Society

Saudis crucify murderer after execution - 05/30/2009

RIYADH - The Saudi government beheaded a double murderer Friday and then crucified his headless body in a Riyadh square, the government and rights groups said. Ahmed al-Anzi was put to death for...

Rags to riches immigrant back to Europe for Opel - 05/30/2009

MONTREAL, Jacques Lemieux- From rags to riches, the man behind auto parts supplier Magna International, which clinched a deal Saturday to buy GM's German unit Opel, arrived in Canada from Austria 50...

Students suffer in France's four-month strike - 05/29/2009

PARIS, Roland Lloyd Parry - Shahinez Benabed turned up in February to finish a history degree at the renowned Sorbonne university on the Left Bank in Paris, but found the historic lecture halls shut...

14 women missing this year in notorious Mexico border city - 05/29/2009

MEXICO CITY - Two teenage girls have gone missing in Ciudad Juarez, authorities said Thursday, making a total of 14 missing females this year in the Mexican border city where hundreds of young women...

Irish Catholic orders refuse to revise abuse compensation - 05/26/2009

DUBLIN, Andrew Bushe - Irish Roman Catholic religious orders which ran homes where children were abused for decades ruled out Monday renegotiating a disputed deal for compensating the victims. The...

Boy who fled cancer treatment returns to Minnesota - 05/26/2009

CHICAGO - A 13-year-old boy who spent a week on the run with his mother to avoid cancer treatment that went against his religious beliefs was returned to Minnesota Monday, officials said. "It is a...

Obama feels no pressure to pick woman for high court - 05/24/2009

WASHINGTON, Jim Mannion - President Barack Obama said Saturday he feels no pressure to select a woman as his first Supreme Court nominee but that over time, his high court picks would reflect the...

Mother, stepfather of Britain's abused Baby P jailed - 05/22/2009

LONDON, Guy Jackson- The mother and stepfather of Baby P, whose death after months of brutal abuse shocked Britain and triggered an urgent review of childcare policy, were jailed Friday for their...

3.2-ton cocaine stash found in Colombia: police - 05/21/2009

BOGOTA- Colombian police announced Wednesday they had seized a 3.2-ton shipment of cocaine in the Caribbean port of Cartagena during an operation conducted with the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)....

DNA shows 13-year-old British boy did not father a child - 05/19/2009

LONDON- DNA tests have revealed that a 13-year-old British boy who claimed to have fathered a child with his 15-year-old girlfriend was not the dad, according to a court judgement made public...
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