Record number of journalists killed last year
The Committee to Protect Journalists said 61 journalists were killed worldwide last year in 17 countries, with five more missing feared dead, and 4,264 attacks across 100 countries. Yugoslavia was the bloodiest field, with 19 deaths, as conflicts and nationalist tensions endangered reporters globally.
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Committee To Protect Journalists
Anne Nelson
Committee
Yugoslavia
Vietnam
Nine hobbling around in NASA muscle study
Nine volunteers from University of Central Florida and AT&T workers will walk on crutches for five weeks to study muscle deterioration in weightlessness. They will avoid using one leg, undergo MRI scans and ten muscle biopsies, and each receive $1,000 for participation.
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Earth
Weekes
Carol Smith
University of Central Florida
Orlando
At&t
Current Affair host Maureen O'Boyle reveals rape ordeal
Maureen O'Boyle of A Current Affair goes public in People about being raped six years ago in Macon Georgia. She describes the three hour attack by a then auto mechanic who watched her on TV and was later arrested for burglary and confession to raping her and another woman. The attacker received a 50 year sentence and is eligible for parole next year. O'Boyle says the crime devastated her life but did not end her career or stability, and she stopped working during the investigation.
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New York
Maureen O’boyle
O'Boyle
People Magazine
Macon
O’boyle
Demjanjuk attorney accuses forged ID card in trial
Yoram Sheftel told the Israeli Supreme Court a German Stern report questions an identification card used by prosecutors to prove Demjanjuk was a Nazi guard. The card reportedly lacks an issue date and its head appears mounted. Stern cites forensic experts and says the card was given to German officials in 1987.
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Sheftel
Associated Press
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Stern
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