Karzai blames foreigners for Afghan vote fraud amid power clash
Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused the U.N. and international community of meddling in last year’s fraud tainted election as parliament rejects his bid to expand control over electoral bodies. He warned of foreign influence aiming to weaken his presidency and called out named Western officials amid a stand off over September parliamentary oversight.
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Hamid Karzai
U.N
Karzai
United States
State Election Commission
Afghanistan
Peter Galbraith
European Union
Philippe Morillon
Galbraith
Kai Eide
Obama thanks flood workers amid Northeast flooding detour
President Barack Obama thanked emergency workers at Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency headquarters for their response to widespread Northeast floods. With Gov. Deval Patrick present, he urged support for ground crews and noted no direct flood-site visits during the detour. National Guard units operated in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut as officials planned damage assessments.
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Framingham
Mass
Barack Obama
Obama
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
Boston
Massachusetts
Deval Patrick
New England
Rhode Island
Maine
Connecticut
National Guard
Rhode
Roberts dies. early PC pioneer inspired Microsoft
Atlanta AP reports Dr. Henry Edward Roberts died in Georgia at age 68. The build it yourself kit made computer capability affordable and inspired Bill Gates and Paul Allen to found Microsoft in 1975 after they read about the MITS Altair 8800. Roberts, a former military man, pursued farming and medicine while staying connected to computing.
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Atlanta
Henry Edward Roberts
Bill Gates
Microsoft
Georgia
Roberts
Paul Allen
Popular Electronics
Navy frigate sinks pirate skiff off East Africa
Navy frigate USS Nicholas repelled an early morning attack by a pirate skiff off East Africa. The vessel fired back, sinking the skiff and capturing five suspects who will remain in U.S. custody aboard the frigate. International forces intensify patrols to curb the growing pirate trade in the region.
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Kenya
U.S. Navy
East Africa
Nicholas
Navy
Patrick Foughty
Alabama
Richard Phillips
Phillips
U.S. Africa Command
U.S
Norfolk
Somalia
Taiwan
Cardinals defend pope amid church sex abuse scandal
European cardinals used Holy Thursday sermons to back Pope Benedict XVI against claims he helped cover up abuse. Vatican officials sought to dampen Western media criticism as Benedict, in St. Peter's, led Mass and washed the feet of 12 priests, with no direct reference to the crisis. Cardinal Angelo Scola in Venice called him a victim of deceitful accusations, while Warsaw Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz urged seriousness in cases and pushback against media targeting the church.
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Vatican City
Europe
Benedict XVI
Vatican
Benedict
St. Peter’s Basilica
Venice
Angelo Scola
Lagoon City
Warsaw
Kazimierz Nycz
Killer of Kansas doctor given life sentence
In Wichita Kansas Scott Roeder 52 received a life term for the murder of Dr George Tiller the late term abortion provider The judge designated the term as life with no parole for 51 years eight months after evidence showed Roeder stalked his victim The case drew remarks from Tiller’s attorney who called the act domestic terrorism and urged the harshest sentence possible
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Kan
U.S
Scott Roeder
George Tiller
Tiller
Sedgwick County
Warren Wilbert
Roeder
Wilbert
Lee Thompson
Thompson
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