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Militants with al-Qaida ties sentenced to life

Published December 7, 2007

;MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Fourteen al-Qaida-linked Muslim militants were sentenced to life in prison Thursday for kidnapping a U.S. missionary couple and 18 others, beginning a yearlong jungle ordeal...

Tehran touts nuclear report, wants U.S. to ease demands

Published December 5, 2007

President Bush ruled out a policy change, despite Iranian insistence.

Couple financed trips and toys through identity theft

Published December 5, 2007

.PHILADELPHIA (AP) - They were young, rich and in love. But the jet-setters financed their fun on the credit cards of unsuspecting neighbors in their high-end apartment building and other identity-fraud...

3 birds and a mouse ordered to testify

Published December 5, 2007

.ROME (AP) - Tweety might get a chance to take the witness stand and sing like a canary. An Italian court ordered the animated bird, along with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and his girlfriend Daisy, to testify...

Man accused of taking hostages called manipulative

Published December 4, 2007

He took six hostages at Sen. Hillary Clinton's Rochester, N.H. office.

Former ambassador given degree

by Emma Carew
Published December 4, 2007

Mohamed Benaissa was given an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.

Turkish military fires on Kurdish rebels inside Iraq

Published December 3, 2007

.ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - The Turkish military said Saturday it attacked 50 to 60 Kurdish rebels inside Iraqi territory, inflicting "significant losses." It did not say whether Turkish troops had crossed...