Blair reshuffles Cabinet after election landslide
Tony Blair unveiled a Cabinet reshuffle keeping key figures like Gordon Brown and Jack Straw while moving John Reid to defense and Peter Hain to Northern Ireland. The change follows Labour's re election with a reduced House of Commons majority from 161 to 66 amid Iraq war backlash. Blair aims to reassure voters and signal steady leadership for a third term.
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Weather delays evac of Everest climbers injured in avalanche
Trapped by winter conditions at base camp four American and two Canadian climbers and two Sherpa guides receive treatment in a makeshift tent hospital after an avalanche. Snow and high winds block helicopters, with forecasts predicting worsening weather as rescuers plan another attempt.
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Federal death penalty case moves across state lines
Federal prosecutors begin jury selection in a death penalty case that crossed from Vermont into New York, invoking federal jurisdiction as Vermont’s abolition of capital punishment remains in state law.
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Vermont to face first federal death penalty trial in decades
Burlington jurors begin selection for the federal case of Donald Fell, 24, charged with carjacking and killing Teresa King in 2000. The trial, set for July 5, marks Vermont’s first death penalty proceeding since 1962 and the state’s abolition in 1987.
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