Marine convicted in Iraqi kidnapping and murder case
Testing revealed the victim Hashim Ibrahim Awad, 52, was kidnapped and killed after an insurgent suspect vanished. Eight Marines faced murder and kidnapping charges, with four junior Marines and a Navy corpsman agreeing to testimony in exchange for sentences from one to eight years. Cpl. Marshall Magincalda, 24, was acquitted of murder but guilty of burglary and larceny, receiving time served and no punitive discharge, retaining benefits. Islamic Center spokesman criticized light sentence while noting broader public interest in justice.
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Hashim Ibrahim Awad
Navy
Woo
Cpl
Marshall Magincalda
Magincalda
Brig
Marine Corps
Manteca
Camp Pendleton
Ibrahim Hooper
Council On American- Islamic Relations
Iraq
Hooper
Taliban airstrikes in Helmand kill civilians and militants
In Shah Ibrahim area of Baghran district, Afghan officials report Taliban and civilians killed in an airstrike while villagers watched a Taliban led hanging. Health officials say 20 wounded in Lashkar Gah and Kandahar hospitals include an 8 year old boy and a 50 year old man. Taliban hostages in Ghazni province and South Korea volunteers are mentioned.
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Mohammad Hussein
Shah Ibrahim
Baghran
Helmand
Lashkar Gah
Enayatullah Ghafari
Kandahar
Sharifullah Khan
Najibullah
Dadullah Mansoor
Mullah Dadullah
Afghanistan
al- Jazeera
al-Qaida
Osama bin Laden
Taliban
Ghazni
Kabul
Wounds from the Silver Bridge disaster linger in Point Pleasant
The 1967 Silver Bridge collapse near Point Pleasant and Kanauga raised concerns about old iron bridges. Prompted by Minneapolis and other failures, officials now require inspections of steel-truss spans. West Virginia officials seek to identify how many such bridges exist in the state.
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Point Pleasant
Kanauga
Ohio
Minneapolis
West Virginia
John Walker
Walker
Bridge collapse search for victims continues amid high danger
Rescue teams comb the Mississippi River vicinity after a bridge collapse as divers recover vehicles and search deeper into the wreckage. Officials say the number of victims remains uncertain while first lady Laura Bush visits the scene and President Bush plans a recovery briefing.
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Kristi Rollwagen
Hennepin County
Rich Stanek
Stanek
Army Corps of Engineers
Bill Chandler
Chandler
Laura Bush
Bush
Aztec Tomb of Ahuizotl Hinted Beneath Pyramid Chamber
Archaeologists near Mexico City edge closer to locating the tomb of Ahuizotl buried around 1502. A submerged, stable chamber study suggests offerings and items linked to the Aztec king while a carved monolith of Tlaltecuhtli supports the site’s significance.
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Montezuma
Luis Alberto Martos
Mexico
National Institute of Anthropology and History
Lopez Lujan
Michael Smith
Arizona State University
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Sahal
Omar Jamal
Shanna Hanson
CNN
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Northwestern University
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Hernan Cortes
Mexico Valley
Ahui
Earth
Ethnology Museum
Vienna
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Bluefield Baily Telegraph
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