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‘Compensation log’ obtained under Freedom of Information Act illustrates human cost of Afghan war
The killing of six members of a family, including a mother and her children, when a rocket overshot a target and hit the compound in which they were living are among the incidents in recent months for which the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has paid out compensation to Afghan civilians.…
Indian gang-rape victim’s family wants killers executed
The family of a murdered Indian gang-rape victim will not rest until her killers are hanged, her brother said. “The fight has just begun. We want all the accused hanged, and we will fight for that, till the end,” the brother told the Indian Express. Six men are facing murder…
Girl found alive under bodies of her slain family in France
The father of a family slain in the French Alps was identified Thursday as Saad al-Hilli, a 50-year-old born in Baghdad, a French police source said. The father, mother and grandmother from the same family were found dead on Wednesday following a shooting in which another man also died. Two…
Catholic Church to pay $1.75 million to father over son’s abuse
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois-based Catholic group agreed on Friday to pay $1.75 million to the father of a 14-year-old boy who was allegedly sexually abused by one of its priests in Florida after the two met in an Internet chatroom. The Order of the Carmelites, a religious group known…
Afghan president buries assassinated brother
A weeping Afghan President Hamid Karzai Wednesday led thousands of mourners at the funeral of his brother, whose assassination could push southern Afghanistan into renewed instability. Ahmed Wali Karzai may have been dogged by allegations of links to the drugs trade and corruption, but his shock killing at home by…
Japan man admits killing British teacher
A Japanese man accused of raping and murdering British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker, whose battered body was found in a sand-filled bathtub, Monday admitted the killing but said it was accidental. Tatsuya Ichihashi, 32 — who spent more than two and a half years on the run after the 2007…
Sources: Geithner mulls leaving position at Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is considering stepping down later this year, but will not make a decision until contentious negotiations over the U.S. debt ceiling are completed, people familiar with his thinking said on Thursday. Geithner said he would remain in his Treasury post “for the foreseeable…
Report: Sarah Palin quits bus tour halfway through, retreats to Alaska
WASHINGTON – Amid diminishing media interest, Sarah Palin has quit her high-profile bus tour halfway through and returned to Alaska with her family, according to RealClearPolitics. The move puts a damper on widespread speculations that Palin’s “One Nation” bus tour, which launched on Memorial Day, was a precursor to a…
232 still missing after tornado in Joplin, Missouri
JOPLIN, Missouri (AFP) – Officials Thursday said 232 people were still missing four days after a tornado tore through a Missouri town, and had only managed to identify one of the 125 bodies found in the storm’s wake. Some of the missing from Sunday’s disaster in Joplin may be among…
Report: Friends of former IMF chief tried to bribe assaulted maid’s family
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have spent the last week and a half behind bars and under house arrest since he allegedly tried to rape a hotel maid in New York on May 14, but associates of his have been busy on his behalf. The New York Post reports…
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