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Prosecutors seek life term for accused Bali bombmaker
Indonesian terror suspect Umar Patek (2nd R) arrives at West Jakarta courtIndonesian prosecutors on Monday asked for a life sentence rather than the death penalty for Umar Patek, the bombmaker accused of being behind the Bali attacks that killed 202 people.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T06:35:45Z
Survivor: Honduran police fired on passenger boat
Lucio Adan Nelson Quin, 22, rests while recovering in a public hospital from the wounds caused during an attack involving U.S. helicopters in a DEA-supported anti-drug crackdown by Honduras police in Las Mosquitia region, in La Ceiba, Honduras, Sunday, May 20, 2012. On Friday May 11, Lucio and more than a dozen others dove from a riverboat into the water for cover from Honduran police, who with DEA agents aboard, say they were hitting drug traffickers who fired first. Four died.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Lucio Adan Nelson dozed on a riverboat ferrying him home from a visit with his mother when helicopters appeared overhead and started shooting. He and about a dozen other passengers traveling in the middle of the night jumped into the water for cover.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T06:25:52Z
Romney, US Sen. Brown play down past connections
FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2010, file photo former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, is announced by Sen. Scott Brown, R, Mass., as he arrives on stage to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. The two Massachusetts Republicans have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers, but facing tough elections neither is the presidential candidate nor the U.S. senator is playing up that history now, perhaps with good reason. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T07:54:56Z
NATO allies focus on ending unpopular Afghan war
Anti-war protesters face police during a rally near the NATO summit in ChicagoUS President Barack Obama and NATO allies will focus Monday on logistical aspects of ending the protracted Afghan war after President Hamid Karzai vowed his country will no longer be a "burden" for the international community.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T05:40:39Z
Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty has baby boy
Bollywood personalities Shilpa Shetty (R) and husband Raj KundraBollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, who shot to global fame when she was subjected to allegedly racist taunts on Britain's "Celebrity Big Brother" television series, gave birth to a baby boy on Monday.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T07:51:28Z
Tropical Storm Alberto weakens off SC coast
This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 19, 2012, shows tropical storm Alberto 140 miles (225 km) east of Charleston, S.C. Alberto is the first tropical storm of the season and formed Saturday off the coast of South Carolina with top winds of 45 mph (75 kph). (AP Photo/Weather Underground)Tropical Storm Alberto hovered off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T06:21:18Z
China firm buys AMC to create cinema giant
Wanda's portfolio includes 86 movie theatres in China with a total of 730 screensWanda, a property firm owned by one of China's richest men, said Monday it would buy US cinema chain AMC Entertainment for $2.6 billion, in a sign of China's growing clout in the entertainment business.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T08:01:11Z
Golden Gate celebrates 75th with help of engineers
The Golden Gate Bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937. It was the world's longest suspension span and had been built across a strait that critics said was too treacherous to be bridged.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T07:44:44Z
Yahoo! to sell stake in China's Alibaba for $7.1 billion
Alibaba had long expressed a desire to buy back the 43 percent chunk of the company owned by Yahoo!After more than a year of tedious negotiations, struggling US Internet pioneer Yahoo! has agreed to sell its stake in Alibaba, China's top e-commerce player, for at least $7.1 billion, the companies announced.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T05:59:05Z