Swami Agnivesh seeks probe into killing of pro-Maoists

LALGARH – Social activist Swami Agnivesh Monday demanded a judicial inquiry into the killing of Lal Mohan Tudu and Sidhu Soren, leaders of the pro-Maoist tribal group People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA).

After arriving in Lalgarh, a Maoist stronghold in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, the interlocutor between the government and Maoists said: “Judicial inquiry …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Swami Agnivesh seeks probe into killing of pro-Maoists.

Andhra Maoist arrested in Jharkhand

RANCHI – A top Maoist leader from Andhra Pradesh carrying a bounty of Rs.10 lakh was arrested from Jharkhand’s Bokaro district, police said Monday.

According to police, Narasimha Reddy alias Gangana alias Rahulji was arrested from Kudra village of Bokaro district, around 135 km from Ranchi.
Police sources said he was picked up sometime back but …. Read the original article  : here.

Indonesian hardline Muslim cleric arrested

JAKARTA – Indonesian police Monday arrested Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, the alleged spiritual leader of terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, his lawyer and police officials said.

Lawyer Achmad Michdan said the elderly cleric was arrested by the anti-terror unit Monday morning in the West Java district of Ciamis.
Michdan said Ba’asyir, 72, was arrested en route …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Indonesian hardline Muslim cleric arrested.

Actress Mia Farrow follows Naomi Campbell in testifying at Charles Taylor war crimes trial

Mia Farrow testifying at war crimes trial
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands – Actress Mia Farrow testified at Charles Taylor’s war crimes trial Monday that fashion model Naomi Campbell told her she had been sent a “huge diamond” by the former Liberian ruler in 1997, contradicting Campbell’s evidence last week.

The prosecution called Farrow and Campbell’s former agent Carole White … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Actress Mia Farrow follows Naomi Campbell in testifying at Charles Taylor war crimes trial.

Adibasi Girl MMS Helps Serve Justice

BIRBHUM, WEST BENGAL (GaeaTimes.com)- Police officers from the Birbhum district in West Bengal sprung to action after an MMS clip of a tribal girl being paraded naked through the streets was released. In what can only be described as gruesome and horrific, the video clip showed the girl being groped by hundreds of men on … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Adibasi Girl MMS Helps Serve Justice.

Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir arrested for terrorism

Radical Indonesian cleric arrested for terrorism

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s elite anti-terror unit arrested radical Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Monday for alleged ties to a group accused of plotting Mumbai-style attacks targeting foreigners and several high-profile assassinations.
Bashir, who has been arrested twice before and spent several years in jail, arrived at the national police …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Former Mexican president urges successor to legalize drugs, saying it will undercut cartels

Ex-Mexico president calls for legalizing drugs

MEXICO CITY – Former President Vicente Fox is joining with those urging his successor to legalize drugs in Mexico, saying that could break the economic power of the country’s brutal drug cartels.
Fox’s comments, posted Sunday on his blog, came less than a week after President Felipe Calderon agreed to open …. Original source  : Former Mexican president urges successor to legalize drugs, saying it will undercut cartels.

Candlelight vigil being held for victims of Connecticut beer warehouse shooting

Vigil for Conn. beer warehouse shooting victims

MANCHESTER, Conn – Mourners lit candles, hugged each other and cried as prayers were offered up in a community park Sunday night at a vigil for the victims of a deadly shooting at a beer distribution company.
About 500 people, ranging in age from children to senior citizens, gathered at …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Candlelight vigil being held for victims of Connecticut beer warehouse shooting.

Alaska police say call may have been prank after search for kidnap victim turns up little

Alaska police: Kidnapping call may have been prank

JUNEAU, Alaska – Alaska authorities say the search for a 10-year-old girl who called police saying she’d been kidnapped has turned up little, and they’re considering it may have been a prank.
Juneau police say the girl called early Friday saying she’d been kidnapped and drugged by an unknown … Read more >>>.

Victims of massacre in northern Afghanistan had given years of service to Afghans

Victims of Afghan massacre gave years of service

KABUL, Afghanistan – One gave up a lucrative practice to give free dental care to children who had never seen a toothbrush. Others had devoted whole decades of their lives to helping the Afghan people through war and deprivation.
The years of service ended in a hail of bullets …. Original source  : Victims of massacre in northern Afghanistan had given years of service to Afghans.

Tennessee aid worker among 10 shooting victims of ambush in Afghanistan

Tenn. aid worker victim of Afghanistan shootings

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The family of Tennessee woman says she is one of 10 members of a medical team gunned down in Afghanistan.
The family of 32-year-old Cheryl Beckett said in a statement Sunday that she was part of the team providing eye care and medical aid in northern Afghanistan. … Read : Tennessee aid worker among 10 shooting victims of ambush in Afghanistan.

Colts DL Gill faces public intoxication charge after police find him passed out in ditch

Colts DL Gill arrested for public intoxication

INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis police have arrested Colts defensive lineman John Gill after finding him passed out in a ditch on the side of a road about 4 a.m. Sunday.
In the police report, Officer Ricardo Flores Jr. says he called out to Gill, who tried to stand up, but couldn’t …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

US Marshals: 2 men who escaped from Arizona prison, accomplice may be in Yellowstone area

Ariz. escapees believed to be in Yellowstone area

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The search for two men who escaped from a private Arizona prison and their suspected accomplice has turned to the vast Yellowstone National Park area after one of the inmates was linked to a double homicide in New Mexico and efforts to find them intensified.
The … Original article on : US Marshals: 2 men who escaped from Arizona prison, accomplice may be in Yellowstone area.

NYPD: Officer shot by another during gunfight with man that kills 1, injures others

NYPD officer shot by another in gunfight with man

NEW YORK – An argument at a block party escalated into gunfire, killing one man and wounding several others, including a police officer shot by a colleague in the hail of bullets, authorities said.
The gunfire erupted at about 3 a.m. Sunday in upper Manhattan, where two men …. Read the original article  : here.

US immigrant’s dream ends in NH, accused of aiding Rwanda genocide

US immigrant’s dream ends with genocide allegation

CONCORD, N.H. – Beatrice Munyenyezi brought her three daughters to the United States from war-ravaged Rwanda in 1998 and focused on the American Dream: private schooling for her girls, a home with a swimming pool, a sport utility vehicle.
Before long, she had a $13-an-hour job at Manchester’s Housing Authority …. Read the original article  : US immigrant’s dream ends in NH, accused of aiding Rwanda genocide.

Military jurors fly to Guantanamo Bay to hear 1st war-crimes trial under Obama

Guantanamo gears up for 1st trial under Obama

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – U.S. military officers were flying in Sunday to serve as jurors in war-crimes proceedings as the Guantanamo tribunal system geared up for one of its busiest weeks under President Barack Obama.
The Pentagon is holding military commission sessions this week for two detainees: … Original source on Gaea Times at : Military jurors fly to Guantanamo Bay to hear 1st war-crimes trial under Obama.

Pa. man is identified as 1 of 10 killed in attack on aid workers in Afghanistan

Pa. man among 10 victims of Afghanistan shooting

LANCASTER, Pa. – A relief organization has identified a Pennsylvania man as one of 10 members of a medical team gunned down in Afghanistan.
The Mennonite Central Committee says the family of 40-year-old Glen Lapp of Lancaster was told of his death Sunday. He had been part of a … Original source on Gaea Times at : Pa. man is identified as 1 of 10 killed in attack on aid workers in Afghanistan.

19 years for Khmer Rouge prison chief, drug dealers, political scapegoats: justice in Cambodia

For most Cambodians, ‘justice’ has little meaning

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A Khmer Rouge prison chief who oversaw crimes of savagery a generation ago is told he will spend the next 19 years in jail: That’s the same sentence that many low-level drug dealers, women who shoot their husbands after a lifetime of abuse and political …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Jurors who convicted another former Illinois governor know what Blagojevich jury is facing

Ryan jurors know what Blagojevich jury is facing

CHICAGO – They wanted a law book to help them understand the jury instructions, and wondered why the judge wouldn’t give it to them. Bunched together, with the restroom so close, they got to know each other intimately. And the nonsmokers groused when the others were allowed a …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Pimps armed with lies, threats, violence force Mexican women into prostitution in US

Pimps force Mexican women into prostitution in US

TENANCINGO, Mexico – In this impoverished town in central Mexico, a sinister trade has taken root: entire extended families exploit desperation and lure hundreds of unsuspecting young Mexican women to the United States to force them into prostitution.
Those who know the pimps of Tlaxcala state – victims, prosecutors, …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Pimps armed with lies, threats, violence force Mexican women into prostitution in US.