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The circumstances were not promising. Mr. Scott, 20, was awaiting sentencing for drug possession and robbery, but he was allowed supervised release from jail in May to attend a job preparation class — a chance to turn his life around. As he spoke, he...
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AP, Peshawar
A suicide car bomber killed four security forces and wounded passing schoolchildren Tuesday in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, where the government is under...
made popular May 5 2009
AP, Seoul
North Korea runs a cyber warfare unit that tries to hack into U.S. and South Korean military networks to gather confidential information and disrupt service, a news...
made popular May 5 2009
AP, Peshawar
A senior police official says a suicide car bomber has killed at least four paramilitary security forces in northwestern Pakistan.
made popular May 5 2009
AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people. Two girls survived after the...
made popular May 5 2009
AP, Asuncion
A former dictatorship-era official considered a brutal torturer by human rights groups has made a surprise return to Paraguay, where he faces six pending trials for the...
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Mexico City
Mexico announced a return to “normalcy” on Monday, preparing to reopen businesses and schools even as the virus sickened more than 1,200 people in 20...
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 44 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 44 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Sao Paulo
The Southern Hemisphere has been mostly spared in the swine flu epidemic. That could change soon as winter sets in with no vaccine in place, leaving half the planet out...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Ankara
Turkey’s NTV television, citing authorities, says 41 people have been killed and three have been wounded in an attack on a wedding in the southeast.
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AP, Jakarta
The chief of Indonesia’s anti-corruption watchdog was arrested Monday and named a suspect in the murder of a prominent state company official, police and his...
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AP, Mexico City
Mexico’s president says universities will reopen Thursday and all other classes will resume nationwide next week, citing an ebb in the swine flu outbreak.
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AP, Ankara
Assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 20 others, new organizations...
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AP, United Nations
Russia has invited Security Council ministers to a meeting next week to give “new impetus” to the Middle East peace process.
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AP, Ankara
Turkish media say at least 16 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in an attack on a wedding ceremony in the southeastern part of the country.
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AP, Baghdad
Iraq’s government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that...
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AP, Kabul
President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in...
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AP, Jerusalem
Israel dispatched top officials to the U.S. and Europe on Monday in a diplomatic offensive aimed at softening the hawkish image of Prime Minister Benjamin...
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AP, Paris
The French are living up to their image as lovers of food and can add a new love to the mix, sleep, according to a survey released Monday. In fact, the French excel at...
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AP, Havana
A leading rights activist says most of Cuba’s 200 or more political prisoners would rather serve out long terms on the island than be part of an exchange for five...
made popular Apr 21 2009
AP, Calcutta
Prisoners in Calcutta’s main prison went on a brief hunger strike in an effort to force authorities to allow them to watch cricket on TV. Nearly 500 of the...
made popular Apr 20 2009
AP, Columbus
Ohio wants to use prisoners to replace Statehouse janitors and groundskeepers who were laid off because of budget cuts, angering a labor union.
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AP, Columbus
Ohio wants to use prisoners to replace Statehouse janitors and groundskeepers who were laid off because of budget cuts.
made popular Apr 16 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he would be willing to accept prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center, which U.S. President Barack Obama has said he...
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Pigeons are well known for their spying and message delivering capabilities. Maybe it’s just crazy, but in a Brazil jail, prisoners are using pigeons to smuggle...
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AP, Canon City
It takes convict John Peterson four months of hard work to turn a wild, aggressive mustang into a saddle-trained horse.
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AP, Cairo
A human rights group says Libya has released two political prisoners in another signal that the North African country is willing to change its policies.
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AP, Havana
The number of political prisoners held in Cuba continues to fall gradually, but brief detentions of activists have soared under President Raul Castro’s rule, with...
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AP, Dublin
Across Europe, President Barack Obama’s decision to shut the Guantanamo Bay prison has raised an awkward question: Which EU states that railed against the camp...
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AP, Dublin
Across Europe, President Barack Obama’s decision to shut the Guantanamo Bay prison has raised an awkward question: Which EU states that railed against the camp...
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AP, Yangon
Military-ruled Myanmar has freed six people who recently called for the release of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but sentenced another activist to 104...
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AP, St. George's
Three men convicted of killings in a 1983 coup in Grenada that triggered a U.S. invasion are walking out of a hilltop prison after serving 24 years.
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U.S. military interrogators have often blasted music at detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. According to the British law group Reprieve, these are among...
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AP, Nablus
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Israel will free 250 prisoners as a goodwill gesture before an upcoming Muslim holiday.
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AP, Tijuana
Prisoners are rioting at a state penitentiary in the Mexican border city of Tijuana.
made popular Sep 15 2008
AP, Yaounde
Nine inmates were electrocuted Wednesday while trying to escape from one of Cameroon’s largest prisons, a staff member of the justice minister said.
made popular Aug 20 2008
Pakistan will release 35 Indian prisoners as a goodwill gesture on Thursday while celebrating its 61st Independence Day.
The 35 prisoners include 34 Indian...
made popular Aug 14 2008
AP, Havana
The number of political prisoners held in Cuba has dropped slightly but the overall rights situation remains “unfavorable” under President Raul...
made popular Aug 12 2008
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Pro-independence supporters hold some thousands of portraits of imprisoned members of the Basque armed group ETA during a rally against the Spanish Government and in support of freedom of prisoners in Bilbao northern Spain, Saturday Jan.3, 2009.
