India doctors end 19 day strike over affirmative action policy
Government doctors at AIIMS and other hospitals in New Delhi and cities halted services during a 19 day strike against lower caste and minority reservation plans. Supreme Court ordered doctors back to work hours earlier. The dispute drew in students and professionals, while some medics kept emergency care running. Nine more sentences provide context on related regional protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Supreme Court
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi
Ireland priest convicted of raping 13-year-old girl
Roman Catholic priest Daniel Doherty, 48, was found guilty Wednesday of raping a 13-year-old girl in 1985 in a church sacristy. The trial spanned six days with the victim testifying. sentencing is expected in October. The case underscores long running sex abuse scandals that have shaken Ireland's Catholic Church and diminished church life and seminary enrollments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Doherty
Doherty
Ireland
Albert Reynolds
Reports of Haditha massacre fears linger in Iraq and US
President Bush and Pentagon leaders acknowledged probes into a November Haditha incident in which Marines were accused of killing about 24 Iraqis, including children. The inquiry covers potential unit coverups as 1,500 more troops deploy to Anbar and Ramadi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush
U.S
Iraq
Pentagon
Anbar
Haditha
Time Magazine
White House
Marine Corps
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Hamandiyah
Baghdad
Kilo Company
3Rd Battalion
1St Marine Regiment
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Euphrates River
Tony Snow
Carter Ham
Ham
Ramadi
United States
Anthony Cordesman
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Afghans Demand U S Troops Be Tried After Riots
A U S military spokesman said troops fired in self defense during melee after a deadly road crash sparked anti foreign riots in Kabul. up to five Afghans were killed and 160 wounded as mobs looted stores and burned buildings. Parliament urged prosecution but Afghan law may limit action. The unrest follows poverty and Taliban-linked attacks in volatile regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kasur
Afghanistan
U.S
Bush
Kabul
Tom Collins
Collins
New York Times
Amanullah Gazar
Gazar
Times
Saleh Mohammed Saljaqi
Hamid Karzai
U S relief mission starts in Indonesia heartland
Dozens of Marines set up a field hospital in Sewon after a devastating earthquake that killed over 6,200 and injured at least 30,000. The operation aims to soften U S image in Indonesia while addressing needs of victims and countering radical fringe influence in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewon
Indonesia
U.S
Southeast Asia
Washington
Pakistan
Ing
Abu Bakar Bashir
U.S. Navy
Bashir
Fauzan Al-Ansouri
Arwiyah
Carlos Gardines
Texas
US. Marine Field Hospital
Bantul
Suesday
Also Mentioned on This Page
Around the
Netherlands
Tribunal
Milosevic
Slobodan Milosevic
U.N. War Crimes Tribunal
U.N
Moscow
Hague
China
Hebei
Beijing
Xinhua
Taiwan
Cedes
Chen Shui-bian
Su Tseng-chang
Democratic Progressive Party
David Lee
Chen
CNA
Mngsi
Kevin N. McCall
U.S. Army
Kilo
Associated Press
Basra
CBS News
Germany
Kimberly Dozier
CBS and
Marle Shaw
Dozier
Saddam Hussein
Raoul Abdel-Rahman
Barzan Ibrahim
Saddam
Abdel-Rahman
Ibrahim
By Chris Brummitt
Eric Tausch
U.S. Marine
Okinawa
Japan
al Qaida
Bali
Ngrubi Board
Vingent Thian
AP Photo
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!