Archive for August 2nd, 2009

Sudan trouser woman ‘ready for 40,000 lashes’ (AFP)

Written by on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 in Latest News.

AFP – A Sudanese journalist facing 40 lashes for wearing “indecent” trousers vowed on the eve of her judgment that she is ready to be whipped 40,000 times in her bid to change the country’s harsh laws.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

China says another 319 detained over Xinjiang riot (AP)

Written by on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 in Latest News.

AP – Police in western China have detained another 319 people suspected of being involved in deadly ethnic unrest between Muslim minority Uighurs and the dominant Han Chinese community last month, a state news agency said.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Remains found of U.S. pilot in first Gulf War (Reuters)

Written by on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 in 366484.

Reuters – The remains of a U.S. Navy pilot have been found and positively identified, more than 18 years after he was shot down over Iraq and became the first U.S. casualty of the first Gulf War, the U.S. Defense Department said on Sunday.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back



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