Torture case yields maximum sentences for two women
In Luvans West Virginia Logan County, Karen Burton and Frankie Brewster received the maximum terms after pleading guilty to kidnapping and assault in the Megan Williams case. Burton got 10 years for civil rights violation plus two 10 year terms, Brewster 10 to 25 years for second degree sexual assault.
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Frankie Brewster
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DNA links six women to most Native American ancestry
A DNA study suggests nearly all Native Americans in North Central and South America descend from six women who migrated about 20 000 years ago. Researchers caution the six maternal lines do not imply these were the sole founders of the initial population across the continent.
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Fingers of Americans Captured in Iraq Sent to U S Military
Five severed fingers believed to belong to Western contractors captive in Iraq were sent to the U S military. The victims were abducted in two incidents about 18 months apart near Safwan and near Basra. DNA confirmed the fingers matched the hostages including Ronald J. Withrow and four others.
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Lubbock
Texas
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Getaville
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Redding
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Bert Nussbaurner
Vienna
Austria
Ngton
Mater
Crescent Security Group
Safwan
Spitzer Plea Negotiations Surface Amid Resignation Fallout
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer faces a tense clash with prosecutors as his defense team reportedly negotiates a plea deal over links to a high end prostitution ring. Lt. Gov. Paterson prepares to assume office as New York's first black governor and the nation's first legally blind chief executive.
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Elaine Day
Western Kenya violence, helicopters strafing forests
A region in western Kenya near Kitale District Hospital saw military action after land disputes erupted. Witnesses reported helicopter gunships strafing forests to drive fighters from hideouts while villagers described attacks that left four girls with severe burns and thirteen others dead. A militia claimed it aimed to correct historical injustices, with no group taking responsibility.
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Kenya
Lucy Okello
Kitale
China blasts U.S. rights record in sharp international rebuke
China's State Council accused the United States of hypocrisy and cited violence, a large prison population and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as examples. The criticism followed a U.S. report condemning China’s human rights record and was framed as the world’s biggest human rights tragedy attributed to Washington.
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