International

                
  • Woman gets jail for ‘American Idol’ stalking

    Woman gets jail for ‘American Idol’ stalking

    May 30, 2009

    Xinhuanet -- An Australian woman who stalked 'American Idol' contestant Diana DeGarmo over the internet was sentenced to 26 months in prison Friday. Tanya Maree Quattrocchi, 23, from Melbourne hacked into the MySpace account of 2004...

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  • US hides sexual abuse in Abu Ghraib

    US hides sexual abuse in Abu Ghraib

    May 30, 2009

    Washington, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The Pentagon sought to publish pictures on torture applied by the CIA in the prison of Abu Ghraib during the administration of George W. Bush, but President Barack Obama revoked its...

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  • Palestinians honor Holocaust victims

    Palestinians honor Holocaust victims

    May 30, 2009

    RAMALLAH, May 29 (IPS) - On a cool and overcast day, a procession of grim-faced people filed silently past pictures of heaps of skeletons piled high, of emaciated survivors with blank stares corralled behind barbed wire,...

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  • Caracas shuns gold firm as state pushes forward with development

    Caracas shuns gold firm as state pushes forward with development

    May 30, 2009

    Original source: Venezuela has refused to renew a gold concession held by the US Gold Reserve corporation as the government boosts state control over its mineral wealth. According to Wednesday's edition of Venezuela's Official Gazette, the...

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  • Irish abuse churches must pay, prime minister argues

    Irish abuse churches must pay, prime minister argues

    May 29, 2009

    Irish leaders declared on Wednesday that the secretive Catholic orders responsible for abusing children in workhouse-style schools must pay a greater share of compensation for victims. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has demanded face-to-face negotiations with...

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