Ecuador Signals Slow Pace on Snowden Asylum Decision
Ecuador indicated it may take weeks or months to rule on Edward Snowden’s asylum request, with Foreign Minister and embassy statements noting the case could affect U S relations. Snowden remains in Moscow's Sheremetyevo transit area as Putin says he committed no crime and may choose his destination.
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Mandela in critical condition as elders visit hospital
Nelson Mandela, 94, remained in critical condition at a Pretoria hospital. Elders from his AbaThemba clan traveled from the Eastern Cape to be with him while Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba offered prayers for Mandela Graca Machel and family. He was admitted June 8 for a recurring lung infection amid fading hopes for recovery.
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Texas executes 500th inmate since 1982 in Huntsville
In Huntsville Texas executed Kimberly McCarthy the 500th inmate since 1982 ending a high profile case. The 52 year old was the first woman put to death in the U S in almost three years for the 1997 murder of Dorothy Booth a retired psychology professor in Lancaster near Dallas. Booth was killed during a 1997 robbery with fingernail evidence and stab wounds. McCarthy received a single pentobarbital dose and died at 6 37 p m CDT after the execution began.
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