American woman to be executed in Oman
In Muscat a court convicted Rebecca Thompson and two Omani men of murdering Mark Thompson on January 1. Thompson, an Oklahoma native, was shot in a Muscat suburb and worked for a local oil firm. Her 14 year old son Derick received a suspended three year term and deportation, while the two Omanis were each sentenced to ten years. It was unclear if appeals would follow.
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Panel backs spy czar post to oversee 15 intelligence agencies
The 9/11 commission will urge a Cabinet level director of national intelligence to oversee all 15 agencies and their budgets. The proposal, aimed at correcting CIA and FBI failures cited in the attacks, faces opposition from Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and gains some political support. Senate Intelligence Committee plans hearings. Sen. Roberts emphasizes caution to get it right.
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Assassination attempt and multiple bombings shake Iraq
Reports from Baghdad and surrounding areas describe a suicide car bombing near a convoy of Justice Minister Malik Dohan al Hassan in the capital, five bodyguards killed. a separate blast at the Iraqi National Guard HQ in Mahmudiyah killed two and injured 47 as job applicants waited. Police chief Rahim Ali of Iskandariyah was killed in an ambush. The attacks follow a spate of high level assaults on Iraqi officials and government buildings, including a car bombing outside the Green Zone that killed 10, and another near the Syria border that killed 11 at a National Guard office. Witnesses described a suicide bomber parking near a highway underpass before the explosion.
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Associated Press
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Malik Dohan al-Hassan
Deadly fire devastates private school in southern India
A fire at Lord Krishna Middle School in south India killed 90 children and left families to grieve. Many students came from ne belong to low income families who paid private school tuition as public schooling facilities lagged. Witnesses described tearful parents and a porter's loss of two sons while officials noted use of dry coconut leaves as fuel for makeshift kitchen cooking subsidized by the government.
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India
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Anish Kumar. Dass
Martha Stewart faces Danbury prison life in Connecticut
Stewart, sentenced to five months in prison and five months home confinement for stock sale lies, could be sent to Danbury Federal Correctional Institution near her Connecticut home. If imprisoned, she would endure bunk beds, khaki attire, early mornings, and hard kitchen and craft duties alongside 1,300 inmates, with limited miles from home.
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