Archive for July, 2007

2 U.S. Soldiers Charged With Murder In Iraq

July 19th, 2007

Two U.S. Army soldiers have been charged with the premeditated murder of an Iraqi, and a lieutenant colonel has been relieved of command in connection with the case, the U.S. military announced Thursday.
Sgt. 1st Class Trey A. Corrales, of San Antonio and Spc. Christopher P. Shore of Winder, Ga., were charged with one count of […]

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Australian police charge Indian doctor over British bomb plot

July 14th, 2007

Australian police on Saturday charged an Indian doctor with supporting terrorism almost two weeks after arresting him over attempted car bombings in Britain.
Mohammed Haneef, 27, was charged with providing “reckless” support to a terrorist organisation allegedly behind the three failed bombings in London and Glasgow last month, the Australian Federal Police said.
Police allege Haneef, who […]

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Nixon dismissed Watergate as a ‘Republican problem’

July 11th, 2007

The voice on the tape is eerie. It is the final stretch of the 1972 elections, and in the White House, Richard Nixon is poring over the news from the campaign trail with his aide, Chuck Colson, and weighing his prospects for re-election.”What did he say about Watergate?” Nixon’s voice is heard asking. Then, when […]

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Five foreign doctors quizzed in Australia over UK attacks

July 6th, 2007

Police in Australia have questioned five more doctors and raided two hospitals in connection with last week’s car bomb attacks in Britain, authorities said Friday.The raids came after an Indian doctor was arrested Monday in eastern Queensland state and after at least five other doctors were detained in Britain in connection with the failed car […]

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Anger as Bush commutes ex-White House aide’s jail term

July 3rd, 2007

US President George W. Bush commuted a 30 month jail term imposed on a former top White House aide for lying to federal investigators, sparking outrage from opposition Democrats.The special prosecutor in the case also complained about Bush’s comment in calling the sentence against Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby “excessive”.
The US president commuted the prison term but […]

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Five Doctors Held In UK Terror Attacks

July 3rd, 2007

Five doctors are now being held in connection with the recent attempted terror attacks one is an Iraqi doctor who trained in Baghdad.Sources named him as Iraqi Bilal Abdulla - he was left relatively unscathed in an attack on Glasgow airport, in which two men drove a flaming jeep into the airport terminal.
Two doctors were […]

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