnam.

Lawyer in stoning case reportedly in hiding

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:15 PM PDT

Human rights attorney Mohammed Mostafaei helped bring the world's attention to his client, Sakineh Mohammedie Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two who was set to be stoned to death for allegedly committing adultery in Iran

Spanish region considers bullfighting ban

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:44 PM PDT

The deep-rooted Spanish tradition of bullfighting is under fire in Barcelona and its region of Catalonia, where the regional parliament will vote on Wednesday whether to ban the fights.

Guard slain at prison where inmates were let out to kill

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:10 AM PDT

A guard has been killed at a Mexican prison where authorities say the warden let out inmates at night to commit drug-related slayings, the state-run news agency said. FULL STORY l VIDEO

Maradona out as Argentine coach

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:36 PM PDT

Diego Maradona's contract as coach of the Argentine national soccer team will not be renewed, the spokesman for the Argentine Football Association said Tuesday.

Fidel Castro to publish new book in August

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 01:22 PM PDT

Cuba's Fidel Castro on Tuesday said he would publish a new book in August on the fighting more than 50 years ago between his ragtag rebels and the 10,000-strong army under former dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Rebels in Sudan seize helicopter with Russians aboard

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 12:50 PM PDT

Rebels in the Sudanese territory of Darfur have seized a helicopter with four Russian crew members and five Sudanese passengers, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

Jordanian king, Israeli PM meet

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:02 AM PDT

Jordan's King Abdullah II and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Tuesday in Amman, according to Jordan's state news agency and the prime minister's office.

Illegal local brew kills 14 in Kenya

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:15 AM PDT

At least 14 people died in a Nairobi slum after drinking illegal local brew, which may have been laced with chemicals to make it more potent, a government official said.