Saudi diplomat seeks asylum in United States
NBC News reports Ali Ahmad Asseri, a first secretary at the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles, asked for political asylum claiming life danger if returned. He says Saudi officials oppose his homosexuality and friendship with a Jewish woman. DHS questioned him after asylum filing. no comment from officials or lawyer.
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United States
Saudi Arabia
NBC News
Ali Ahmad Asseri
Asseri
NBC
Department of Homeland Security
Department
Associated Press
Five Americans Arrested in Zimbabwe for Licensing Violations
Five Americans linked to AIDS work in Zimbabwe were arrested with a Zimbabwean doctor for allegedly practicing medicine without licenses and running an unsupervised pharmacy. Gloria Cox Crowell, chairwoman of an AIDS program at Oakland church, identified among those detained. church-backed Mother of Peace Orphanage aids AIDS orphans near Harare.
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Jonathan Samukange
Gloria Cox Crowell
Allen Temple Baptist Church
Oakland
Calif
Mother of Peace
Harare
Samukange
Cox Crowell
Jaws' burrito eating champ at New Mexico State Fair
Competitive eater Joey Chestnut known as Jaws set a new record by downing 47 burritos in 10 minutes at Albuquerque's state fair beating the old mark of 33 1/2. He won 1500 dollars in New Mexico for the Garcia's World Burrito Eating Championship, a Major League Eating sanctioned event.
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Chestnut
Jaws
New Mexico State Fair
Albuquerque
New York
Coney Island
San Jose
Calif
New Mexico
Major League Eating
Burglary Suspect Drops From Ceiling in Pico Rivera
Jose Parada, 23, was booked on burglary suspicion after deputies responding to three business burglaries encountered a man in a shop attic. He fell through the ceiling into deputies’ arms as a K-9 unit searched De La Cruz Jewelry. Parada is held on $20,500 bail with arraignment set for Tuesday.
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Pico Rivera
Whittier Daily News
Jose Parada
Los Angeles
William's
Debbie Gallego
de la Cruz
Parada
Hurricane Igor Forms in Atlantic Far From Land
Forecasters report Igor has become the fourth hurricane of the Atlantic season with winds near 75 mph. The storm, about 1,230 miles west of Cape Verde, is moving west at 17 mph and could strengthen to a major hurricane by Monday.
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Igor
Cape Verde Islands
Iran prisoners case exposes power split within regime
U S woman Sarah Shourd remains in limbo amid a renewed clash between President Ahmadinejad and Iran's judiciary led by Ayatollah Larijani. The delayed release follows conflicting statements from state media and officials, with analysts noting broader factional fights over domestic policy and foreign affairs as Tehran weighs possible trials and sanctions pressures.
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Dusal
United Arab Emirates
Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Sarah Shourd
Ahmadinejad
Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani
Tehran
Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi
Shourd
Meir Javedanfar
Middle East
Israel
Larijani
Ali
Javedanfar
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Behzad Sarmadi
Dubai
Judiciary
Shane Bauer
Josh Fattal
Iran-Iraq
Washington
Tragedy in Kentucky as man kills family and neighbors
In Breathitt County near Mount Carmel, 47 year old Stanley Neace killed his wife Sandra Neace 54 and daughter Sandra R Strong 28 along with neighbors Dennis Turner 31 Teresa Fugate 30 and Tammy Kilborn 40 with a 12 gauge shotgun before turning the gun on himself. Authorities said the rampage followed a dispute over how his eggs were cooked.
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Jackson
Jody Sims
Kentucky
Stanley Neace
Neace
Sims
Mount Carmel
Breathitt County
Sherri Anne Robinson
Teresa Fugate
Tammy Kilborn
Military eyes secrets of fireflies
New London Connecticut AP describes growing military funded bioluminescence research. Scientists foresee biodegradable landing markers and friend foe identification systems using glowing organisms to mark objects and track supplies without heat signatures.
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New London
Anaximenes
Bio Bay
Vieques
Puerto Rico
Bruce Branchini
Connecticut College
Subscriptions and billing contact hours for newspaper
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