4 activists detained in Beijing for Tibet banners |
| | | Police detained four activists Wednesday after they unfurled "Free Tibet" banners outside the Beijing National Stadium, site of the Olympic Games' opening ceremony later this week, a pro-Tibet group said. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Military jury convicts bin Laden's driver |
| | | A jury of six military officers at Guantanamo Bay reached a split verdict Wednesday in the war crimes trial of a former driver for Osama bin Laden, clearing him of some charges but convicting him of others that could send him to prison for life. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad |
| | | Attention, America: Paris has spoken. Paris Hilton, the blonde, doe-eyed celebrity thrust into the presidential campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, issued a tart rebuttal Tuesday, albeit in a scantily clad, tongue-in-cheek kind of way. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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UK insurer Standard Life 1H profit up 54 percent |
| | | British insurer Standard Life PLC reported a 54 percent rise in first-half net operating profit Wednesday, boosted by one-off gains from a deal to reinsure annuity liabilities and cut the financial risk posed by Britons living longer. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Rockefeller attorney denies link to Calif. case |
| | | The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed Tuesday it was sending two homicide detectives to Boston to interview a mysterious father accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a visit in Boston. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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FBI used aggressive tactics in anthrax probe |
| | | Before killing himself last week, Army scientist Bruce Ivins told friends that government agents had stalked him and his family for months, offered his son $2.5 million to rat him out and tried to turn his hospitalized daughter against him with photographs of dead anthrax victims. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Mexico condemns Texas execution of Mexican man |
| | | Mexico's government condemned Texas' execution of Jose Medellin despite a world court order to review the case, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Coup under way in Mauritania: president's office |
| | | Mauritania's presidential spokesman said Tuesday renegade army officers have staged a coup, detaining the desert nation's president after he fired the country's top four military officials. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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McDonald's Defies Credit Crunch |
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McCain opposes farm policies popular in Midwest |
| | | Republican presidential candidate John McCain opposes the $300 billion farm bill and subsidies for ethanol, positions that both supporters and opponents say might cost him votes he needs in the upper Midwest this November. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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State pension fund chief getting bonus |
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List of deadliest US firefighting incidents |
| | | The helicopter crash that is believed to have killed eight firefighters Tuesday would rank among the deadliest incidents involving firefighters in the U.S. in the past 30 years. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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New arrest regarding killing of French students |
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Ivins kept troubles mostly hidden from friends |
| | | As federal authorities revealed evidence of their case against suspected anthrax killer Bruce Ivins on Wednesday, family and friends of the Army microbiologist gathered to remember the charmingly eccentric, though obviously troubled, man they knew. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Latest decrees by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez |
| | | The decrees declared by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez: -- Establish civilian militias critics fear will evolve into Cuban-style community groups used to monitor and prevent "counterrevolutionary" activities. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Red Sox' Ortiz still playing despite tender wrist |
| | | Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was in the lineup Tuesday one night after he heard a click in his left wrist while batting in the ninth inning. Ortiz grounded out to first in his final at-bat in Boston's 4-3 loss at Kansas City on Monday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 496 |
| | | As of Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, at least 496 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Agents accidentally shot while gun being holstered |
| | | Two federal agents wounded in an accidental shooting at the federal courthouse were shot when a U.S. Marshal's gun went off as he was trying to holster it, federal authorities said Tuesday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Mass. Turnpike chief denies ethics charges |
| | | Former Massachusetts Turnpike Authority chairman Matthew Amorello is defending himself against conflict of interest allegations, telling the State Ethics Commission he did nothing to change rules on buying back unused sick time. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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