Judge recuses from Muhammad sniper case over speedy trial probe
Fairfax Virginia judge Jonathan C. Thacher steps aside from the John Allen Muhammad case after prosecutors charged he conducted an improper inquiry into a speedy trial issue. He cites the need to redirect focus to the prosecution and uphold justice amid the death-penalty murder conviction from 2002.
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Fairfax
John Allen Muhammad
Muhammad
Circuit Court
Jonathan C. Thacher
Thacher
Dean Harold Meyers
Prince William County
John Schmidt
Derek W. Potts
Potts
Brian Orwell
Fiery Texas crash kills 10 including three children
A tractor trailer crossed the median on U S 75 near Sherman injuring the driver and killing ten others two vehicles. A mother and grandmother died in an SUV burned beyond recognition along with three children. Five people died in a pickup. The driver Miroslav Janusz Jozwiak 45 was injured and held on criminally negligent homicide charges.
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Sherman
Texas
U.S. 75
Doug Blackburn
Miroslav Janusz Jozwiak
US air strike in Afghanistan kills six insurgents
A U.S. air attack in Zabul province killed six insurgents after militants fired a rocket at a Black Hawk helicopter. No American casualties or helicopter damage were reported. Earlier, a roadside bomb wounded two U.S. soldiers on a security patrol in Shinkay district.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
U.S
Zabul
Shinkay
Bush calls for global unity over Iraq at UN address
President George W. Bush urged world leaders to unite behind Iraq’s government as insurgents killed hostages and analysts warned of varied future outcomes. UAE US allies weighed in while UN chief Annan warned rule of law faces global risk and condemned abuse at Abu Ghraib.
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Bush
Iraq
Ayad Allawi
General Assembly of the United Nations
U.N
Kofi Annan
Security Council
Annan
U.S
Abu Ghraib
Baghdad
General Assembly
John Kerry
D-Mass
Jacksonville
Fla
Thabo Mbeki
Iraq faces rising sectarian violence and civil war fears
Clerics from Sunni and Shia communities, plus Kurdish leaders, have been killed as bombings target churches and police. A growing fear among Iraqis, even as Prime Minister Allawi dismisses it, is that violence could fracture the country into a Kurdish north, Sunni center and Shiite south. Experts warn sectarian divisions could spread if bloodshed continues.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Ayad Allawi
Mahmoud Othman
Bosnia
London
Royal Institute of International Affairs
Cybill Shepherd wears cape in GMTV interview in London
Cybill Shepherd promotes her one woman cabaret show in London and jokes about jet lag hair. She discusses a possible Moonlighting movie with Bruce Willis and notes they are now friends. Lefaucheur Lelouch funds free screenings for Les Parisiens drawing 186000 dollars in costs. 60 Minutes on Classic debuts later this year with archival sports segments including Ali Foreman and other luminaries.
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London
Cybill Shepherd
Little Red Riding Hood
Britain
GMTV
Vogue Magazine
Fiona Phillips
Shepherd
Phillips
Bruce Willis
She
Bruce
Paris
Claude Lelouch
Lelouch
RTL Radio
Bristol
Florida angler admits cheating in lake bass tournament
Ronnie Lynn Robinson confessed to cheating in a 2002 Lake County bass tournament after officials discovered three eight-ounce weights inside a supposedly winning fish. He forfeited about $2,000, received nine months of court supervision, and must avoid fishing contests. his lawyer disputes guilt, calling the deal convenient.
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Tavares
Fla
Ronnie Lynn Robinson
Robinson
Lake County
Darren Ratliff
Henry G. Ferro
Ratliff
Bluffton Police Officers Win Best-Dressed Award
Bluffton Indiana police, a 20-officer force, earn best-dressed honors in the national competition by the National Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors. New York wins large-city category. other honorees include Connecticut State Police and Ohio’s Cleveland Metro Park Rangers.
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Bluffton
United States
Fort Wayne
New York
Tammy Schaffer
National Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors
Connecticut
Alamance County
North Carolina
Ohio
Cleveland Metro Park Rangers
Ted Ellis
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