| U.S. military faces scrutiny over its prostitution policies Posted:  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No one talks tougher against prostitution than the U.S. military. Even in countries where prostitution is legal, military personnel violating a seven-year-old Department of Defense policy against paying for sex face up to a year in jail and dishonorable discharge if caught. Officers and troops are taught about the links between human trafficking and prostitution. They also face country-specific instructions at bases like the U.S. installation in South Korea, where the policy describes prostitution as "cruel and demeaning." But the involvement of U.S. ...
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| Coast Guard recovers body of sailor killed in racing accident Posted: FAIRFAX, California (Reuters) - The Coast Guard has recovered the body of a sailor killed in a racing accident this month off the coast of San Francisco, the San Francisco Medical Examiner's office said on Sunday. Twenty-five-year-old Jordan Fromm's body was found on the Farallon Islands, Christopher Wirowek of the San Francisco Medical Examiner's office said. Coast Guard spokesman Mike Lutz said a biologist working on the islands spotted Fromm's body on Thursday. On April 14, a powerful wave threw Fromm and his crewmates overboard while the 38-foot (11. ... |
| Van plunges into NY's Bronx Zoo, killing seven Posted:  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven people, including three children, were killed on Sunday when an out-of-control van flew over a highway guardrail and plunged more than 100 feet into New York's Bronx Zoo, police said. The van was traveling on the Bronx River Parkway when it lost control, hit the median and crossed back over two lanes of traffic before bouncing over the guardrail, officials said. The vehicle came to rest upside down in an brush-covered area below the parkway that is used by the zoo to store its monorail trains, police said. ...
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| Three killed, one missing in latest California yacht accident Posted:  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least three sailors were killed and one was missing after a yacht racing from California to Mexico apparently collided with a much larger ship, officials said on Sunday. The Coast Guard said a helicopter joined the search for the fourth sailor an hour after dawn on Sunday. "Right now, we're continuing our search and trying to find the person," said Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer 3rd Class Seth Johnson. It was the third racing major accident in the waters off California in recent weeks, and the second to result in fatalities. ...
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| Analysis: Obama falls short of meteoric expectations abroad Posted:  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was not just U.S. Democratic voters who were looking forward to "hope and change" when Barack Obama became the 44th U.S. president. Around the world, many anticipated the United States would behave very differently under the new leader. They wanted to hear less about Americans swaggering and throwing their weight around. Some, perhaps, wanted more talk of U.S.-style freedom and democracy, but not if it meant Washington imposing its will. Few dispute that Obama's election brought with it a noticeable change in tone. ...
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| Trial of baseball ace Clemens set to resume Monday Posted:  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The perjury trial of former ace pitcher Roger Clemens over alleged steroid use is set to resume on Monday with a witness expected to detail why congressional lawmakers wanted to question him.
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| Hundreds rally to back hard-line Arizona sheriff Posted:  FOUNTAIN HILLS, Arizona (Reuters) - As many as 200 activists, some chanting "go Joe, go Joe," rallied in Arizona on Saturday to support Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is facing a federal racial-profiling probe for his police sweeps against illegal immigrants. "Sheriff Joe is one of the very few guys who will enforce the immigration laws across this nation," said Randy Hatch, who used a megaphone to rally supporters of Arpaio at a park in this northeast Phoenix valley city. ...
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| Prize-winning film's Cuban actors to seek asylum in Miami Posted:  MIAMI (Reuters) - A pair of lead actors from a prize winning film about escaping Cuba have emerged from hiding to confirm they are seeking political asylum in the United States. The young Cuban actors went missing last week while en route to the Tribeca Film Festival in New York where they were due to appear at the movie's U.S. premiere. Actress Anailin de la Rua and actor Javier Nunez, cast members of "Una Noche" ("One Night"), broke their silence Friday night in a TV appearance on the Miami-based Spanish language channel America TeVe. ...
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| Coast Guard recovers body of sailor killed in racing accident Posted: FAIRFAX, California (Reuters) - The Coast Guard has recovered the body of a sailor killed in a racing accident this month off the coast of San Francisco, the San Francisco Medical Examiner's office said on Sunday. Twenty-five-year-old Jordan Fromm's body was found on the Farallon Islands, Christopher Wirowek of the San Francisco Medical Examiner's office said. Coast Guard spokesman Mike Lutz said a biologist working on the islands spotted Fromm's body on Thursday. On April 14, a powerful wave threw Fromm and his crewmates overboard while the 38-foot (11. ... |
| Van plunges into NY's Bronx Zoo, killing seven Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven people, including three children, were killed on Sunday when an out-of-control van flew over a highway guardrail and plunged more than 100 feet into New York's Bronx Zoo, police said. The van was traveling on the Bronx River Parkway when it lost control, hit the median and crossed back over two lanes of traffic before bouncing over the guardrail, officials said. The vehicle came to rest upside down in an brush-covered area below the parkway that is used by the zoo to store its monorail trains, police said. ... |
| Three killed, one missing in latest California yacht accident Posted: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least three sailors were killed and one was missing after a yacht racing from California to Mexico apparently collided with a much larger ship, officials said on Sunday. The Coast Guard said a helicopter joined the search for the fourth sailor an hour after dawn on Sunday. "Right now, we're continuing our search and trying to find the person," said Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer 3rd Class Seth Johnson. It was the third racing major accident in the waters off California in recent weeks, and the second to result in fatalities. ... |
| Analysis: Obama falls short of meteoric expectations abroad Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was not just U.S. Democratic voters who were looking forward to "hope and change" when Barack Obama became the 44th U.S. president. Around the world, many anticipated the United States would behave very differently under the new leader. They wanted to hear less about Americans swaggering and throwing their weight around. Some, perhaps, wanted more talk of U.S.-style freedom and democracy, but not if it meant Washington imposing its will. Few dispute that Obama's election brought with it a noticeable change in tone. ... |
| U.S. military faces scrutiny over its prostitution policies Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No one talks tougher against prostitution than the U.S. military. Even in countries where prostitution is legal, military personnel violating a seven-year-old Department of Defense policy against paying for sex face up to a year in jail and dishonorable discharge if caught. Officers and troops are taught about the links between human trafficking and prostitution. They also face country-specific instructions at bases like the U.S. installation in South Korea, where the policy describes prostitution as "cruel and demeaning." But the involvement of U.S. ... |
| Hundreds rally to back hard-line Arizona sheriff Posted: FOUNTAIN HILLS, Arizona (Reuters) - As many as 200 activists, some chanting "go Joe, go Joe," rallied in Arizona on Saturday to support Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is facing a federal racial-profiling probe for his police sweeps against illegal immigrants. "Sheriff Joe is one of the very few guys who will enforce the immigration laws across this nation," said Randy Hatch, who used a megaphone to rally supporters of Arpaio at a park in this northeast Phoenix valley city. ... |
| Prize-winning film's Cuban actors to seek asylum in Miami Posted: MIAMI (Reuters) - A pair of lead actors from a prize winning film about escaping Cuba have emerged from hiding to confirm they are seeking political asylum in the United States. The young Cuban actors went missing last week while en route to the Tribeca Film Festival in New York where they were due to appear at the movie's U.S. premiere. Actress Anailin de la Rua and actor Javier Nunez, cast members of "Una Noche" ("One Night"), broke their silence Friday night in a TV appearance on the Miami-based Spanish language channel America TeVe. ... |
| Bomb defused in Northern Ireland would have caused devastation Posted: BELFAST (Reuters) - Two bombs planted by militant Irish nationalists, including one packed with enough explosives to have killed anyone within a 50-metre (yard) radius, were defused in Northern Ireland on Saturday, police said. The 600-pound (270-kg) bomb, roughly the same size as one used to kill 29 people in the town of Omagh in the single deadliest attack of Northern Ireland's three decades of violence in 1998, was left in an abandoned vehicle in the town of Newry. ... |
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