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(CNN) -- An Ohio distributor is recalling about 6 million Chinese-made tire valve stems after concluding that some of them were improperly made and could increase the risk of accidents. An Ohio distributor is recalling 6 million Chinese-made car tire valve stems. Tech International, the part's Johnstown, Ohio-based dis... | Ohio-based distributor says valves aren't working properly, could cause accidents .
Tech International estimates that just 8,600 of 6 million are defective .
Snap-in tire valve, Model TR413, was made between July and November 2006 .
Continuing to drive on underinflated tires can cause them to burst . | b7697e424512e656efe5f2aca17bc33cfe0a2b20 |
(CNN) -- Census-takers are fanning out across Sudan this week in a landmark headcount meant to determine how to divide power and wealth in the war-weary African nation. A south Sudanese soldier keeps watch, with the threat of civil war still high in the war-torn country. The census is a key component of a 2005 peace a... | Census-takers fan out across Sudan this week in a landmark headcount .
Count will be used to determine how power is shared in the war-torn country .
North-south tensions continue to simmer, threatening the return of civil war . | 8ed7e0c5e15275537f2c1d5d945e95709d7dc6bf |
LONDON, England -- Britain's Princess Eugenie has been reprimanded by her school after being caught frolicking naked on college grounds, it was reported Saturday. Princess Eugenie is sixth in line to the British throne. The 18-year-old daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah Ferguson, was apprehended for her... | Britain's Princess Eugenie reprimanded for naked school frolic, reports say .
Sixth in line to British throne involved in end of term "high jinks," insiders say .
Princess due to attend queen's official birthday celebrations . | 31310358d02c98abba71916e8cb4ef7477a2d82a |
TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Three people were killed and at least 84 were injured Saturday morning when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck northeastern Japan, Japanese officials said. The quake struck at about 8:43 a.m. north of Sendai, Japan. Another five people were missing, national police said. Officials said the earthqua... | Three people dead, at least 84 injured after earthquake hits Japan .
U.S. Geological Survey reports 7.0 magnitude quake on Japanese island of Honshu .
Quake struck at around 8:43 a.m. Saturday . | 5215d4e6e945ba390786f1720cc5a8abf92c32fd |
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Police closed streets near London's Canary Wharf financial district on Saturday after an unexploded German flying bomb from World War II was found on a construction site. WWII bombs are unearthed across Europe, often during building excavations, such as this one in France. Bomb disposal exp... | Unexploded German WWII V1 bomb unearthed on London construction site .
Police closed streets near London's Canary Wharf financial district .
Bomb disposal experts were called in to make the V1 missile safe .
Hundreds of unexploded bombs from the war are buried across the country . | 6c5f775006a225e617c1fa4cf0c439579e1443a2 |
(CNN) -- The Iowa Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry received an emotional welcome home July 25 -- more than a year and a half after leaving for Iraq. More than 600 soldiers marched on the field at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo, Iowa, in front of thousands of friends and family members. I-Reporter Myk... | More than 600 soldiers returned to Iowa from service in Iraq on July 25 .
Thousands of friends and relatives welcomed them back at ceremony .
I-Reporter Myke Goings documented the event . | 693d73ab049f7d8f3c897922b3f7269a96a1a4fa |
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Nepal's new government has converted its deposed king's opulent palace into a museum and unfurled the national flag on Sunday as a symbolic move to signify the end of monarchy. The Narayanthi Royal Palace has been converted into a museum. "The national flag is fluttering in the hands of the pe... | Nepal's new government converts deposed king's palace into museum .
National flag unfurled over building in symbolic end to monarchy .
Himalayan kingdom was declared a republic last month . | 53f3e11ada213ff55b987692a2eb0c9b6d890d5e |
(CNN) -- A suspected arms dealer accused of conspiring to sell weapons to Colombian guerrillas was extradited Friday from Spain to the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said. Kassar is accused of conspiring to sell weapons to FARC rebels. Monzer al Kassar had been wanted for decades before he was arrested in a... | U.S. Justice Department says accused arms dealer extradited to the U.S.
Monzer al Kassar was arrested in Spain last year .
U.S. accuses him of trying to sell millions of dollars of weapons to guerrillas .
He is also accused of conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals . | d2ee859acf7e35bea229f968d53240c2f1c2845c |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 82nd birthday Saturday with a parade and military ceremony known as "Trooping the Color." Britain's Queen Elizabeth attends the Derby Festival at Epson Downs horse race course on June 7. The queen's birthday is actually April 21, but she officially celeb... | Queen's April birthday is celebrated in June to enjoy good weather .
Parade, military ceremony will mark royal birthday .
Troop inspection, flyover by Royal Air Force, part of ceremonies . | 3695132378151f89d210da575bfef0a3f29aa051 |
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Helicopters were bringing 2,000 Mexican troops into the U.S.-Mexican border city of Juarez on Friday to quell a wave of drug-related violence blamed for 200 deaths since January, the city's mayor said. Mexico has ordered troops to move near Juarez, shown here with El Paso, Texas, in the dis... | The majority of the troops will be based in Juarez, Mexico .
Juarez sits across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas .
Drug-related violence has claimed some 200 lives since the beginning of the year .
Mayor: Two rival drug cartels tried to push each other out of the city . | b599d61b0c28b86dc92c7af4d40814ece8279500 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Kimi Raikkonen has lambasted McLaren's Lewis Hamilton for the pit-lane accident that ended both of their races at the Canadian Grand Prix. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen is far from happy after Lewis Hamilton pushed him out of the Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton's McLaren rammed into the back of world... | Kimi Raikkonen lambasts McLaren's Lewis Hamilton for pit-lane accident .
Finn says his race was 'ruined' after Hamilton didn't see red light .
Hamilton was given a 10-place grid penalty for the French Grand Prix . | faf3821150b0c63290cbbddd7a8b54900995ea5a |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- The British Foreign Office has warned its nationals -- traveling to or living in the United Arab Emirates -- about the increased threat of a terrorist attack. In 2006 over one million Britons visited the United Arab Emirates, according to the UK Foreign office. The alert, posted on ... | UK Foreign Office: Terrorists may be planning to carry out attacks in the UAE .
It added that attacks could be "indiscriminate and could happen at any time"
U.S. State Department has not issued any warnings about the UAE .
UAE is a key ally in the United States' "war on terror" | 1de0cae2832cf41f49e6fad8254247c789dfabd2 |
(CNN) -- Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will address the West in a new message, according to a banner ad from the group's production wing posted on Islamist Web sites known to carry messages from al Qaeda and bin Laden. This image accompanied a message from Osama bin Laden in November. "To the western nations, soon, ... | Banner ad on Islamist Web sites says al Qaeda leader will release message soon .
It is not known exactly when the message will come .
Bin Laden's last communication was an audiotape released March 20 . | 6c6e51ef20def117ed9114ed8d8480b3a100f1c3 |
(CNN) -- A woman who gave birth to a stillborn boy was left distraught after she discovered his body was kept in a jar for four years by the hospital. Jo-Ann Burrows believed for years that her son had been cremated before making the grim discovery about his fate. The mother-of-five is now taking legal action against t... | Woman's stillborn baby kept in jar for four years by hospital .
Jo-Ann Burrows believed for years that her son had been cremated .
The mother-of-five is now taking legal action against the hospital authorities . | a7fc90db6c296663b1b7fc057451dfd45019342d |
Brazilian coach Zico is leaving Turkish club Fenerbahce, after failing to reach an agreement over a new contract. Zico guided Fenerbahce to a league and Super Cup double intheir centenary year . Fenerbahce recently suspended negotiations over a fresh deal with Zico because of reportedly high demands by the Brazilian. T... | Coach Zico is leaving Turkish club Fenerbahce .
He has been unable to reach agreement over a new contract .
Media reports suggest that Spain coach Luis Aragones will replace him . | 732304a0901ff14d023d4361c1d41a85724808f3 |
OMAHA, Nebraska (CNN) -- Dozens of calls flooded the Omaha Police Department's 911 emergency line after a gunman opened fire inside the city's Westroads Mall, with witnesses calling in tones that ranged from almost matter-of-fact to near terror. Police make their presence known at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska,... | "I'm hiding in a clothes rack," a caller says .
A rapid burst of gunshots can be heard in another call before the line goes dead .
Robert Hawkins killed six employees and two customers before taking his own life .
"I see him laying by the gun," a woman tells the dispatcher . | 509b9f69b376e4acb8da49d53198699b1e779ea7 |
(CNN) -- Australia's cricketers will pay tribute to Jane McGrath at their one-day international against West Indies in St Vincent on Tuesday. Jane McGrath died on Sunday at the age of 42. The English-born wife of former Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath, died on Sunday, aged 42, after a long battle with cancer. The M... | Australia's cricketers are to pay tribute to Jane McGrath .
The 42-year-old wife of fast bowler Glenn McGrath, die on Sunday .
She had had a long battle with cancer .
The players will wear pink ribbons, the color of the McGrath Foundation . | c292860b41f7c9131458cdc44a79febef38ad8a2 |
(CNN) -- An Alabama man whose wife died during a honeymoon scuba diving trip off the coast of Australia almost five years ago has been charged in her death. Tina Watson, background right, lies motionless after she drowned in 2003 while diving in the Great Barrier Reef. An Australian coroner ruled Friday that there was ... | Gabe Watson has been charged with 2003 death of his wife during honeymoon .
Tina Watson died while scuba diving in Australia's Great Barrier Reef .
Coroner unable to conclude that Watson's death was accidental . | 6db7e70883f0241081833487c421bab86fdac26e |
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Nepalese authorities Thursday detained at least 650 Tibetan exiles protesting against China's policies in the province ahead of this weekend's Olympic torch relay in Tibet, security officials in Kathmandu said. A protester is grabbed by Nepalese police during a demonstration in Kathmandu. Poli... | Nepalese authorities arrest at least 650 Tibetan exiles over China protest .
Police forcefully dragged some of the protesters to awaiting vans .
Protestors voice opposition to China's policies in Tibet . | e51e06234b3f49da16fec69aaee6fb9cd09cb1d8 |
(CNN) -- Investigators looking for the source of a salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes will focus on farms in Mexico and Florida, federal health authorities said Friday. Since April, more than 500 people have contracted the same strain of salmonella, linked to raw tomatoes. The tracebacks "have taken us from point ... | FDA: Tomatoes suspected in salmonella outbreak traced to farms in Mexico, Florida .
Tomatoes may have been contaminated after leaving the farm .
Outbreak stands at 552 cases since April in 32 states, District of Columbia . | 7a02e707b139791920fb13115d6132541fff7d97 |
(CNN) -- Authorities in Fayetteville, North Carolina, are investigating the death of a pregnant soldier whose body was found Saturday morning in a motel, police said. Spc. Megan Lynn Touma, 23, was a dental specialist from Cold Springs, Kentucky, according to a statement from Fort Bragg, where Touma was assigned to the... | Authorities in North Carolina are investigating death of pregnant servicemember .
Spc. Megan Lynn Touma was found dead Saturday in motel room .
Touma is second N.C.-based pregnant solider found dead in recent months . | ab3c98cf7833b842898a568d872e45ceb2f7dda9 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's Prince William has helped the U.S. Coast Guard bust a drug smuggling boat carrying cocaine worth a minimum of $80 million. Prince William has helped bust a speed boat smuggling $80 million worth of cocaine. William, who is serving in the Royal Navy, helped make the bust last weekend w... | Prince William has helped the U.S. Coast Guard bust a drug smuggling boat .
Boat carrying cocaine with a street value of at least $80m, officials say .
Prince William helped spot the boat hundreds of miles northeast of Barbados . | 1ca9bf09bf534add02b7cfe6ebae6d17cde66286 |
(CNN) -- A mining company has found what may be the largest gold deposit ever found in the British Isles, the company's chairman said Tuesday. The price of gold is at historic highs, making new prospects very valuable. Drill samples indicate more than 1 million ounces of gold may lie below what is now rolling Irish cou... | Company finds what may be largest gold deposit found in Britain or Ireland .
More than one million ounces of gold may lie below rolling Irish countryside .
With price of gold near historic highs, find could be worth as much as $300m . | 1df14bd442bd39ed653aa77a1e77105d4b321db0 |
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- President Cristina Fernandez on Tuesday defended an increase in export taxes on grains that has riled many farmers, and she called on them to respect the law in protesting her policies. President Cristina Fernandez: Calls on rally Wednesday to support her policies. "All my life I have s... | President Cristina Fernandez appeals for dialogue, respect in national address .
Fernandez says profits from higher food prices should be spread among poor .
Farmers say higher taxes make it difficult for them to make a living . | 28bbbf57c580be154f0602cbfe8b63603ef5a3a4 |
(CNN) -- An Ohio distributor is recalling about 6 million Chinese-made tire valve stems after concluding that some of them were improperly made and could increase the risk of accidents. An Ohio distributor is recalling 6 million Chinese-made car tire valve stems. Tech International, the part's Johnstown, Ohio-based dis... | Ohio-based distributor says valves aren't working properly, could cause accidents .
Tech International estimates that just 8,600 of 6 million are defective .
Snap-in tire valve, Model TR413, was made between July and November 2006 .
Continuing to drive on underinflated tires can cause them to burst . | df79c0f955e4ccf51ad45780f865e334d3577bf5 |
(CNN) -- Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim came out of hiding Monday, and says he has damaging evidence that proves senior members of the government faked evidence for sodomy charges against him. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he has proof sodomy charges against him were fabricated. "I have new ... | Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim came out of hiding Monday .
Says he can prove government members faked evidence for sodomy charges .
Anwar also says he has evidence of threats against his life . | 4dc0cef39980df6382f9aee5e150e904fe62965e |
UNITY, New Hampshire (CNN) -- The day began with a kiss. Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama leave Washington on Friday for a rally in New Hampshire. Sen. Barack Obama, on the tarmac at Reagan Washington National Airport, reached out to shake Sen. Hillary Clinton's hand and leaned down to kiss her cheek. It went... | Sens. Clinton and Obama hold a unity rally in Unity, New Hampshire .
Crowley: A "day of togetherness that Barack Obama had wanted"
"It was not entirely believable, but politics is the art of pragmatism," Crowley adds . | 19fe2a8e0bef37b495afcc83c2f46b60c56039bf |
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Lawmakers in Nepal will vote Saturday to pick the country's first president since it became a republic. Nepal became a republic after the deposal of King Gyanendra Shah earlier this year. The country's newly elected Constituent Assembly abolished a 239-year monarchy following elections in Apri... | Lawmakers in Nepal to to pick the country's first president since it became a republic .
Unclear who may become president as no party had a majority in recent elections .
Maoists, who won most seats, want a non-political figure as president . | 145a118e355e3a92383b41307a5b473a7c77a8bb |
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- An Illinois man was charged with possession of a potentially deadly neurotoxin commonly found in puffer fish after the FBI led a raid at his home Monday. Edward F. Bachner, 35, of Lake in the Hills, was charged with one count of illegal possession of a toxin, according to a federal complaint... | FBI: Edward Bachner tried to buy 98 milligrams of tetrodotoxin through the Web .
Neurotoxin, commonly found in puffer fish species, can cause paralysis and death .
Bachner was arrested after accepting a small amount from an undercover official .
If convicted, the 35-year-old faces 10 years in prison . | d8304c60e76a4b16053e74c50abd886dcdf7397c |
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Bertha -- the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season -- increased in strength Monday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center. A satellite picture from 5:45 a.m. ET Monday shows Hurricane Bertha over the Atlantic. While Bertha's power may fluctuate over the next day, it... | NEW: Bertha's winds increase from 115 mph to 120 mph .
Bermuda could be affected by the hurricane this weekend .
Likelihood of storm making landfall in U.S. is very small .
Bertha is the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season . | 0a078513cee66db2ccaaca1b7b0755c96f0c5c8a |
HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's troubled central bank introduced $100 billion banknotes Saturday in a desperate bid to ease the recurrent cash shortages plaguing the inflation-ravaged economy. A shopper displays a $500 million Zimbabwean bank note. The bills officially come into circulation Monday, although they w... | New bills officially come into circulation Monday .
Bills aren't enough to buy a loaf of bread. They can only buy four oranges .
Gideon Gono: Notes for "convenience of the banking public and corporate sector"
The new note is equal to just one U.S. dollar . | 66646c49afb65308491ec8ca6db79aa76263cc69 |
(CNN) -- Marius Kloppers was born in South Africa on August 26, 1962. Marius Kloppers, CEO of BHP Billiton . He obtained a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pretoria in South Africa and a PhD in Materials Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S. He began his career in South... | He began career in petrochemicals and materials research in South Africa .
Was core member of team that created Billiton's aaluminumbusiness .
He has been Chief Executive Officer of BHP Billiton since October 2007 . | 7382d171d71d3219c5ad0a13ea0ac92ac6b6998b |
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Lawmakers in Nepal will vote Saturday to pick the country's first president since it became a republic. Nepal became a republic after the deposal of King Gyanendra Shah earlier this year. The country's newly elected Constituent Assembly abolished a 239-year monarchy following elections in Apri... | Lawmakers in Nepal to to pick the country's first president since it became a republic .
Unclear who may become president as no party had a majority in recent elections .
Maoists, who won most seats, want a non-political figure as president . | 3131e8ba238a31d83cad00bc7b02933b0a3587b3 |
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Twenty-nine people convicted of various crimes, ranging from murder to being a public nuisance while drunk, were hanged in Iran, state TV said. A convicted Iranian drug dealer is hanged from a crane in the southern city of Shiraz in September. Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported earlier... | Twenty-nine convicts were hanged, according to Iranian state TV .
Convicts were found guilty of murder, rape, armed robbery and other charges .
Judiciary said hangings should serve as warning to those contemplating crimes . | c84e272a80fa95f863e016bc54df0841fd83fc12 |
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Thirty people convicted of drug and other criminal charges will be hanged on Sunday, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported Saturday. A convicted Iranian drug dealer is hanged from a crane in the southern city of Shiraz in September. The 30 had their cases tried by the highest judicial aut... | The condemned include people convicted of drug and alcohol offenses .
Iran executed 317 people in 2007, compared with 42 executions in U.S.
Iran's government announced a crackdown on crime in March . | 379692c378381f092c0bae0516ea8abc5bdb98b8 |
(CNN) -- A 19-year-old girl whose hospitalization exposed a shocking Austrian incest case has woken from her coma, a development that could shed new light on what occurred in the basement were she was held captive for decades. Fritzl initially confessed to raping his daughter and having seven children with her. Doctors... | Daughter of Austrian incest victim wakes from induced coma .
Kerstin Fritzl, 19, spent her entire life in cellar .
The dungeon was uncovered after she was taken to hospital with illness . | 3b46e80db81819fdcb8b8044941f64d0fa5abd11 |
(CNN) -- Two teenage girls from Great Britain will fly home Thursday after spending a year behind bars in Ghana for drug-smuggling, the British High Commission in the west African country said. The girls were stopped by customs officials at Accra trying to smuggle drugs back to Britain. Ghanaian police arrested the tee... | British teens jailed in Ghana on drugs charges, due to fly home to UK Thursday .
Pair, both 16 at time of arrest last July, sentenced to nine months in prison .
UK legal aid group says girls had been targeted, were "pawns in a larger operation" | bf1a3fd65fdd6e91ccec0663d80fa567eada14df |
(CNN) -- A Virginia judge on Tuesday approved an $11 million settlement from the state to the families of victims killed or injured in last year's Virginia Tech shootings. Parents of wounded Virginia Tech students comfort each other on Tuesday. The 24 victims included in the settlement were among the 32 killed by Seung... | 24 victims included in settlement were among 32 Seung-Hui Cho killed in April 2007 .
Of the other 8 victims, families of two chose not to file claims; two are unresolved .
Agreement allows families to be updated on campus security improvements . | 98f04e49605f36e0236b206fcb26a1549a7c00c6 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The inspector-general of the House of Representatives will investigate recent allegations of sexual misconduct among congressional pages, the Democratic and Republican leaders of the chamber announced. The House page program came under scrutiny after the Mark Foley scandal last year. Two pages -- us... | Two pages fired for alleged oral sex in public areas of Capitol Hill dorm .
Male, female involved as were pages who were "enablers," says lawmaker .
Two GOP lawmakers quit House Page Board in protest .
Inspector-general tasked with investigation, recommending "corrective actions" | fb8431bc320c2c1a6c32699da0fdae228ed8d73b |
(CNN) -- Starbucks is closing more than two-thirds of its stores in Australia, days after announcing that hundreds of its American coffee outlets are also being shuttered. Starbucks announced plans to close 600 stores in the U.S. last week. The Seattle-based global coffee franchise said Tuesday that it will close 61 of... | More than 60 Starbucks cafes to close by August 3 .
Closures follow news of more than 600 outlets to shut in U.S.
Move by Seattle company will end 685 jobs in Australia, reports say . | 875d564015e85f88103edf0b36ce10e292334902 |
(CNN) -- Canada announced Wednesday that it will dispatch a warship to Somalia's coast to protect U.N. aid ships from pirate attacks. The Canadian frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec will escort ships carrying food aid to Somalia. "Canada is stepping up to the plate by tasking Ville de Quebec with the role of escorting World... | Canada to send 440-foot frigate to help aid reach ports safely .
Mission must be authorized by Somalia's transitional government .
80 percent of U.N.'s food aid to Somalia sent by ship .
Heavily armed pirates frequently hijack cargo ships off Horn of Africa . | 58776b77856719aff45f09e50d370f52c756dc10 |
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (CNN) -- A passenger train rumbling through the Czech Republic slammed into a collapsed overpass, causing the deaths of at least a half dozen passengers and the injuries of a few dozen more, according to a Czech News Agency account. An areal view shows the scene of the train accident in Studenka,... | Reports: Train crashed into a collapsed overpass, with up to 10 possibly dead .
EuroCity train going from Polish city of Krakow to the Czech capital, Prague .
Incident occured at around 0830 GMT, officials say . | c136c209869b227e534aca60b6df7e0b26bce7fe |
(CNN) -- Three aid workers have been shot over the last day in Somalia, two of them fatally, Somali media reports said. Somalis prepare Monday to bury murdered Osman Ali Ahmed, the head of the U.N. Development Program. The first fatality was a Somali, Mohamed Mohamud Qeyre. He was the deputy director of the group Dary... | Three aid workers have been shot over the last day in Somalia, two of them fatally .
One victim worked for aid agency, DBG, which has suspended operations .
Four World Food Program drivers of relief supplies killed this year .
Somalis dependent on humanitarian aid since 1993 famine, ongoing war, drought . | 45986f43dd61461844801c08c8753a71ccbf9083 |
(CNN) -- A Swedish wrestler who discarded his bronze medal in a protest during the presentation ceremony has been stripped of the award and disqualified from the tournament in Beijing. A disgruntled Abrahamian drops his bronze medal before leaving the arena during the presentation ceremony. The International Olympic Co... | Swede Ara Abrahamian disqualified from Olympics, stripped of bronze medal .
He discarded the medal at the presentation ceremony in protest of judging .
IOC says he violated rules banning demonstrations, requiring respect .
His medal was the third stripped at the Beijing Games . | 16c4a27e42066259797d93d5db0239bce0a15f18 |
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Fay made landfall in southwestern Florida early Tuesday, coming ashore at Cape Romano just south of Marco Island, the National Hurricane Center said. Satellite image shows Tropical Storm Fay along Florida's southwest coast at 11 p.m. ET Monday. Forecasters immediately dropped hurr... | NEW: Fay made landfall at Cape Romano just south of Marco Island .
NEW: Hurricane warnings dropped as Fay's winds never reached 74 mph .
It was the third landfall for the storm, which came ashore in western Cuba Sunday .
Track Fay with CNN's Hurricane Tracker . | 8626e8d0c96f4d12eca92423e0c43c6ea3e53545 |
(CNN) -- The relatives of a woman who died on the floor of a New York hospital say they plan to file a $25 million lawsuit against the city and the facility where Esmin Green died. Esmin Green's daughter, Tecia Harrison, says disciplinary action against hospital workers is not enough for her. Green's family is also cal... | Family of Esmin Green says they will sue the city, hospital for $25 million .
Relatives says hospital employees failed to render help, attempted to falsify records .
Surveillance camera captured Green convulsing on floor for an hour before she died . | aec90720358f66b9d149db8afd08fbb821e3aa52 |
SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) -- Violent protests continued across Kashmir Wednesday, as the death toll from the past two days of demonstrations rose to 20, a senior police official said. Hindu protesters shout slogans against Jammu and Kashmir state governor N. N. Vohra. Three people critically injured in ... | Violent protests continue across Kashmir, death toll rises to 20 .
Thousands join funeral procession for one of the victims .
Protesters angry over govt. decision not to transfer land to a Hindu shrine .
State govt. revoked transfer after a week of violent protests by Muslims . | 3276a47234f0aa9eb7d4d06940ffb912be059454 |
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Thirty people convicted of drug and other criminal charges will be hanged on Sunday, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported Saturday. A convicted Iranian drug dealer is hanged from a crane in the southern city of Shiraz in September. The 30 had their cases tried by the highest judicial aut... | The condemned include people convicted of drug and alcohol offenses .
Iran executed 317 people in 2007, compared with 42 executions in U.S.
Iran's government announced a crackdown on crime in March . | a34829c5a83a3ef39c34b57b65cc48c9bf11f14b |
(CNN) -- "I AM" is a new CNN.com feature built on the belief that the labels we use for one another don't really reveal who we are. We present a collection of people who may surprise you. They not only defy their labels, but they've done it in very public and dramatic ways. This week, I AM presents four African-America... | "I AM" is built on the belief that the labels we use for others, don't reveal who we are .
Meet four African Americans who challenge conventional notions of blackness .
CNN Presents: Black in America airs July 23 and 24, at 9 p.m. ET . | 05c6b2a21f9c0ffd5f0c76c9ce4c6d3d875fcf39 |
(CNN) -- Oklahoma health officials said Friday they are searching for the source of a rare form of E. coli that has killed one person and sickened 116 others in the northeastern part of the state. The subtype of bacteria -- called E. coli 0111 -- is "not normally found in this form of outbreak," said Leslea Bennett-Web... | 1 person dead, 116 ill in northeastern part of the state .
Focus of investigation is restaurant in Locust Grove, Oklahoma .
Officials say this form of E. coli is "not normally found in this form of outbreak"
Officials say outbreak appears to be abating . | 544b165ad1d22a5dcbbab469a2aa7666c2868361 |
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- The leader of Nepal's former communist rebels was named as the country's new prime minister Friday. Prachanda is still the supreme commander of the Maoists People's Liberation Army. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, was elected four months after elections in which his Communist Part... | Prachanda, Communist Party of Nepal chairman, won 464 out of 577 votes .
A simple majority was enough to be elected the prime minister .
Assembly declared Nepal a republic in May and July elected first president .
The post of president is largely ceremonial. PM has executive powers . | 2a73430dd3232ad3da7570a5ac133d7f29a6b6c6 |
Editor's note: Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor, was a political consultant for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992 and was counselor to Clinton in the White House. Begala is not a paid political consultant for any politicians or candidates. Click here for a rival view . Paul... | Begala: McCain's VP choice unqualified to be heartbeat from the presidency .
Choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is "shockingly irresponsible," he says .
Begala says choice makes McCain's age, health, and judgment central issues . | 8c3b7358950d0684a90736fc39d08340d3ec41ee |
(CNN) -- Pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's newborn twins have been published for the first time after a magazine bidding war which news agencies claim topped $14 million. Hola! magazine, the Spanish sister publication to Hello!, has also published images of the Jolie-Pitt twins. Hello! magazine, which won inte... | Magazines publish images of Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt twins for the first time .
AP: Rights to images secured after $14M joint bid by Hello! and People magazines .
Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon born July 12 in Nice, southern France . | 313d98f4c6047ff556795b6da47e42e9f650946a |
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Twenty-nine people convicted of various crimes, ranging from murder to being a public nuisance while drunk, were hanged in Iran, state TV said. A convicted Iranian drug dealer is hanged from a crane in the southern city of Shiraz in September. Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported earlier... | Twenty-nine convicts were hanged, according to Iranian state TV .
Convicts were found guilty of murder, rape, armed robbery and other charges .
Judiciary said hangings should serve as warning to those contemplating crimes . | 3ffb4210cf832dc039ffe7522c47c6eb7a5e5ab5 |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- A helicopter crashed into an oil drilling platform off the coast of Dubai, killing all seven people on board, officials said Thursday. The helicopter which crashed was a Bell 212, the same model as pictured above. Among the victims were an American and a Briton, said Hanan Moussa of... | Helicopter crashes into an oil drilling platform off Dubai, killing seven people .
Victims were: American, British, Indian, Pakistani, Filipino and Venezuelan .
Bell 212 helicopter crashed on the deck of the oil rig . | 4b89e8a6a25de61d21a1fed20fb911cd4b1e4b47 |
(CNN) -- New Zealand police are investigating a "serious allegation" against four England rugby internationals following an alleged incident at their team hotel in Auckland. The England team are currently involved in a two match tour to New Zealand. Although Auckland police have yet to confirm the nature of the allegat... | Auckland police have yet to confirm the nature of the allegation .
"Incident" occured in a private hotel room after team's defeat to All Blacks .
RFU: Players concerned have complete support of all players and management . | 59be27355e5b86754678f70254cfbb1e6dc8bf0c |
(CNN) -- A year ago Thursday, I-Report was born. CNN.com launched its I-Report initiative August 2, 2006, in an effort to involve citizens in the newsgathering process. Numerous milestones later, I-Report has grown and developed its ability to be an integral component of the network's coverage. Mark Lacroix photographe... | I-Report initiative launched August 2, 2006, on CNN.com .
Citizen journalists have participated in CNN's newsgathering .
More than 6,000 I-Report submissions last month . | 4141e012912dbf29c5e792b8654a9a36094b468c |
St. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Cindy McCain praised her husband, Republican presidential nominee John McCain, as "someone of unusual strength and character" in a speech to the Republican National Convention on Thursday. Cindy McCain speaks at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night. "You can trust his hand a... | Cindy McCain: America needs someone of unusual strength and character to lead .
Cindy McCain: "Someone exactly like my husband"
McCain served in Washington without becoming a Washington insider, she says . | d80fa94dc14601e4b82321e2cf749d6915251a70 |
(CNN) -- Musician Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy performed at a concert sponsored by Rock the Vote on the first night of the Democratic National Convention. Before Monday night's show in Denver, Colorado, Wentz answered five questions for CNN.com. Pete Wentz says it's great to see his young fans get energized about the ele... | Pete Wentz says band's home base of Illinois rooting for Sen. Barack Obama .
Rocker: "I'm personally excited when I see people who are so excited about it"
Wentz says wife Ashlee Simpson not likely to tell him who she's voting for . | d46e1849cbbf875ccd018fd778fa6c433cab4694 |
"Everything can be improved." -- Ross Lovegrove . Designer Ross Lovegrove . Fiercely original and unapologetically innovative, Ross Lovegrove describes himself, somewhat reluctantly, as an industrial designer. "It's not as grimy, it's not as deep and dark as that sounds," he says. Famous for his tactile and sensual flu... | Industrial designer Ross Lovegrove is known for his organic, flowing forms .
His designs range from pens to solar lights to airline interiors .
Lovegrove's work is held in design museums including New York's MOMA . | c4afe4db222c094c40bb3f271e37e006bcbebf88 |
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- One of the FBI's most wanted terrorists escaped a raid over the weekend, Kenyan police said Monday. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, a suspected terrorist, is shown in photos released by the FBI. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, indicted in the United States for alleged involvement in the 1998 bombings of U.S. ... | Suspect indicted in U.S. for 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya, Tanzania .
U.S: Fazul Abdullah Mohammed is a senior al Qaeda operative in E. Africa .
He managed to evade police in a raid Saturday in Malindi, say Kenyan police .
Authorities received information about him from "local intelligence networks" | 5852e143b34cc30e94aed29193fc2e1dce37b1b1 |
(CNN) -- In Focus -- Gulf football interests . News of an English football deal sent the British media into a frenzy this week, when a private Abu Dhabi group announced a planned takeover of Manchester City. Sheikha Hanadi al Thani talks about the real estate bubble in Qatar . With the likes of Emirates, Etihad and Sau... | On this week's MME we look at Gulf interests in English football .
We talk to Sheikha Hanadi Al Thani, CEO, Al Waab City Real Estate Development .
Al Thani, who started the first investment bank in Qatar, talks about property . | 9918924dbaed44429c58ea3638c3847317b71127 |
(CNN) -- In focus: The business of education . We talk to Pnina Rosenblum, the founder of the cosmetic company Pnina Rosenblum Lt. With rising unemployment, the MENA countries are investing more into education than any other emerging region. And Western universities are cashing in. Over 40 prestigious schools have set ... | MME looks at higher education in the Middle East .
40 prestigious schools have set up alliances and campuses in the Middle East .
We talk to Pnina Rosenblum an Israeli icon and a cosmetics mogul . | 259d8cccfcb9b9edc00d757ec6efecde6fc06110 |
(CNN) -- Canada announced Wednesday that it will dispatch a warship to Somalia's coast to protect U.N. aid ships from pirate attacks. The Canadian frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec will escort ships carrying food aid to Somalia. "Canada is stepping up to the plate by tasking Ville de Quebec with the role of escorting World... | Canada to send 440-foot frigate to help aid reach ports safely .
Mission must be authorized by Somalia's transitional government .
80 percent of U.N.'s food aid to Somalia sent by ship .
Heavily armed pirates frequently hijack cargo ships off Horn of Africa . | d076dbce6e84b20153db61c809d0f01f46ef1f45 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The family of a British soldier serving in Afghanistan has been forced from their home after a poisonous spider hitched a ride back with him and apparently killed their pet dog. The camel spider's bite is not deadly to humans but can kill small animals. Lorraine Griffiths and her three children... | UK family forced from home as poisonous insect hitches in from Afghanistan .
Camel spider believed to have stowed away in soldier's luggage .
Family blames creature for death of pet dog Cassie . | c74e983d24450ed9c4ba3a97e345bba707d26853 |
(CNN) -- A magazine photo spread of Taliban fighters posing in the uniforms of 10 French soldiers killed last month has sparked an angry response. One of the pictures in the French magazine Paris Match that has stirred controversy. The latest edition of Paris Match includes photos of the Taliban fighters and their comm... | Photos of Taliban in the uniforms of dead French soldiers provokes outrage .
Magazine Paris Match features photos of Taliban and their commander .
10 French troops were killed and a further 21 injured in an ambush . | 0922357b2d0439cf4ba6ec9dc143e11a38b49d8a |
(CNN) -- This year's Forbes Rich List is notable for the absence of Bill Gates at the top. After 13 years as the world's richest man, he has finally been toppled by his friend Warren Buffett who has an estimate fortune of $62bn. The Middle East's richest man: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud . The list -- which is a ru... | The Middle East's richest man is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud .
He ranks 19th in the world in the Forbes Rich List .
Seven other billionaires from the Middle East rank in the top 100 . | c62ea6aaf31a7f5b6a7c2eac7780c86f9baed786 |
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Monsoon flooding has left 50,000 people homeless in Nepal and killed at least 74 people in northern India, according to officials. Monsoon rain has bought heavy flooding to southern Nepal, pictured, and northern India. The Nepalese army Thursday used helicopters to rescue residents in southeas... | Heavy rains, flooding lash sourthern Nepal and northern India .
In Nepal, flooding has forced as many as 50,000 from their homes .
India officials say at least 74 people have died in the state of Uttar Pradesh . | 6bb04883f35820a450ff821eda46a4002c0fc7e9 |
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- The storm called Hanna weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm Tuesday morning as maximum sustained winds eased down to 70 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. This satellite image from Monday shows Hanna over the southern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Despite the downgrade... | NEW: As sustained winds fall off, system demoted to tropical storm .
NEW: Hanna could return to hurricane level later in day, forecasters say .
NEW: Tropical Storm Ike moving toward Caribbean Sea .
Hanna's path could include the U.S. Atlantic coast from Miami to Massachusetts . | 7237201bcb7291f2ededb818f901a451356db34b |
(CNN) -- A magazine photo spread of Taliban fighters posing in the uniforms of 10 French soldiers killed last month has sparked an angry response. One of the pictures in the French magazine Paris Match that has stirred controversy. The latest edition of Paris Match includes photos of the Taliban fighters and their comm... | Photos of Taliban in the uniforms of dead French soldiers provokes outrage .
Magazine Paris Match features photos of Taliban and their commander .
10 French troops were killed and a further 21 injured in an ambush . | 38d13d78fedc889784ffb3cb213a758c758be145 |
(CNN) -- A humanitarian plane carrying 17 people -- most of them relief workers -- has crashed during a storm in a mountainous region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said Tuesday. File image of a Beechcraft 1900 aircraft. Search and rescue crews were not immediately able to land their helicopter... | Flight operators: Aerial survey indicates occupants on aircraft died .
Search and rescue crews not able to land their helicopter in the area, U.N. says .
Plane was on a routine flight from Kinsasha to the eastern city of Goma . | 8cefdd23a829375abeb18b9bd44bb053a67dfdf8 |
(CNN) -- Flash floods and landslides triggered by a weekend tropical storm have killed at least 100 people in Vietnam, the country's news agency said Monday. Vietnamese villagers look at the rubble where 19 houses stood before a flash-flood ripped away the hamlet of Tung Chin in Lao Cai province. Forecasters fear addit... | Flash floods and landslides kill at least 100 people in Vietnam .
Disasters triggered by tropical storm .
Forecasters fear additional casualties . | 3de916a84cae6c1dee0076f4e5d6e26fc95c3242 |
MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Relatives of a woman killed in a Spanish airline crash were erroneously given the remains of another victim, and then were asked by authorities to return them, CNN partner network CNN+ reported Thursday. The victims of the crash were first laid out at a Madria convention center. A Madrid judge ha... | Relatives of Spanair crash victim given the wrong remains, CNN+ reports .
Initial probe finds family given the wrong urn, not the body was wrongly identified .
Spanair flight crashed during take off last week from Madrid airport .
154 died, 18 survivors still in hospitals, two injured released from hospital . | 3b5e3dff560e2233e8370c87e9d92461200f8bd4 |
(CNN) -- More U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan this year than in any year since the U.S. invaded the country following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Soldiers at a U.S. base in Afghanistan on Thursday honor the victims of September 11, 2001. According to numbers CNN has compiled from military statement... | CNN numbers: 112 Americans killed this year, compared with 111 last year .
Operation Enduring Freedom has killed 585 Americans since 2001 .
Numbers include those who died outside Afghanistan as part of Enduring Freedom . | 242c51d129c998a2585feee12e109a2058eb7c2b |
(CNN) -- Two Russian bombers have landed at a Venezuelan airfield where they will carry out training flights for several days, the Russian defense ministry said Wednesday. Russia's Tupolev TU-160, pictured here in 2003, is a long-range strategic bomber. The Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers landed at Venezuela's Liberta... | Moscow: Russian bombers using Venezuela airfield to train over neutral waters .
Russian defense ministry spokesman: NATO fighters followed bombers .
News agency: Venezuelan president says he'd welcome Russian air force .
Move comes amid growing tension between Washington and Moscow . | 2f32a9eebbfa707a264d82a3bef5557f6b3b5f20 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. Barack Obama is in excellent health, according to a statement from his doctor, released by the campaign. Besides being an "intermittent smoker," Sen. Barack Obama is in excellent health, his doctor says. Obama, 46, last saw Dr. David Scheiner in January 2007... | Senator's weight, blood pressure and cholesterol are all healthy, doctor says .
Obama is an "intermittent smoker," doctor says .
Obama has quit smoking several times, is currently using Nicorette gum .
GOP presumptive nominee Sen. John McCain released records last week . | 9b087c5572cc091c519625d37d1a614b97b8ed30 |
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S.-led forces captured two men believed to be senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders, including one suspected of planning the 2006 kidnapping of U.S. journalist Jill Carroll, a military statement said. Jill Carroll, seen here in an interview following her 2006 release, was held for nearly three month... | Abu Uthman suspected of masterminding Jill Carroll's 2006 kidnapping .
Uthman and another al Qaeda in Iraq suspect captured this month, military says .
Carroll, a U.S. journalist, was abducted in 2006 but released unharmed weeks later . | b5211115ff68e12e759a474a02d3b163211af563 |
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Members of a Russian doomsday cult barricaded themselves in a cave to wait out the end of the world as the cult's leader underwent psychiatric exams Thursday, Russian media reported. The cult, which calls itself the "true Russian Orthodox Church," believes the world will end in May. The cult le... | Four children, one 18 months old, are among cult members holed up in cave .
Cult leader to face charges he set up a violent organization, news agency reports .
News agency: Cult members have threatened to commit suicide if police use force .
The "true Russian Orthodox Church" believes end of the world is coming in May ... | 79d625a3311f4ff11598a3ae4fca63103e84e9a1 |
(CNN) -- Six people were killed and 13 wounded in the shelling of South Ossetia by Georgian forces, South Ossetian officials said Saturday, according to Russia's Interfax news agency. Officials of the breakaway Georgian region said the shelling was part of a Georgian military operation, Interfax reported. Georgia init... | Georgian official said South Ossetia had fired on Georgian villages first .
Women, children, elderly being evacuated from the conflict zone .
Georgia split by Russian-backed separatist movements in South Ossetia . | ea6c4267f17d55f1bd9f0950c31ef59565bdc30b |
HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's inflation rate has soared in the past three months and is now at 11.2 million percent, the highest in the world, according to the country's Central Statistical Office. Zimbabwe's inflation rate has soared to a world high. Official figures dated Monday show inflation has surged from ... | Zimbabwe's inflation rate soars to 11.2 million percent .
A loaf of bread costs 1.6 trillion Zimbabwe dollars .
Official rate is world's highest but some analysts fear it may be more .
Zimbabwe officials blame international sanctions and rising global food prices . | 851d02b689bec14607574096bb77b9acf53c15ee |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's Prince William is starting a two-month attachment with the Royal Navy on Monday, part of the future king's continued experience with various branches of the military, the Ministry of Defense said Saturday. Prince William and his father, Prince Charles, at his graduation from the Royal... | Britain's Prince William begins two-month attachment with Royal Navy on Monday .
William has completed attachment with the Royal Air Force .
The future king is a second lieutenant in the British Army .
Experience will prepare him for when he becomes head of armed forces as king . | 7a49f5bc1d336309f57076bceba91885ee5368b5 |
(CNN) -- Parma have signed AC Milan's 18-year-old Alberto Paloschi in a co-ownership deal, the Serie B club announced on their Web site on Wednesday. Paloschi scored with his first touch when he made his debut as a Milan sub in February. Paloschi made an instant impact when he made his debut for Milan in February, scor... | Alberto Paloschi is moving from Milan to Parma in a co-ownership deal .
The 18-year-old scored with his first touch in his Milan debut in February .
Lyon are interested in signing Milan right-back Massimo Oddo . | dd46893fd318dce4e209f9a335612659ebf8fd24 |
(CNN) -- A JetBlue flight from Boston, Massachusetts, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was diverted Saturday when a fight broke out after someone was smoking in the bathroom, federal officials said. A JetBlue plane was held in North Carolina for two hours while passengers were interviewed. One passenger aboard JetBlue Flig... | Witnesses said fight broke out after someone was smoking in bathroom .
One person taken into custody at Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, airport .
Witness: "I saw the guy holding his head with the blood coming out"
Plane held two hours in North Carolina while FBI interviewed passengers . | acda8749fba5e9553e9f47cef89ef85eae5ad4e3 |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Gov. David Paterson of New York has told state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states and countries where they are legal, his spokeswoman said Wednesday. The governor's legal counsel told state agencies in a May 14 memo to revise policies and regulations to recognize same-sex mar... | Memo: Failing to recognize gay marriages would violate New York's human rights law .
The directive follows a February ruling from a New York state appeals court .
Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriages in 2004 . | 51fe083191bb5568bf6a5fea1610a8e19663d7b2 |
(CNN) -- An earthquake shook southern Iceland on Thursday, reportedly causing injuries and damaging roads and buildings. A seismograph at the Institute of the Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, shows earthquake activity. The 6.1 magnitude temblor struck about 3:46 p.m. (11:46 a.m. ET), according to the U.S. Geologi... | Strong earthquake shakes southern Iceland on Thursday afternoon .
U.S. Geological Survey says quake was 6.1 magnitude .
Epicenter 50 kilometers (30 miles) east, south-east of the capital Reykjavik .
Residents near epicenter told to check on relatives . | f2463954bc7215d8a1f98cf0d85f280fd2affa58 |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- An American sailor fatally shot two female sailors before shooting himself Monday inside a U.S. military barracks in Bahrain, the Navy said. The alleged shooter, a male, survived the self-inflicted gunshot and was in critical condition at a military hospital in Bahrain, the Navy sai... | NEW: Sailor shoots two female colleagues, then self, Navy says .
Incident occurred at U.S. Navy support facility in the country .
Navy says incident was not terror-related .
Base supports U.S. Fifth Fleet, whose operations span 27 nations . | 0e7a92a6f06e94cdd613860d4a3f4b92a06a2b43 |
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesia will withdraw from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries at the end of the year, the country's energy minister told foreign journalists Wednesday. Indonesia has become a net importer of oil due to declining production levels. Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the move follows de... | Indonesia to withdraw from OPEC at end of the year, energy minister says .
Purnomo Yusgiantoro says Indonesia more of an oil consumer than producer .
Low production means Southeast Asia's only OPEC member is net oil importer . | 808a3d788317af05686ee71a71d2fbc5c19267bc |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two U.S. customs agents were arrested on charges they helped smuggle drugs and other contraband through New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The DEA says two customs officials at JFK International Airport helped smuggle drugs and contraband. Customs supervisor Walter Golembiowski and offi... | DEA says two agents regularly accepted and solicited bribes .
They and four others allegedly smuggled illegal contraband and drugs .
Investigation has led to the indictment and prosecution of more than 20 people .
Arrests follow a lengthy investigation by state and federal authorities . | 7ff39e1220c0f084434786ed145e15c6abe48def |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan and a co-defendant lost another legal round at the Supreme Court on Tuesday and will remain in prison on federal racketeering and fraud convictions. Ex-Gov. George Ryan walks out of a Chicago, Illinois, courthouse after his April 2006 conviction. Ryan and businessma... | George Ryan, co-defendant claim they didn't get fair trial in 2006 .
Justices refuse to intervene in case, give no reason why .
The men were convicted on charges related to bribery .
Ryan, a Republican, served as Illinois governor from 1999-2003 . | 87ef15064035db73cb29f5cec2f0442f2c527ef0 |
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A rebel group that has been attacking oil pipelines in southern Nigeria claimed responsibility on Monday for another strike and said it killed 11 government soldiers in fighting that followed the sabotage. A fire burns following an attack on a pipeline in Nigeria in December 2006. The Nigerian mi... | Rebel group claims responsibility another strike on a gas pipeline .
MEND group say it killed 11 government soldiers in fighting following sabotage .
Group says pipeline belongs to Shell Petroleum Development Company . | a577b934e210ef7dce07390711f03db8bb2e005a |
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Sixty-four cases of measles have been diagnosed in the United States this year, the most in seven years, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Measles is a respiratory disease whose familiar symptom is red blotches on the skin. In all but one of the cases, the people who ... | CDC: 64 confirmed measles cases in nine states since January .
64 patients ranged in age from 5 months to 71 years .
63 of the 64 were unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination status .
Highest number reported for same time period since 2001 . | 02927c88776bcc84fc883435a5037b4c8ca70e83 |
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A judge has declared a mistrial in the retrial of six men accused of plotting terrorist acts with al Qaeda. Narseal Batiste, the group's alleged ringleader, testified he wasn't serious about the terrorism threats he made. The decision comes after 13 days of deliberation and marks the second time... | Judge declares mistrial in the retrial of Miami terrorism case .
Men accused of plotting to target Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices .
Defendants faced up to 70 years in prison if convicted of conspiracy charges .
First trial ended in a mistrial in December, also because of a hung jury . | f8ddc6d36f378757d27a244529f8fe11672baa41 |
(CNN) -- A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent was killed Saturday when he was struck by a car driven by a suspected narcotics smuggler, officials said. Luis Aguilar, 32, who was assigned to the Yuma, Arizona, border patrol station, died Saturday, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner W. Ralph Basham said in a s... | Officials: Luis Aguilar, 32, was placing spike strips to stop the smugglers .
Border agents believe two cars involved had entered the U.S. illegally .
The incident occurred over the California state line from Arizona .
Both vehicles drove back across the border and into Mexico . | 4e97228ceef1be54ab9151fc6759017e6a54a18d |
(CNN) -- A Colorado woman is being pursued as a "person of interest" in connection with phone calls that triggered the raid of a Texas polygamist ranch, authorities said Friday. Rozita Swinton, 33, has been arrested in a case that is not directly related to the Texas raid. Texas Rangers are seeking Rozita Swinton of Co... | NEW: Texas Rangers pursue Rozita Swinton regarding phone calls to a crisis center .
NEW: Search of Swinton's home reveals evidence that possibly links her to the calls .
Police arrest the woman for making a false report to police in a separate case .
Phone calls prompted Texas raid, but officers then got a second searc... | 0e649ccabaf0e650e9757ee256c2749d37486ba6 |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. government has charged an international arms dealer with conspiring to sell a rebel group millions of dollars in weapons "to be used to kill Americans in Colombia," federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Viktor Bout is accused of selling missiles, rockets and other weapons to FARC, a Colomb... | Viktor Bout offered to sell surface-to-air missiles, rockets to FARC .
Arms dealer captured in Thailand. U.S. seeks extradition .
U.S. says Bout is an example of a new breed of organized crime leaders . | 29b87dc549b8c64b35517e684e79b1da6316bd88 |
(CNN) -- Skybus Airlines announced Friday it is shutting down its passenger flights -- becoming the third airline this week to cease operations. Skybus Airlines joins ATA and Aloha Airlines, which announced shutdowns earlier this week. The low-cost carrier couldn't overcome "the combination of rising jet fuel costs and... | Low-cost carrier cites high price of jet fuel .
ATA and Aloha also closing after bankruptcy filings .
Skybus says passengers can seek refunds from credit card firms . | 394f20c9bee9bc8d0e6a65bac48de57bd9f4733d |
TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Authorities have arrested a U.S. sailor on suspicion of robbery and murder in the death of a Japanese taxi driver. The U.S. military handed him over Thursday at Yokosuka Naval Base, south of Tokyo. A Yokosuka police spokesman identified the sailor as Olatunbosun Ogbogu, a 22-year-old Nigerian nati... | Japanese police arrest U.S. sailor for allegedly killing a Japanese taxi driver .
U.S. Navy presence in Japan has been marred by reports of rape and crime .
In 2006, U.S. civilian military staffer jailed for nine years for raping two women . | 6e63c8b1ae01ab91b4832222edaf4bb461b6c568 |
KAMPALA, Uganda (CNN) -- At least 19 schoolgirls died when fire erupted in their dormitory west of the capital, Kampala, late Monday, say police and school officials. Villagers surround the gutted school building Tuesday. Authorities also found the bodies of two adults in the ashes of the blaze at Buddo Junior School i... | 19 schoolgirls and two adults die in primary school dormitory fire, police say .
School denies pupils' claim that dormitory door was locked from the outside .
Police investigate cause of blaze at school 60 kilometers from Kampala . | fdb2b65b9cb99b7d52559ae647cae293cb5910d3 |
EDINBURGH, Scotland -- Hibernian have named former striker Mixu Paatelainen as their new manager in succession to John Collins -- who resigned last month in frustration at the lack of funds available to buy new players. Paatelainen was a popular playing figure in the distinctive green of Hibernian. The Finn, who enjoye... | Scottish club Hibernian appoint Finn Mixu Paatelainen as their new manager .
The 40-year-old replaces John Collins, who resigned from his post last month .
Paatelainen was a popular figure during two different playing spells with Hibs . | d8dc5c93ed7677ae66f16945459bc51d6448f6df |
(CNN) -- A bus carrying high school band students tipped over Saturday on Interstate 94 northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing one person. The bus that was carrying school band members rests upright after it crashed Saturday in Minnesota. Three people were critically injured, authorities said. A second bus trave... | Bus carrying high school students tips over on Minnesota interstate .
One person killed, three critically injured, authorities say .
Two buses from Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, were on way home from Chicago, Illinois . | 7241f8fe0e37c45db9684006a3fe1850c38f1287 |
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