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Islamic extremists desecrate Muslim saint’s Timbuktu tomb
BAMAKO — Members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb have desecrated a Muslim saint’s tomb in the fabled city of Timbuktu, an official said on Saturday. “Members of AQIM, supported by (the armed Islamist group) Ansar Dine, have destroyed the tomb of Saint Sidi (Mahmoud Ben) Amar. They set fire…
Gary Johnson wins Libertarian Party nomination for president
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson was nominated on Saturday to be the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate in the upcoming 2012 election. “I am convinced that Gary Johnson will be an exceptional candidate, and a very successful President,” said Mark Hinkle, Libertarian Party Chair. “We have an impressive roster of…
Connecticut passes medical marijuana bill
State Senators in Connecticut on Saturday voted to legalize marijuana for medical uses, creating a system of regulation that would license pharmacists to dispense marijuana only in special cases where doctors certify that it is needed. The Senate voted 21 to 13 after a lengthy debate, and Gov. Dannel Malloy…
Alabama Republican flees country to pursue sperm donation ‘obsession’
Bill Johnson, a former Republican official who nearly became Alabama’s governor in 2010, has fled the country to focus on his “obsession” with sperm donation, his wife told a New Zealand newspaper on Saturday. Johnson’s wife Kathy told The New Zealand Herald that her husband, who’s fallen off the U.S. political…
Libya interim leader in hospital but stable: medics
Libya’s interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil was hospitalised in the eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday after suffering a drop in blood pressure that doctors attributed to exhaustion. “Abdel Jalil suffered a decline in blood pressure and is now undergoing comprehensive medical examinations… His condition is stable,” a medical official at Benghazi Medical Centre where he was being treated told AFP. The interim…
106 arrested in violent protest outside Quebec’s liberal party HQ
The government of the French-speaking province of Quebec andstudent groups clinched a roadmap agreement Saturday to put an end to 12 weeks of often violent protests over tuition hikes, officials said. The deal came after some 23 hours of arduous negotiations between Education Minister Line Beauchamp and four majorQuebec student groups, and just hours after clashes in Victoriavillethat…
Japan switches off final nuclear reactor
Japan switched off its last working nuclear reactor on Saturday, leaving the country without atomic-generated electricity just over a year after the world’s worst nuclear accident in a quarter of a century. As technicians closed down the No. 3 unit at Tomari in Hokkaido at 11:03 pm (1403 GMT), the debate over whether Japan needsnuclear…
Obama tells Americans not to take chance on Romney
President Barack Obama said Saturday the United States had suffered too much pain to turn the economy over to Republican Mitt Romney, as he fired up his first official reelection rally. “We are not turning back the clock, we are moving forward,” Obama said, seeking to revive the political magic that swept…
Mass arrests in Egypt after deadly Cairo clashes
Egypt’s military on Saturday ordered 300 people detained afterdeadly clashes between troops and anti-army protesters in Cairo and imposed a new curfew, as tensions spiral ahead of a key presidential poll. The arrests were announced as the country’s ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi attended an unprecedented public funeral for a soldier killed in the clashes.…
9/11 mastermind, co-plotters defy Guantanamo court
The self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-defendants defied a military court here Saturday, with one of the accused shouting “you are going to kill us.” The five were brought into the courtroom to be arraigned for the killing of 2,976 people on September 11, 2001 when Al-Qaeda militants flew…
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