At least 10 dead in violent Honduran land dispute
Monday, August 4th, 2008Hundreds of Honduran squatters angry over a long-standing land dispute attacked the home of a local police official, killing …
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Archive for August 4th, 2008
Silvio Berlusconi puts troops on Italian city streets
Monday, August 4th, 2008Gun toting troops took to the streets across Italy to the stunned surprise of tourists as the government began a tough clampdown on street crime and illegal immigration.
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Changing lug nuts not a war crime, jury told
Monday, August 4th, 2008GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden’s driver performed vital services that enabled “the world’s most dangerous terrorist” to launch attacks, a prosecutor told jurors before they began deliberations on Monday in the first U.S. war crimes trial at Guantanamo.
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Jury begins deliberations at first Gitmo trial
Monday, August 4th, 2008A jury is deliberating the verdict for Osama bin Laden’s former driver at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial.
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Angola to hold elections every 4 years: president
Monday, August 4th, 2008LUANDA (Reuters) - President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said on Monday oil-rich Angola would have parliamentary elections every four years, after holding its first national vote for 16 years on September 5.
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HIV-positive migrants accuse U.S. of neglect
Monday, August 4th, 2008Olga Arellano sobs as she recalls how her HIV-positive daughter spent two months succumbing to infections in a U.S. migrant detention …
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Angola to hold general elections 4-yearly: president
Monday, August 4th, 2008LUANDA (Reuters) - Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said on Monday that the oil-rich nation would have parliamentary elections every four years after holding its first national vote in 16 years on September 5.
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Putin says Solzhenitsyn death is loss for Russia
Monday, August 4th, 2008MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin led tributes on Monday to the late Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel literature laureate and prominent dissident of the Soviet era, saying his death was a loss for all of Russia.
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At least 9 dead in violent Honduran land dispute
Monday, August 4th, 2008The Honduran government on Monday sent federal police to investigate the killings of at least nine people in a long-standing …
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Sharif sees decisive talks for Pakistan coalition
Monday, August 4th, 2008LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif said a meeting set for Tuesday with the head of the ruling party, Asif Ali Zardari, should be decisive for the future of their fractured four month-old coalition.
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