Two Officers and Suspect Killed in Miami Shootout
A Miami shootout during a warrants operation in Liberty City left two Miami-Dade officers and a suspect dead. Authorities say the officers and suspect died at the scene or en route to hospital while the Marshals Service fugitive task force assisted in serving a homicide warrant.
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Ex-Chicago cop awaits sentence in torture case
In a packed federal courtroom former Chicago officer Jon Burge faces sentencing after his perjury and obstruction convictions. Prosecutors seek more than 30 years. defense asks under two years. Dozens testified earlier, naming five victims who described torture methods including suffocation and electric shocks. The two day hearing ends the decades long case.
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South Korea agrees to high level defense talks with North Korea
South Korea accepts a North Korean proposal to hold high level defense talks amid cross border tensions. The talks aim to discuss the March ship sinking and November artillery attack, and may set the stage for resumed negotiations on North Korea's nuclear program.
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Sweden to defer Assange extradition decision to courts
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said Stockholm will not decide on Assange's extradition to the United States if he faces possible death penalty. He noted Sweden would extradite only if not to nations with the death penalty and that the courts would decide, during a London visit for a Nordic summit.
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WikiLeaks
Julian Assange
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Assange
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Reinfeldt
Irish premier forced to announce early election
Ireland will hold elections on March 11 after Prime Minister Brian Cowen attempted a cabinet reshuffle that backfired. Five ministers resigned amid the plan to promote new lawmakers, plunging Cowen’s Fianna Fail and coalition partners into controversy and weakening pre election prospects.
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