New Yorker Jailed For Role In Failed Bomb Plot

A Bosnia-born US citizen has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a foiled suicide-bomb plot on New York City subways in 2009. Adis Medunjanin, 28, was convicted this year of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction, attempting to commit...

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Hague War Court Frees Croatian Generals

Two Croatian generals have returned home to a hero's welcome after a UN court overturned their convictions for war crimes during the bloody 1990s breakup of Yugoslavia. The acquittal of Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac by the International Criminal Tribunal...

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Oil Rig Fire Leaves Two Missing Off US Coast

Two people are missing and four more are in hospital with burns after an explosion and fire ripped through an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. A small amount of oil spilled from the rig when workers using a torch cut into a pipeline on the platform....

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Twilight Shooting Plot Foiled In Missouri

A man has been accused of plotting a shooting inside a cinema during a screening of the new Twilight film after his mother contacted police. Blaec Lammers, 23, has been charged with first-degree assault, making a terrorist threat and armed criminal...

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Burma Import Ban Waived Before Obama Visit

The US has suspended its ban on imports from Burma ahead of Barack Obama's landmark visit to the country on Monday. The State Department called the waiving of the ban – in place since 2003 - another step in the normalisation of bilateral economic relations...

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Crocodile Attack: 'Human Remains' Found

Australian authorities searching for a seven-year-old girl have found what appears to be human remains inside a 3m crocodile. An extensive search began at first light for the girl who was last seen swimming at the natural pool at an outstation about...

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Tornado Hits Portugal's Algarve: Eight Hurt

A tornado has hit Portugal's popular holiday hotspot the Algarve, tossing and flipping vehicles - some with people inside - and causing flooding in areas. Hundreds of people have been left homeless, trees uprooted, balconies, roof tiles and framework...

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Abortion: India Puts Ireland Under Pressure

The Indian government has contacted the Irish government over the death of a woman who was allegedly refused an abortion. New Delhi has demanded a "transparent" probe into the death of Savita Halappanavar after doctors in Ireland apparently rejected...

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Egypt School Bus Crash Leaves Dozens Dead

Fifty people have been killed after a train collided with a bus in a city south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. A senior security official in Assiut, near the crash site, said 48 of the dead were children, aged between four and eight years. One woman...

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Explosion In Tel Aviv After Gaza Pounded

Sirens are sounding in Tel Aviv following an explosion, a day after a rocket crashed into the sea off the Israeli city. The sirens sent people running for cover as TV images showed the Iron Dome anti-missile system firing on an incoming rocket, hitting...

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