Ex-Klansman gets life for killings
A reputed Ku Klux Klansman was sentenced yesterday to three life terms in prison for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black teenagers in south-west Mississippi.
Ugandan government rejects gay rights call
An international human rights group has accused President Yoweri Museveni's government of promoting "state homophobia" in Uganda and urged the repeal of a colonial-era law against sodomy.
15 die as forest fires rage in Greece
Massive fires fanned by gale-force winds raged out of control across southern Greece yesterday, sweeping into towns and villages and killing at least 15 people in the country's deadliest forest fire toll in decades.
Three Brits killed by friendly fire
A United States warplane mistakenly bombed British troops after they called for air support in Afghanistan, killing three soldiers and wounding two others in an accident that could reignite debate about America's heavy use of air power.
Caribbean briefs
Taiwan's Ambassador to St. Lucia has expressed concern over reports of a planned visit to China by a St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) delegation.
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