Attacks in China and Trials Dominate Global News
Reports describe a deadly ethnic group attack in China killing 16 as Olympic coverage draws attention to grievances. In Washington, Ted Stevens seeks a Alaska venue for his trial over undisclosed gifts, while Salim Hamdan faces a Pentagon war crimes case at Guantanamo Bay. In Las Vegas, Roger Bergendorff pleads guilty to possession of a biological toxin and illegal silencers.
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Obama shifts on drilling energy plan in Michigan
Barack Obama unveils a broad energy plan to end U.S. oil imports in a decade and back long term renewables and hybrids in Michigan. He rejects tapping the emergency stockpile as a quick fix while John McCain pushes more offshore drilling in a race defined by energy concerns.
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Climber recounts K2 disaster ordeal and rescue
Dutch climber Wilco van Rooijen spoke from a military hospital about helping three Korean climbers during a perilous descent from K-2. He and another Dutch climber were rescued after an avalanche left at least 11 dead among climbers from South Korea, Nepal, Pakistan, France, Ireland, Serbia and Norway.
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Solzhenitsyn’s complex legacy shapes post Soviet Russia
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died at 89, moved from dissident foe of the Stalin era to a figure admired by Vladimir Putin. His Gulag Archipelago trilogy exposed slave labor camps and aided the West’s anti Soviet sentiment, while his later stance drew mixed praise from the modern state and Gorbachev.
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Morgan Freeman Injured in Mississippi Crash
Oscar winner Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition after his 1997 Nissan Maxima left a rural Mississippi Delta road and rolled several times. Freeman, 71, was airlifted to Regional Medical Center in Memphis with a broken arm and elbow, while a publicist said he would undergo surgery and expects a full recovery. He was conscious and joking with rescuers at the scene near Charleston.
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