Van der Sloot defense attorney quits over threats
The Peruvian defense lawyer Altez says he is quitting as Joran van der Sloot’s counsel after death threats. He will stop representing the Dutchman when Van der Sloot’s family arrives in Peru in the coming days. A replacement was not named. Dutch officials had noted potential financial strains for the mother to hire defense. The trial date remains undetermined.
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Joran van der Sloot
van der Sloot
Altez
Aruba
Dutch brewery stunt at World Cup match red cards
At the Netherlands vs Denmark game in Johannesburg more than 30 women wore orange mini dresses with a Dutch brewery name, stripping to reveal logo outfits. FIFA escorted them from the stadium after the match, citing ambush marketing. organizers said Bavaria NV paid for their trip to South Africa.
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Johannesburg
Denmark
FIFA
Nicolas Maingot
Bavaria NV
South Africa
Son Turns Aging Father in New York Mob Trial
In New York City 93 year old mob figure John Franzese appears frail as jurors hear testimony from his son John Franzese Jr., a former Colombo associate turned cooperating witness. Prosecutors seek to show the elder Franzese fabrics of deception while the defense hints at a payout scheme through a reality show and a tell-all book.
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New York
John
Sonny” Franzese
Frank Sinatra
New York City
John Franzese Jr
Franzese Jr
Arizona senator seeks to deny citizenship to babies born here
Arizona state Sen Russell Pearce, after backing the state’s strict illegal immigration law, pitches a plan to deny U S citizenship to children born in the United States to undocumented parents. Legal scholars call it unconstitutional and unlikely to pass.
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Phoenix
Arizona
U.S
Russell Pearce
United States
Pearce
Nathan Deal
Georgia
Federation For American Immigration Reform
Washington
UN links planned violence to Osh unrest in Kyrgyzstan
The U N says the Osh violence was orchestrated and well planned by organized gunmen in ski masks, with hundreds killed and over 100 000 ethnic Uzbeks fleeing to Uzbekistan. The crisis threatens a late month referendum and erodes the interim government’s grip. An ICRC spokesman cites several hundred dead.
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Osh
Kyrgyzstan
U.N
Central Asia
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyz
No Man’s Land
International Committee of the Red Cross
Christian Cardon
Cardinal Mahony deposition details 1986 abuse case
Court documents released show Cardinal Roger Mahony did not alert police or parishioners after priest Michael Baker admitted abuse, claiming victims were illegal immigrants who returned to Mexico. Mahony testified he did not know victims’ identities and sent Baker for treatment then restricted him, as part of a 14 year handling of allegations. The deposition accompanies a sex abuse suit settled for 2.2 million and comes ahead of Mahony’s planned retirement.
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LOS Angeles
Roger Mahony
Mexico
Mahony
Michael Baker
Baker
New Mexico
North Korea warns of military response over Cheonan sinking
North Korea’s U.N. ambassador Sin Son Ho said Pyongyang would respond militarily if the U.N. Security Council questions or condemns it over the March 26 Cheonan sinking. He pressed for on site North Korean verification and warned of possible war due to South Korea’s maneuvers.
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North Korea
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Sin Son Ho
South
Korean
South Korea
Sin
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