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UK set to pay compensation over house arrest plan (AP)

July 28th, 2010

AP - Alleged terrorism suspects held under a house arrest-style program but never put on trial are likely to win compensation payments, Britain’s government said Wednesday after losing a legal…

Militants storm house, kill 3 in NW Pakistan (AP)

May 27th, 2010

Injured Pakistani suicide attack survivors lie on beds as they receive treatment in the compounds of a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, in February 2009. In Pakistan, more than two million people fled their homes near the Afghan border in 2009, some driven out by Taliban militants holding sway in the region but most by AP - A local official says militants in northwestern Pakistan shot and killed a pro-government tribal elder along with his wife and son.


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White House to host concert honoring Paul McCartney (AFP)

May 24th, 2010

Paul McCartney, seen here in January 2010, will perform a concert for US President Barack Obama next month when he visits the White House to receive a prize, the British pop legend announced Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Tullberg)AFP - Legendary musician Paul McCartney will perform at the White House in June, where President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will present the former Beatle with a prize…

Chile cops raid house of Embassy detainee’s friend (AP)

May 14th, 2010

Police officers escort Pakistan's Mohammed Saif-ur-Rehman Khan, 28, center, as he arrives to a hospital for a medical check-up in Santiago, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Traces of explosives were found on Khan, who was summoned to the U.S. Embassy because his U.S. visa had been revoked, State Department officials in Washington said. (AP Photo/ Aliosha Marquez)AP - Police found traces of an explosives material on clothes seized at the home of a Pakistani who was detained after the same substance was detected on documents and…

Oops, wrong house: Workmen dig up trees, then flee (AP)

May 6th, 2010

Peter Collard poses for a photo in his damaged yard in Brisbane, Australia Thursday, May 6, 2010. Two workmen who excavated the wrong front yard in Australia's eastern city of Brisbane fled after realizing their error, Collard said. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)AP - Two workmen used a backhoe to dig up grass, topsoil and 10 palm trees from an Australian front yard before realizing they were at the wrong address and…

Guinea-Bissau’s PM released from house arrest (AP)

April 2nd, 2010

FILE -  In this Monday, June 20, 2005, file photo,  Guinea Bissau troops sit in front of the electoral commission offices as they guard  ballot boxes in Bissau, Guinea Bissau. Renegade soldiers seized the head of Guinea-Bissau's armed forces Thursday, April 1, 2010,  and briefly detained the prime minister in an apparent coup attempt in the tiny, coup-plagued African nation where the president was assassinated last year. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)AP - A government spokesman says Guinea-Bissau’s prime minister has been released from house arrest after an apparent coup attempt.


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Soldiers put Guinea-Bissau PM under house arrest (AP)

April 1st, 2010

FILE -  In this Monday, June 20, 2005, file photo,  Guinea Bissau troops sit in front of the electoral commission offices as they guard  ballot boxes in Bissau, Guinea Bissau. Renegade soldiers seized the head of Guinea-Bissau's armed forces Thursday, April 1, 2010,  and briefly detained the prime minister in an apparent coup attempt in the tiny, coup-plagued African nation where the president was assassinated last year. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)AP - Mutinous soldiers seized the head of Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces Thursday and placed the country’s prime minister under house arrest in an apparent coup attempt in the tiny coup-plagued…

Thai Red Shirts hurl own blood at PM’s house (AP)

March 17th, 2010

Thai riot police officers stand in front of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's residence after protesters and supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra fought the police lines and poured blood on the gate and fence Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Red-shirted protesters hurled plastic bags filled with gallons (liters) of their own blood into the residential compound of the Thai prime minister Wednesday, hoping their shock tactics will bring down his government. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Leaders of Thailand’s anti-government protesters, who have hurled their own blood at the offices and home of the prime minister, said Wednesday they will remain camped out in…

Thai protesters hurl own blood at PM’s house (AP)

March 17th, 2010

A supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra  holds a blood bottle before spilling at the front gate of the Government House Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai protesters poured blood they had donated outside the front gate of the government headquarters Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections.   (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Red-shirted protesters hurled plastic bags filled with gallons (liters) of their own blood into the residential compound of the Thai prime minister Wednesday, hoping their shock tactics will…

Thai protesters to pour own blood at PM’s house (AP)

March 16th, 2010

A supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra  holds a blood bottle before spilling at the front gate of the Government House Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai protesters poured blood they had donated outside the front gate of the government headquarters Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections.   (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Thai protesters seeking a change of government planned more shock tactics Wednesday, saying they would pour gallons (liters) of their own blood at the prime minister’s house in…