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Liberia’s Taylor jailed for 50 years

TruthNews.US - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
AFP | Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Can we get that court to review U.S. leaders as well?

UK's top court backs extradition of WikiLeaks boss

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Supreme Court has endorsed the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, bringing the secret-spilling Internet activist a big step closer to prosecution in a Scandinavian court....

Egyptians rally against Mubarak-era candidate

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
CAIRO (AP) -- Thousands of people took to the streets in cities across Egypt on Friday to demand that Ahmed Shafiq, a former senior official in Hosni Mubarak's ousted regime, be disqualified from next month's presidential runoff....

Computer virus briefly hits Iran's oil industry

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's key oil industry was briefly affected by the powerful computer virus known as "Flame" that has unprecedented data-snatching capabilities and can eavesdrop on computer users, a senior Iranian military official said Wednesday....

Israel's Barak: Weigh 'unilateral action'

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's defense minister abruptly proposed Wednesday that Israel consider "unilateral action" if long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians don't produce a deal - suggesting Israel may be thinking of withdrawing on its own from parts of the West Bank, as it did from the Gaza Strip seven years ago....

South Africa's Mandela celebrates party's 100th

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Nelson Mandela's African National Congress brought its centenary celebrations to his home village in rural eastern South Africa Wednesday....

South Africa's Mandela celebrates party's 100th

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Nelson Mandela's African National Congress brought its centenary celebrations to his home village in rural eastern South Africa Wednesday....

South Africa's Mandela celebrates party's 100th

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Nelson Mandela's African National Congress brought its centenary celebrations to his home village in rural eastern South Africa Wednesday....

Pope breaks silence over Vatileaks scandal

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI broke his silence Wednesday over the leaked documents scandal that has convulsed the Vatican, saying he was saddened by the betrayal but grateful to those aides who work faithfully and in silence to help him do his job....

Pope breaks silence over Vatileaks scandal

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI broke his silence Wednesday over the leaked documents scandal that has convulsed the Vatican, saying he was saddened by the betrayal but grateful to those aides who work faithfully and in silence to help him do his job....

Pope breaks silence over Vatileaks scandal

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI broke his silence Wednesday over the leaked documents scandal that has convulsed the Vatican, saying he was saddened by the betrayal but grateful to those aides who work faithfully and in silence to help him do his job....

Oil falls to near $89 as Europe's economy falters

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
Oil prices fell to near $89 a barrel Wednesday as Spain's escalating financial crisis renewed focus on Europe's sputtering economy and its dragging effect on global crude demand....

Azerbaijan: 40 arrested in Eurovision terror plot

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:52
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) -- Security services in Azerbaijan say they have arrested 40 suspects and seized weapons as they thwarted a series of planned terror attacks against the Eurovision Song Contest....
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