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Doctors plotted "wholesale murder" in UK: prosecutor

LONDON, Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters) — Two doctors went on trial on Thursday accused of being part of an Islamist cell trying to murder people "wholesale" by carrying out car bomb attacks in central London and at a packed Scottish airport last year. ...  > full story

Criminals targeted in U.S. "kidnap capital"

PHOENIX, Oct. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — The criminal underworld in the sun-baked Arizona capital of Phoenix has long enjoyed the hot money profits from illicit smuggling of drugs and people over the border from Mexico. ...  > full story

Greenberg blames AIG woes on shorts, accounting

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — A former chief executive of American International Group Inc defended the insurer's risk management but said looser accounting and curbs to market short-selling could have saved it. ...  > full story

Hong Kong court rejects "milkshake murderess" appeal

HONG KONG, Oct. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — A Hong Kong court on Monday dismissed an appeal by American housewife Nancy Kissel who was jailed for life for murder after feeding her husband a sedative-spiked milkshake and clubbing him to death. ...  > full story

O.J. Simpson's luck runs out after 13 years

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — O.J. Simpson, who more than a decade ago stunned much of America by beating murder charges, found himself in a Las Vegas jail on Saturday, facing the possibility of life in prison after a jury found him guilty of kidnapping and robbery in a dramatic late-night verdict. ...  > full story

Sudan criticizes Palin, Biden over Darfur flight ban

KHARTOUM, Oct. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Sudan criticized both U.S. vice-presidential contenders on Sunday for suggesting they might support a no-fly zone over Darfur, saying the plan showed they knew little about the conflict. ...  > full story

U.S. soldier gets 8 months, discharge over killings of Iraqis

BERLIN, Oct. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty to involvement in the fatal shooting of detainees in Iraq early last year has been sentenced to eight months in jail and will be discharged from the armed forces, the army said Thursday. ...  > full story

Pirates off Somalia get $18-30 million ransoms: report

NAIROBI, Oct. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Piracy in the Gulf of Aden has cost shippers between $18-30 million so far this year in ransoms and is threatening global business, British think-tank Chatham House said on Thursday. ...  > full story

Court won't revisit child rape execution case

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a request by Louisiana and the Bush administration to revisit its recent ruling that outlawed the death penalty for those convicted of raping a child. ...  > full story

U.S. proposes to suspend trade benefits for Bolivia

WASHINGTON, Sep. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. President George W. Bush is moving to suspend long-time U.S. trade benefits for Bolivia because of that country's failure to cooperate in drug-fighting efforts in the past year, the top U.S. trade official said on Friday. ...  > full story
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