News Archive for December 06 2007

CIA destroyed tapes of harsh interrogations - Summary

Washington - The Central Intelligence Agency revealed Friday that in 2005 it destroyed video tapes of officers subjecting two al- Qaeda terrorist suspects to harsh interrogation techniques. CIA Director Michael Hayden said the tapes were destroyed be...

One killed in Paris parcel bomb blast

A parcel bomb killed a legal secretary and injured five other people on Thursday in a central Paris building housing a law firm partly owned by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Philippine rebels sentenced to life for kidnapping, murder

A Philippine court has sentenced 14 members of Muslim militant group Abu Sayyaf to life in prison for kidnapping 20 people from a beach resort in the Philippines in 2001 and decapitating three of them.

24’s Sutherland Sentenced to 48 Days in Jail

‘24’ star Kiefer Sutherland has been sentenced to 48 days in jail in his drink-driving case, prosecutors have announced. Sutherland was ordered to serve 48 days in Glendale city jail, which he must begin before March 30 - Assistant City Attorney Dan Jeffries said. The actor appeared in court with his lawyer for sentencing. He pleaded [...]

KGO talk show host Bernie Ward indicted on child porn charges

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco radio talk show host and former Catholic priest has been indicted on federal child pornography charges.

JetBlue, Yahoo, RIM plan free in-flight Wi-Fi

Airline partners with Internet company and BlackBerry maker to give passengers free access to e-mail and IM as of December 11.

Dow Jones CEO Zannino to leave company

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dow Jones & Co Inc , publisher of The Wall Street Journal, said on Thursday that Chief Executive Richard Zannino will quit once Rupert Murdoch's News Corp acquires the company.

Sion Bebb leads the Dunhill Championship

Sion Bebb Thursday shot 5-under-par 67 to grab the lead after one round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Mpumalanga, South Africa. The event is the fifth tournament on the European Tour's 2008 schedule. Starting his round on the back nine, the Welshm...

Government scraps Stonehenge tunnel plan

Plans to construct road tunnel under heritage site abandoned on grounds of cost

IBM files patent complaint vs Taiwan's Asustek

NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp is asking the U.S. government to ban imports of some computers made by Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc, alleging that the products infringe three IBM patents.

North Carolina Parking Deck Collapses

A parking deck collapsed Thursday at a Charlotte, N.C., shopping mall, sandwiching cars between floors and causing several injuries, the Charlotte Fire Department said.

Navy chaplain pleads to forcible sodomy

An HIV-infected U.S. Navy chaplain who pleaded guilty to forcible sodomy was sentenced Thursday to serve two years in a military prison. Lt. Cmdr. John Thomas Lee, 42, of Burke, Va., accepted a plea agreement with prosecutors that suspended 10 years of a ...

Writer, critic Elizabeth Hardwick dies

Elizabeth Hardwick, a writer, critic, founder of the New York Review of Books and former wife of poet Robert Lowell, has died at the age of 91. The Kentucky-born Hardwick, who died Dec. 2, spent most of her adult life in New York, The Independent reported...

Blast kills 40 in China mine; 74 missing

A gas blast at a mine in northern China killed at least 40 people Thursday, with another 74 missing, the country's safety watchdog said.

GOP members resign from House Page Board

Two Republican House members resigned Thursday from the board supervising teenage pages, accusing a Democratic official of failing to inform them about sexual and criminal activity by at least four youngsters.

Ex-Howard adviser slams 'stupid' quarantine rules

One of former prime minister John Howard's key advisers, Sydney Airport Corporation chairman Max Moore-Wilton, has labelled Australia's quarantine inspections as "unnecessary" and "stupid".