Army private gets 40 year term in killing and robbery
In Wiesbaden Germany a military judge sentenced Pfc Andrew Humiston 23 to 40 years in prison with parole possible for taking part in the 2001 killing and robbery of fellow soldier Pfc Clint Lamebear 18. Pfc Jonathan Schroeder 21 pleaded guilty last week and received up to 70 years. Both men are eligible for parole after 10 years.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Andrew Humiston
Champlin
Minn
Clint C. Lamebear
Church Rock
N.M
Jonathan Schroeder
Oxford
Miss
Schroeder
Humiston
Cuba says three die during attempted hijacking
Cuba's Interior Ministry reports three hijackers died in a shootout among themselves while trying to hijack a fishing boat to the United States. A 10 year old boy was seriously injured as the group, accompanied by a woman and her two sons, attempted the seizure at the port of La Coloma, about 100 miles west of Havana.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
Interior Ministry
la Coloma
Two Liberian Deputy Ministers Killed in Arrest Plot Backdrop
Relatives of Issac Nuhan Waye deputy minister of public works and John Winpoe Yormie deputy minister of national security say both were killed. They were arrested June 5 after President Charles Taylor announced a coup plot discovery.
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Cynthia Yormie
Liberia
John Winpoe Yormie
Kang Yormie
Paynesville
Monrovia
Charles Taylor
Issac Nuhan Waye
Heat wave grips Europe as cities seek relief
Europe swelters under a record heat wave. Paris considers water rations while London offers rewards for an air conditioning system for the Tube. Paris fountains become wading pools as tourists seek shade and officials from England to Romania act to limit damage from drought.
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Paris
Rome
London
Europe
England
Romania
United Nations withdraws nonessential staff from Burundi
The United Nations announced the withdrawal of nonessential staff from Bujumbura after six days of combat in the capital. Rebels attacked southern districts with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades, killing scores.
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Bujumbura
Burundi
United Nations
Bush budget deficit soars to a record $475 billion next year
The Bush administration raised its deficit forecast to $455 billion this year and $475 billion next, driven by a weak economy, tax cuts, and the war on terror. The projections exceed the 1992 peak and signal worsening fiscal strain as baby boomers retire, with deficits easing only to about $213 billion in 2007. White House and GOP push for restrained spending and continued growth policies while prioritizing national security.
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Washington
White House
GOP
Bush
Joshua Bolton
Claudette Hammers Texas Coast in Early Hurricane Move
Hurricane Claudette sloshed ashore on the Texas Gulf Coast with 80 mph winds and 88 mph gusts. Two men were rescued after their 92 foot shrimp boat sank while coast guard crews patrolled the flooded coast near Palacios and Port Lavaca. Gov. Perry issued a disaster relief proclamation and National Guard was called to assist with rescue and recovery.
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Palacios
Texas
Claudette
Texas Gulf
Coast Guard
Land
Wadsworth
South Texas Project
Ed Conaway
Rick Perry
National Guard
Diaz seeks injunction to bar release of private photos
Cameron Diaz, in a decade old modeling session suit, claims no signed release and alleges forgery. Publicist says photographer offered rights before selling images. photographer states a right of first refusal was negotiated and a raid occurred after Diaz lawyers made an offer.
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Los Angeles
Cameron Diaz
Charlie’s Angels” Star
Brad Cafarelli
John Rutter
Inside Edition
Diaz
Rutter
Local activist sells antiwar deck Operation Hidden Agenda
Kathy Eder in Colorado sells 55 card set featuring Bush administration figures and critics with quotes about the Iraq war. The project, produced by Liberty Playing Cards, has sold 3000 decks in three weeks and she plans a second order, pledging half profits to non profits aiding Gulf War veterans and Iraqis. Gregg Rhoads, listed as KIA on the Vietnam Memorial in Greeley, explains he is alive and details his service history.
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San Francisco
Saddam Hussein
Kathy Eder
Donald Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Hussein
Eder
Department of Defense
U.S
Liberty Playing Cards
Greeley
Colo
Gregg Rhoads
Rhoads
Gregg Lee Rhoads
Navy
U.S. Naval Reserve
Army National Guard
Southeast Asia
Rick Wertz
Veterans’ Memorial Project
Weld County
Vietnam
KIA
Wertz
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Barbra Streisand
Malibu
Streisand
Kenneth Adelman
Silicon Valley
Adelman
California Coastal Records Project
Richard Kendall
Kendall
Ross
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Stephen Paul Barnard
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