NKorea still years away from credible missiles
Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - They don't call it rocket science for nothing.
North Korea's first successful launch of a three-stage, long-range rocket has outraged world leaders who consider it similar to a missile capable of attacking the United States, Europe and other
...Boston mobster's lawyer seeks dismissal of judge
BOSTON (AP) - Lawyers for Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger have asked a federal appeals court to order the judge scheduled to preside over his trial to step aside because of his close ties to the U.S. Justice Department.
The Boston Globe (http://b.globe.com/UVyZvF ) reports that in a motion filed Tuesday, Bulger's lawyer said that if the 1st
...European court: German was victim of US rendition
PARIS (AP) - The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday in favor of a German man who says the CIA illegally kidnapped him and took him to a secret prison in Afghanistan in 2003. The decision was hailed by critics of the so-called extraordinary renditions programs in the U.S. war on terrorism.
It's Khaled El-Masri's first major judicial
...Texas boy with pentagram carved back discharged
RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (AP) - A 6-year-old Texas boy whose father has been accused of carving a pentagram on the child's back has been released from a hospital.
Richland Hills police Sgt. Nathan Stringer says officers planned to speak with the boy Thursday about the attack a day earlier. Police say the child's father called 911 and said he inscribed
...SAfrica president: Nelson Mandela 'recuperating'
Associated Press
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) - South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday honored anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalized since the weekend and who the president said is recovering from a lung infection.
Zuma was to unveil a statue of Mandela Thursday in the city
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