Thursday, May 26, 2011

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Egyptian court sentences ex-housing minister to 5 years in prison

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:32 PM PDT

A criminal court in Cairo has sentenced the former housing minister to five years in prison for corruption, a spokesman for Egypt's general prosecutor said Thursday.

Report: Marine never fired on SWAT officers who fatally shot him

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:25 PM PDT

A U.S. Marine who died in a flurry of bullets during a drug raid near Tucson never fired on the SWAT team that stormed his house, a report by the Pima County Sheriff's Department shows.

Death toll rises to 3 in eastern China blasts

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:23 PM PDT

The death toll rose to three Friday following a series of explosions a day earlier at government facilities in the eastern Chinese city of Fuzhou, local officials told CNN.

Experts: Use gay slurs to tackle homophobia in sports

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:18 PM PDT

Gay slurs hurled by three different athletes in the last month is more than just testosterone-fueled temper tantrums, some say.

Lindsay Lohan fitted with ankle bracelet, placed under house arrest

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:13 PM PDT

Actress Lindsay Lohan was under house arrest early Friday, authorities said, after she turned herself in early to begin a sentence for jewelry theft conviction.

Ratko Mladic: Bosnian Serb commander turned fugitive

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:50 PM PDT

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander wanted for crimes against humanity, is a notorious name synonymous with the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the Balkan wars of the 1990s and the bloody assaults on Sarajevo and Srebrenica.

Mladic arrest hailed as 'important day for international justice'

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:49 PM PDT

World leaders and human rights groups celebrated the arrest of former Serbian army commander Ratko Mladic on Thursday, calling it "historic" and "an important step forward."

Bosnia genocide suspect Ratko Mladic jailed in Serbia

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:47 PM PDT

After more than 15 years in hiding, onetime Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic was in a Belgrade jail Thursday night to face charges that he presided over Europe's worst massacre since World War II.

Srebrenica: Worst European atrocity since WWII

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:46 PM PDT

It is now remembered as the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.

Obama urged to reverse policy on no condolence letters for suicides

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:41 PM PDT

A bipartisan group of senators is asking President Barack Obama to change the current "insensitive" policy of not sending condolence letters to families of service members who commit suicide.

Atlanta hospital notifies more than 600 patients about TB exposure

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:33 PM PDT

More than 600 patients and 100 employees at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta have been exposed to tuberculosis after coming in contact with a hospital employee carrying the disease, a hospital spokesman said Thursday.

Clinton to press Pakistanis for greater counterterrorism effort

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:08 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Islamabad on Friday for talks with Pakistani leaders aimed at repairing the relationships between the two countries in the wake of the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Internet giants to G8: Hands off

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:16 PM PDT

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Clinton to press Pakistanis for greater counterterrorism effort

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:41 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived here Friday for talks with Pakistan's leaders aimed at repairing the tattered relationship between the two countries in the wake of the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Investors protect against U.S. default

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:34 PM PDT

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Kim's secretive visit to China a vital one

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:24 PM PDT

North Korean strongman Kim Jong Il rarely travels overseas.

Attorneys for ex-IMF chief say police leaks have tainted trial

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:07 PM PDT

Attorneys for the embattled former chief of the International Monetary Fund delivered a letter to the judge presiding over his sexual assault case Thursday, criticizing the New York Police Department for "feeding the media frenzy" and petitioning the court to stop the leaks about Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Is Hong Kong afraid of Ai Weiwei?

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:59 PM PDT

A man in marble is giving me the finger.

Recall of pool drain covers could mean holiday pool closings

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:53 PM PDT

A government agency is advising thousands of public swimming pools around the United States that they should not open this Memorial Day weekend because of concerns over potentially deadly drain covers.

China acknowledges visit from North Korean leader

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:52 PM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has met in Beijing with Kim Jong Il, the reclusive leader of North Korea, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported Thursday.
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