BNP-Jamaat linked to 2004 grenade attacks: Hasina

DHAKA – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged that her political rival Khaleda Zia, chief of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP), and the then government had “direct links” with the grenade attacks on a 2004 party rally in which 24 people were killed and over 400 injured.

“Certain activities of the then BNP-Jamaat coalition government …. Read the original article  : BNP-Jamaat linked to 2004 grenade attacks: Hasina.

Gunmen, Mexican police battle in Ciudad Juarez; 1 killed as El Paso shuts border highway

1 dead in Mexico shootout on border with El Paso
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – A gunbattle erupted between Mexican police and gunmen near the Rio Grande on Saturday, killing one person and prompting U.S. authorities to close a highway that runs along the border in El Paso, Texas.
There were no reports of bullets …. Read the original article  : Gunmen, Mexican police battle in Ciudad Juarez; 1 killed as El Paso shuts border highway.

Venezuelan prosecutors say soldier kills 2, ensuing shootout wounds 6 at Caracas military base

2 shot dead at Venezuela military base; 6 wounded

CARACAS, Venezuela – A soldier shot and killed two officers at a Venezuelan military base Saturday, setting off a gunfight that wounded six other soldiers, authorities said.
The alleged gunman fled Caracas’ Fort Tiuna in a car that was later found abandoned in a slum, and troops and …. Source article  : Venezuelan prosecutors say soldier kills 2, ensuing shootout wounds 6 at Caracas military base.

Egyptian official backtracks, says stolen van Gogh painting not recovered, search continues

Egyptian minister: Search still on for van Gogh

CAIRO – Egypt’s culture minister on Saturday retracted his claim that police had recovered a van Gogh painting stolen from a Cairo museum, saying it was based on inaccurate information and that the search for the canvas continues.
The minister, Farouk Hosni, said earlier Saturday that police had confiscated …. Read the original article  : here.

Law enforcement swarms remote town north of Phoenix after shooting involving biker gangs

Police swarm Arizona town after biker shootout

CHINO VALLEY, Ariz. – Dozens of Arizona law enforcement officers have flooded into a small Arizona community after an apparent shootout involving motorcycle gang members.
Yavapai County sheriff’s spokesman Dwight D’Evelyn says four or five people were shot and injured Saturday. One was flown to a Phoenix-area hospital. Their conditions …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Law enforcement swarms remote town north of Phoenix after shooting involving biker gangs.

2 security guards from FEMSA bottling company found dead day after shootout in northern Mexico

FEMSA guards found dead after Mexico shooting

MONTERREY, Mexico – The bodies of two security guards for Mexican bottling company FEMSA have been found dead a day after a shootout in northern Mexico.
FEMSA says in a statement that four other guards who disappeared after Friday’s shooting were located unharmed.
Police says the two slain guards were found …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : 2 security guards from FEMSA bottling company found dead day after shootout in northern Mexico.

Gunmen battling police take hostages in luxury hotel in Rio, but surrender after 3 hours

Gunmen fighting Rio police invade luxury hotel

RIO DE JANEIRO – Heavily armed drug gang members engaged in an intense firefight with police, then fled into a luxury hotel popular with foreign tourists and held about 30 people hostage for three hours Saturday before surrendering.
The upscale, beachside neighborhood of Sao Conrado where the Intercontinental Hotel sits … Original source on Gaea Times at : Gunmen battling police take hostages in luxury hotel in Rio, but surrender after 3 hours.

Police: Fla. congressional candidate robbed at gunpoint while waiting for campaign appearance

Police: Fla. congressional candidate robbed

MIAMI – Police in North Miami say a Democratic congressional candidate has been robbed at gunpoint while waiting to make a campaign appearance at a church.
Police Lt. Neal Cuevas said that Marleine Bastien was in a car Saturday with her sister outside the Church of the Living God when another car …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Police: Fla. congressional candidate robbed at gunpoint while waiting for campaign appearance.

Egyptian police recover Van Gogh painting hours after it was stolen from Cairo museum

Egyptian police recover stolen Van Gogh painting

CAIRO – Police recovered a painting by Vincent van Gogh at Cairo airport Saturday, hours after it was stolen from a museum in the Egyptian capital, the country’s culture minister said.
Farouk Hosni said security officers at the airport confiscated the painting from an Italian couple as they were trying …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Sports columnist Jay Mariotti arrested on felony charge in Los Angeles

Sports columnist Jay Mariotti arrested in LA

LOS ANGELES – ESPN personality and AOL sports columnist Jay Mariotti has been arrested on a felony charge in Los Angeles.
Officer Norma Eisenman says the 51-year-old Mariotti was arrested early Saturday in the police department’s Pacific Division following a “domestic incident.” Eisenman declined to provide further details.
The Sheriff’s Department …. Source  : Sports columnist Jay Mariotti arrested on felony charge in Los Angeles.

US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – Four militants died Saturday when a US drone fired three missiles into a house in northwest Pakistan, Xinhua reported.

Several other people were injured in the attack in North Waziristan’s Mirali area.
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Thieves steal Van Gogh painting valued at $50 million from Cairo museum

Thieves steal Van Gogh painting from Cairo museum

CAIRO – Thieves broke into a museum in central Cairo and made off with a painting by Vincent van Gogh valued at $50 million, officials said Saturday.
Egypt’s minister of culture, Farouk Hosni, said police have launched an investigation into the theft from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum and authorities …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Thieves steal Van Gogh painting valued at $50 million from Cairo museum.

ESPN personality Jay Mariotti arrested on felony charge in Los Angeles

ESPN personality Jay Mariotti arrested in LA

LOS ANGELES – ESPN personality and AOL sports columnist Jay Mariotti has been arrested on a felony charge in Los Angeles.
Officer Norma Eisenman says the 51-year-old Mariotti was arrested early Saturday in the police department’s Pacific Division following a “domestic incident.” Eisenman declined to provide further details.
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Swedish officials withdraw arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder, say rape accusation unfounded

Sweden withdraws warrant for WikiLeaks founder

STOCKHOLM – Swedish authorities revoked a short-lived arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying a rape accusation against him lacked substance.
Julian Assange, who was believed to be in Sweden, remained under suspicion of a lesser crime of molestation in a separate case, prosecutors said.
The nomadic 39-year-old Australian …. Read the original article  : here.

Former Mass. police chief asks judge to drop charges in 8-year-old Conn. boy’s Uzi death

Mass. man wants charges dropped in boy’s Uzi death

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – A former Massachusetts police chief is asking a judge to dismiss charges he faces in connection with an child’s accidental shooting death at a gun show.
Former Pelham Police Chief Edward Fleury is charged with involuntary manslaughter and says he couldn’t have foreseen the death … Read : Former Mass. police chief asks judge to drop charges in 8-year-old Conn. boy’s Uzi death.

NJ man charged with killing 5 New Jersey teenagers in 1978 is freed on bail

NJ man accused in teens’ 1978 deaths freed on bail

NEWARK, N.J. – A man charged with murdering five New Jersey teens who disappeared in 1978 has been freed from jail after relatives posted his reduced bail.
Lee Evans, of Irvington, left the Essex County jail Friday evening and had no comment as he got into a …. Source  : NJ man charged with killing 5 New Jersey teenagers in 1978 is freed on bail.

Ohio dog that survived 6 gunshot wounds to move in with pit bulls seized from Michael Vick

Ohio dog shot 6 times to move in with Vick dogs

TOLEDO, Ohio – A German shepherd that survived six gunshots in Ohio soon will move to a no-kill shelter that took in pit bulls seized from Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring.
The Best Friends Animal Society says Sarge will leave for his new home in southern Utah … Original source on Gaea Times at : Ohio dog that survived 6 gunshot wounds to move in with pit bulls seized from Michael Vick.

Workers oppose mosque at 9/11 site

NEW YORK – A few construction workers’ unions have refused to work in building a mosque at the site of the Sep 11, 2001 terror attack in New York, and termed it as a “sacrilege”.

Construction workers have started a “911 Hard Hat Pledge” to gather union members to refuse to work at the site near … Read more »».

FBI documents: Hoover’s agents tracked 1969 desegregation suit against Bear and ‘Bama

FBI tracked desegregation suit against Bryant

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Forty years ago, Alabama football fans watched Southern California and a black running back named Sam Cunningham trounce coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s Crimson Tide in a game widely credited with helping start the integration of Southern football.
Fans weren’t the only ones watching Alabama football back then. The …. Original source  : FBI documents: Hoover’s agents tracked 1969 desegregation suit against Bear and ‘Bama.

Swedish authorities issue arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Assange after rape accusation

Sweden seeks WikiLeaks founder arrest in rape case

STOCKHOLM – The founder of WikiLeaks was accused of rape in a Swedish arrest warrant Saturday that turned the spotlight onto the former hacker who’s infuriated governments with his self-proclaimed mission to make secrets public.
The accusation was labeled a dirty trick by Julian Assange and his group, who … Read : Swedish authorities issue arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Assange after rape accusation.