| Mon 15 Mar 2010 |
Police bring more charges against Ohioan accused of punching kids with key in fist at Walmart
Star Tribune | COLUMBUS, Ohio - Police in Ohio have brought more charges against a Walmart shopper accused of punching children in the head for kicks. | Columbus Police Sgt. John Hurst says two additional assault counts were filed Sunday against 68-year-old Ralph... |
State Department made decision to authorize Americans' departure from Mexico before killings
Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - A State Department spokesman says the decision to authorize family members of U.S. consulate employees in six northern Mexican cities to leave those areas was made days before Saturday's fatal shootings of three people associated with ... |
UN criticizes Russia for ignoring ecological impact of 2014 Sochi Olympics projects
Star Tribune | MOSCOW - The top U.N. environmental watchdog has criticized Russia in a report to be released Tuesday for ignoring the effects that several construction projects for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi will have on the region's unique wildlife. | In ... |
Afghan govt held peace talks with Taliban No. 2; Karzai said to be `very angry' ...
Star Tribune | KABUL - Afghan officials say the Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured last month in Pakistan. | A close aide to President Hamid Karzai says the arrest infuriated the Afghan leader. It also raised ... |
Tropical Storm Hubert kills 36, more than 38,000 homeless, Madagascar disaster officials say
Star Tribune | ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Madagascar's disaster officials say at least 36 people have died and more than 38,000 were made homeless by Tropical Storm Hubert. | The storm hit the southeast coast of the Indian Ocean island nation on Wednesday. | Offi... |
Sudan to continue peace talks with Darfur rebels beyond Monday deadline for agreement
Star Tribune | CAIRO - Sudan will continue peace talks with the most powerful Darfur rebel group beyond Monday's deadline for an agreement. | Sudanese presidential adviser Mustafa Osman Ismail says the government will hold more talks with the rebel Justice and Eq... |
Vietnam warned of inflation and trade deficit
The Saigon Times HANOI – The trade deficit is likely to prompt a further fall of the Vietnamese dong this year while food, housing and transport costs are leading inflation higher, according to a Standard Chartered Bank report. | The report on Vietnam’s economy b... |
German film week in Hanoi
The Saigon Times A German film week to mark German Year in Vietnam featuring the best films of 1956-1968 when the country was divided into two parts opens today at the Goethe Institute Hanoi. | Free invitations are available at Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc... |
Vietnam releases leading dissident from prison
USA Today Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — released one of its leading democracy activists from prison Monday after the dissident Catholic priest spent three years and suffered two strokes in solitary confinem... |
Woman raised as sex slave bought at age 5 in Vietnam, Speaks Out
Newsvine | "Debbie O" worked with Stephen Arthur Seagoe in the mid-1980s at Solitron Devices in Riviera Beach. | ... |
Vietnam releases leading dissident from prison
The Press Democrat | Authorities released Father Nguyen Van Ly from a prison near Hanoi at 4 a.m. and drove him in an ambulance back to his hometown of Hue, his sister, Nguyen Thi Hieu, told The Associated Press. | "I'm very glad to see him out of prison and pleased to... |
Peter Graves, RIP
Star Tribune | 1. Peter Graves’ obit omits one long-forgotten job: his voice-over and introduction work for a U of M documentary series called “Matrix.” At least I think it was called “Matrix.” I did one show back in the 80s; learned... |
AP Enterprise: While Fla. begged for help with Haiti flights, US government reacted slowly
Star Tribune | MIAMI - E-mails obtained by The Associated Press show that Florida and the federal government squabbled over where to send injured earthquake survivors while a humanitarian crisis unfolded in Haiti. | Hundreds of injured survivors of the Jan. 12 ea... |
Attorney general: government is engaging in greater public disclosure of information
Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder says the government is well on the way to fulfilling a commitment by the Obama administration for greater disclosure of information to the public. | In remarks to Justice Department employees, Holder said t... |
NYC hoping to get money back to some passengers who were ripped off in taxi ...
Star Tribune | NEW YORK - Thousands of people ripped off by New York City taxi drivers who illegally overcharged them could get some money back. | Mayor Michael Bloomberg says his administration is looking into ways to reimburse cheated passengers. | The city's T... |
DC medical examiner: Pentagon shooter died from gunshot wounds to head, arm
Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - The medical examiner in Washington, D.C., says an autopsy shows a man who opened fire at the Pentagon nearly two weeks ago died from gunshot wounds to his head and arm. | Thirty-six-year-old John Patrick Bedell approached a Pentagon se... |
Colorado man involved in Obama threat sentenced on auto theft charges
Star Tribune | DENVER - A Colorado man who sparked fears of an assassination plot against Barack Obama has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in a separate theft case. | The Colorado attorney general's office said Monday that Shawn Robert Adolf must pay more th... |
Somali government offers official posts to powerful militia in exchange for military support
Star Tribune | MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's government signed an agreement with a powerful militia on Monday that offers high-level militants senior government positions in return for their military support during a long-planned offensive against an Islamist in... |
'Quiet corruption' seen in Africa as teachers, public servants skip work, hurting the poor
Star Tribune | NAIROBI, Kenya - A World Bank report says teachers and other public servants who don't show up for work are fueling "quiet corruption" throughout Africa that is disproportionately hurting the continent's poor. | The report says studies ov... |
A good day for the Minnesota Orchestra
Star Tribune | It's a good day to be associated with the Minnesota Orchestra. It appears the institution's request for state bonding will survive at $16 million. It was announced at last December's annual meeting that the Orchestra had raised $24 million pri... |
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