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Convicted Australian marijuana smuggler recommended for clemency
Indonesia’s justice ministry said Wednesday it had recommended granting clemency to an Australian drug trafficker, whose lawyers argue she went insane after being jailed in a notorious Bali prison. Schapelle Corby, 34, was convicted in 2005 of smuggling 4.1 kilograms (nine pounds) of marijuana and is serving a 20-year jail…
Thailand bans ‘Macbeth’ adaptation
Thai censors have banned a film based on William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, saying the tale could sow “disunity” in the politically divided kingdom. In the play, a power-hungry general kills the King of Scotland to take the throne for himself. “The committee agreed that the film ‘Shakespeare Must Die’ contains material causing disunity in…
Study: Ultrasounds aid better breast screening
Women’s annual breast exams could be improved by adding ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to the usual mammogram, according to a US study released on Tuesday. The research, published in the April 4 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that those two technologies helped spot small cancers that…
App makes saving energy social at Facebook
An application released on Tuesday plugs into the power ofFacebook to make saving energy an online community affair. The social networking colossus worked with the Natural Resources Defense Council and energy information software specialty firmOpower to launch the mini-program with an initial reach of more than 20 million US households. The application – available online at…
Oil drops after Fed douses stimulus hopes
World oil prices slid on Wednesday after the Federal Reservepoured cold water on hopes of more monetary stimulus, while traders awaited the latest snapshot of US crude inventories. New York’s main contract, West Texas Intermediate crude for delivery in May, dropped 66 cents to $103.35 a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for May lost 24 cents…
Nine U.S. state capitals allow right to bear arms
When Wisconsin lawmakers gather to discuss the business of the day at least one of them is legally packing a concealed weapon, amid the ever-present and heated gun law debate in the United States. Wisconsin is one of just nine US states — out of 50 — which have expanded conceal-carry…
Three NATO troops killed in one day in Afghanistan
Three international troops were killed in separate insurgency incidents in Afghanistan in one day, the NATO-led coalition force said. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said one service member was killed by an improvised explosive device in the south of the country, one by a similar blast in the east and one by an…
Man kills himself in central Athens over debt
An elderly man shot himself in the head on Wednesday in Athens central Syntagma Square, a focal point of anti-austerity protests, reportedly crying out that he did not want to leave his children in debt. Police said the 77-year-old, whose identity was not revealed, killed himself outside the Syntagma metro station, around a…
Man beheaded by Saudi government
Saudi Arabia beheaded on Wednesday a man found guilty of shooting dead a fellow Saudi, the interior ministry said. Ayed al-Saadi was found guilty of shooting dead Ahmed Khabraniwith a machinegun in a dispute, it said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency. His execution in Riyadh brought the total number of…
U.S., Afghans nearing deal on night raids
WASHINGTON — The United States and Afghanistan are close to clinching an agreement that will give Kabul more authority over night-time raids, resolving an issue that threatened to derail negotiations on a long-term US military presence, US officials said Tuesday. “An agreement is days away,” a US official, who spoke…
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