IRAQ - Bombs kill 28 ... but PM Maliki vows no haven for militants
BAGHDAD (Reuters): Bombs killed at least 28 people in Baghdad yesterday, but Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed his new crackdown in Baghdad would leave militants nowhere to hide.N In a speech to parliament, Maliki urged politicians..
MEXICO - Police given slingshots instead of guns
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP): The police department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons two weeks ago on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers.
UNITED STATES - White ex-sheriff's deputy arrested in 1964 killings
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP): A former sheriff's deputy and reputed member of the racist Ku Klux Klan was brought to the federal courthouse yesterday, where he was charged in the 1964 slayings of two black hitchhikers.
UNITED KINGDOM - Churches set to lose appeal on gay adoption law
LONDON (Reuters): A bid by the Catholic and Anglican churches in Britain to exempt Catholic adoption agencies from being forced to place children with gay couples got Muslim backing yesterday but still looked set to fail.
LEBANON - Battles cast shadow over aid
BEIRUT (Reuters): Student battles killed at least two in Lebanon yesterday, as international donors promised US$7.6 billion some hope will help the United States-backed government survive a growing challenge from the Hezbollah-led opposition.
TURKEY - Five charged with editor's death
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters): Five people have been charged with involvement in the killing of Turkish-Armenian editor, Hrant Dink, Turkish media reported yesterday. Police blew up a suspicious package outside parliament which carried a note...
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