Los Angeles Times | Dugard, 2 girls seemed normal, some say USA Today To some people who had contact with them, Jaycee Lee Dugard and her two daughters led seemingly ordinary lives that gave little hint of the squalid conditions in which they lived. Dugard helped Phillip Garrido, ... Kidnap suspect: Mind control helped stop my sexual urges Bone fragment found as California kidnap probe expands Why did Jaycee stay? |
CBS News | Interrogations Probe Is Political, Cheney Says Washington Post Former vice president Richard B. Cheney on Sunday condemned the Justice Department's decision to investigate suspected CIA prisoner abuses, reiterated his claim that enhanced interrogation techniques worked in revealing terror plots, ... Cheney lashes out at Obama administration Cheney C » |
BBC News | Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington, beside brothers The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was laid to rest Saturday night alongside slain brothers John and Robert on h » |
guardian.co.uk | Coalition Launches Petition Drive to Quickly Replace Kennedy Washington Post A coalition of liberal groups is urging Massachusetts political leaders to honor one of the last wishes of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy by changing state law to » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Kidnapped California girl found 18 years later Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California girl abducted at age 11 in 1991 has been found alive, police said on Thursday, adding her kidnapper apparently fathered two children with her and kept » |
Can anyone in the Senate match Ted Kennedy's clout? CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Filling Edward "Ted" Kennedy's shoes in the Senate, analysts note, will be a nearly impossible feat as Congress tackles health care reform legislation -- an issue close to Kennedy's heart. Kennedy, who passed away ... Ted Kennedy, Liberal Lion Of the Senate |
Malaysia Star | Prosecutor to investigate CIA interrogations CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder has asked federal prosecutor John Durham to examine whether CIA interrogations of suspected terrorists were illegal, the Justice Department said Monday. President Obama wants the FBI to question terror ... Holder's Pick for CIA Investigation Known as Tough, Diligent Holder Names Prosecutor to Examine Abuse Cases SCENARIOS-Opening the CIA interrogation box |
guardian.co.uk | An Obama family vacation at Martha's Vineyard Los Angeles Times No staycation for the first family, who plan some private time-off at 28-acre Blue Heron Farm. Still, the president won't pause in his work on healthcare reform. By Christi Parsons Reporting from Providence, RI - President Obama heads to the island ... Obama family arrives on Cape Cod Vineyard Vacation: Obamas Plan Later Arrival to Avoid Hurricane Bill Martha's Vineyard Abuzz For Obama Family Vacation |
Los Angeles Times | Gordon Brown in new storm over freed Lockerbie bomber guardian.co.uk Gordon Brown faced fresh questions tonight after it emerged that he discussed with Colonel Gaddafi detailed conditions for the Lockerbie bomber's return nearly six weeks ago, while senior Labour figures warned of an economic backlash from angry ... FBI chief: Bomber's release 'a mockery' FBI director blasts release of Lockerbie bomber FBI director outraged by Lockerbie bomber release |
BBC News | London Condemns Reception Lockerbie Bomber Received in Tripoli Voice of America The British government has condemned the hero's welcome Libya gave to the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing in 1988. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says it was deeply upsetting for the loved ones of the 270 victims of ... Lockerbie Bomber Arrives in Libya After Release |
guardian.co.uk | Families outraged at Pan Am 103 bomber's release CNN International (CNN) -- Victims' family members and advocates are grieving anew as the only man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland -- which killed 270 people -- was released Thursday from a British prison. ... Scotland Lets Lockerbie Convict Return to Libya Lockerbie bomber arrives in Libya Obama: no hero's welcome due Lockerbie bomber |
Washington Post | Violence, graft overshadow Afghan elections CNN An Afghan woman in a burqa veil holds up a photograph of President Hamid Karzai. An incumbent president and 38 ch » |
USA Today | Hurricane Bill Strengthens in Atlantic as Storm Ana Weakens Bloomberg Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Bill is poised to grow into a major storm as it heads toward Bermuda later this week, while tropical depression Ana may dissipate today in the Caribbean, the National Hurricane ... Storm Season Unleashed: Claudette Hits, But Bill Could Pack a ... Florida News Preview Nation Digest: Tropical Storm Claudette Threatens Florida Coast |
Washington Post | Myanmar Releases American Prisoner New York Times BANGKOK â€" An American man who was sentenced to seven years of hard labor last week for intruding into the home of the pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was released Sunday and left the country together with a visiting American ... Webb Wins Release of US Activist, Urges Freedom for Suu Kyi Webb Visit May Offer Opening With Burma US senator concludes Myanmar visit |
Telegraph.co.uk | Huge car bomb kills 7 near NATO headquarters in Kabul Los Angeles Times Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan - Insurgents struck at the main symbol of the Western military presence in Afghanistan today, killing at least seven people and injuring nearly 100 others in a massive car bombing five days before ... Car Bomb Explodes in Kabul Outside NATO HQ, Near US Embassy Taliban claim blast at NATO base in Kabul Blast in Kabul kills 7, injures dozens |
Telegraph.co.uk | FAA Suspends Two Control Tower Employees after Hudson Crash WNYC NEW YORK, NY August 14, 2009 â€"The Federal Aviation Administration has suspended an air-traffic controller who was handling the sm » |
Seattle Post Intelligencer | Analysis: Health care debate a long-running story The Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, NC â€" President Barack Obama's campaign for a health care overhaul is an intense inst » |
BBC News | Myanmar's Suu Kyi found guilty in security case Reuters YANGON (Reuters) - A court in army-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty to 18 months in detention for violating an internal security law, a ruling certain to anger the West and further isolate the ... Suu Kyi Sentenced to 18 Months House Arrest |
BBC News | "Three amigos" summit dominated by swine flu, trade Reuters GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada gather on Monday to present a united front to try to limit the spread of the H1N1 swine flu, but there is less unity on ... US, Mexico Clash On Trade, Drugs Obama Promises ! Calderon Solution to US-Mexico Trucking Spat Backgrounder: Previous North American Leaders' Summits |
FOXNews | Sotomayor, veteran judge, is rookie on high court The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" Sonia Sotomayor has gained admission to the Marble Palace. Now she has to figure out how the Supreme Court works. When do you speak up? How do you find your way around a building torn apart by renovation? If someone knocks at the door ... Sotomayor won't have sway right away Friends: Justice Sotomayor Has a Fun Side Sonia Sotomayor sworn in as Supreme Court justice |
Telegraph.co.uk | On sidelines, Hispanics cheer Sotomayor USA Today By Brian Harkin for USA TODAY By Javier Gonzalez, for USA TODAY At the moment of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation as the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court, Carmen Garcia cried, hard. She was one of several women at the FB Lounge in New York City's ... Sotomayor Vote Makes History Without Changing Court's Balance NYC Latinos celebrate Sotomayor confirmation Vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor shows divisiveness |
BBC News | Analysis: Bill Clinton as a diplomatic fix-it man? CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It was a heartwarming sight: Laura Ling and Euna Lee landing on US soil and being reunited with their families. To their elation of their families, Bill Clinton returned to the US with journalists Laura Ling and Euna ... BILL CLINTON'S NETWORK: Special Contacts Aided Release Clinton's Surprise Visit To North Korea Marks New Ch » |
