Archive for April 26th, 2008
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
After weeks of hearing testimony, Justice Arthur Cooperman on Friday acquitted three New York police officers of all charges in the killing of an unarmed black man on his wedding day in November 2006.
"The court has found that the i ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Mexican lawmakers protesting a president's energy reform proposal ended their 16-day blockade of Congress on Friday after agreeing on a national debate on the issue.
The lawmakers of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner will visit Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela next week to lobby for the release of Ingrid Betancourt, who has been held hostage by Colombian FARC rebels for six years, his office said Friday.
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Nepal's Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subas Chandra Nembang has endorsed the final plan for logistical arrangements for the Constituent Assembly, due to meet in the main hall of the Birendra International Convention Center in capital Ka ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Four persons including a police officer were injured as a roadside bomb struck their car in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province Saturday, a local official said.
"It was 8:00 a.m. (0430 GMT) when a mine planted by militants hit a ve ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
The Nepali government has decided to provide 100,000 Nepali rupees (1,560 U.S. dollars) as relief to the families of each of those killed during the 10-year conflict, local media reported on Saturday.
According to a report of a lead ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Thailand's ex-Premier Thaksin Shinawatra called on his supporters to rally peacefully, his spokesman Pongthep Thepkanchana said Saturday.
Pongthep said Thaksin urged his supporters not to create conflict with others in the country, ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
A small plane crashed near the Taman Mini resort park in Jakarta Saturday, but the pilot reportedly survived the accident with minor injuries.
"The (pilot) condition is not too bad. He has been sent to the hospital," Jakarta traffic ...
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