House approves Democrat surveillance bill
The House supports a surveillance bill to grant telecoms immunity from lawsuits, arguing it preserves cooperation for wiretaps with warrants. Democrats push for a judge to review secrecy and scope of programs, noting ongoing clandestine operations and limited knowledge of total surveillance.
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R-Texas
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D-Texas
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Jane Harman
D-Calif
Maryland high court rejects Muhammad new trial bid
Maryland Court of Appeals posted its decision online denying convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad a new trial. Muhammad and Lee Malvo are serving life or death sentences for the October 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 people and injured three across Maryland Virginia and DC.
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Virginia
District of Columbia
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Protests Turn Violent in Lhasa Ahead of Beijing Olympics
Tibetan protests led by monks turned violent in Lhasa with tear gas smoke, fires, and scattered clashes with police. Reports say shops burned near Jokhang temple as activists denounced Chinese rule. Dalai Lama urged restraint while officials warned of strict action against protesters.
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Ment
Champa Phunstok
Associated Press
National People’s Congress
Jokhang Temple
Jamie Metzl
Students For A Free
Xiahe
Gansu
Dong Cuo International
Politiken
Richard Gere
Gere
CNN
Da Vinci linked to rediscovered chess puzzles in Italy
Experts argue Leonardo da Vinci may have drawn the chess pieces for Luca Pacioli’s treatise De Ludo Schaccorum dated around 1500. The sole copy was found in 2006 among 22,000 volumes collected by the Coronini family in their Gorizia palace on the Italian border with Slovenia.
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Luca Pacioli
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Coronini
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Slovenia
Serenella Ferrari Benedetti
High level al Qaida figure captured in Pakistan
A high level al Qaida figure tied to Osama bin Laden's 2001 escape was seized in Lahore Pakistan and handed to the CIA before transfer to U S military custody at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. The capture marks the 16th high value detainee to be moved to military custody by the CIA.
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Guantanamo Bay
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Hayden
Associated Press
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Taliban
Guantanamo
the Nation
Man regains consciousness in ricin motel case inquiry
In Las Vegas a 57 year old man, Roger Bergendorff, regained consciousness and was questioned by investigators after being exposed to ricin in a motel room a month earlier. Authorities say several vials of ricin powder and castor beans were found, with no confirmed contamination or terrorism link but potential biological weapon status.
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Bergendorff
David Staretz
FBI
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Rick Eaton
Nevada
Homeland Security
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