Egyptian general: 'Virginity checks' done on protesters

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• Egyptian general: 'Virginity checks' done on protesters
• 'KKK' confronts Westboro protesters
• Generals, soldiers defect from Libya
• Argentinian fights with Libyan rebels
• Afghan soldier kills NATO soldier
• Police: Deputy kills ex, shoots trooper
• Rescuers free injured Tennessee caver
• Vice chair bypassed in Joint Chiefs pick
• Memorial Day brings out Palin, politics
• Obama leads country in honoring fallen

Egyptian general: 'Virginity checks' done on protesters Posted: 30 May 2011 06:46 PM PDT A senior Egyptian general admits that "virginity checks" were performed on women arrested at a demonstration this spring, the first such admission after previous denials.

'KKK' confronts Westboro protesters Posted: 30 May 2011 06:12 PM PDT Protesting members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church were met with an unlikely group of counter-protesters Monday at Arlington Cemetery.

Generals, soldiers defect from Libya Posted: 30 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT Libya's Moammar Gadhafi met with South Africa's president on the same day that Italian officials said eight Libyan generals and more than 100 soldiers defected.

Argentinian fights with Libyan rebels Posted: 30 May 2011 12:51 PM PDT Jose Emmanuel Piaggesi was a teacher in Argentina, but now the piercing staccato of gunfire punctuates his conversations.

Afghan soldier kills NATO soldier Posted: 30 May 2011 02:49 PM PDT An Afghan soldier shot and killed a NATO soldier Monday in southern Afghanistan, high-ranking officials from the country's National Directorate for Security said.

Police: Deputy kills ex, shoots trooper Posted: 30 May 2011 06:12 PM PDT Three shooting incidents -- including one in which a county sheriff's deputy shot dead his ex-wife and another that left a state police trooper wounded -- broke out within less than an hour in western Virginia, police said.

Rescuers free injured Tennessee caver Posted: 30 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT Emergency crews freed an injured caver Monday who fell during a difficult expedition through a remote Franklin County, Tennessee, cave, a county spokesman said.

Vice chair bypassed in Joint Chiefs pick Posted: 30 May 2011 10:44 AM PDT President Obama has chosen Gen. Martin Dempsey, the relatively new Army chief of staff, to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Memorial Day brings out Palin, politics Posted: 30 May 2011 03:52 PM PDT Politicians will be in plentiful supply this Memorial Day as the ramp-up to the 2012 presidential election begins in earnest.

Obama leads country in honoring fallen Posted: 30 May 2011 03:16 PM PDT President Barack Obama led the nation's Memorial Day observances Monday, laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns and declaring that Americans owe "a debt to our fallen heroes that we can never fully repay."

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