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Police: Woman stabbed beau, took fake leg

Mar 29, 2013

Police in South Carolina said a woman arrested on a domestic violence charge allegedly stabbed her boyfriend and threw his prosthetic leg into the yard.Greenwood police said they responded to Michelle Thomas' home just after 11 p.m. Monday after she reported an altercation with her live-in boyfriend, who she accused of drunkenly hitting her after she threw a pack of cigarettes to him, WYFF-TV, Greenville, S.C., reported Thursday.Thomas said she armed herself with a knife and threatened to stab t
Dog driver injures pedestrian

Mar 29, 2013

Police in Pennsylvania said a dog left unattended in a car shifted the vehicle into gear and struck a pedestrian.West York Police said they responded to a call at 11:25 a.m. Tuesday about a man being struck by a car and officers arrived to find a dog had been left unattended inside the running car and managed to knock it into gear, the York (Pa.) Daily Record reported Thursday.The man, a Hokes Mill employee, attempted to stop the car before it hit a parked truck, but was unsuccessful and ended u
Iran, NKorea, Syria block arms trade treaty

Mar 29, 2013

Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked adoption Thursday of a U.N. treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade which required agreement by all 193 U.N. member states.In an unexpected twist, Mexico proposed that the conference go ahead and adopt the treaty Thursday without the support of the three countries, saying there was no definition of “consensus.” Delegates then started debating whether this should be done and several countries supported Mexico, but the Russian
U.N authorizes intervention force for Congo

Mar 29, 2013

The U.N. Security Council authorized a new “intervention brigade” for Congo on Thursday with an unprecedented mandate to take military action against rebel groups to help bring peace to the country's conflict-wracked east.The resolution, which the council adopted unanimously, gives the brigade a mandate to carry out offensive operations alone or with Congolese army troops to neutralize and disarm armed groups.The brigade is unprecedented in U.N. peacekeeping because of its offensive mandate. The
Optimism in U.N. on arms trade treaty

Mar 28, 2013

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― The first global treaty on regulating the multimillion-dollar arms trade appeared to be nearing consensus, supporters said, though worries remained that Iran, India or other countries would back off an agreement that requires approval from all 193 United Nations member states. Thursday is the deadline for reaching a deal. U.N. diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity because negotiations have been private, said Wednesday the United States was virtually certain to go al
Four tried for inciting teen sex in U.K.

Mar 28, 2013

A group of swingers in Britain were tried Wednesday on charges of inciting a 13-year-old boy to have sex, British media reported.Brian Ecclestone, 32, allegedly invited the unnamed boy to have sexual intercourse with his girlfriend Emmanie Hughes in February 2011, the teenage victim told Swansea Crown Court. Ecclestone is also accused of videotaping the incident.The victim said Ecclestone took him to the room where Hughes was staying, and said that he “felt really pressured.” The couple and two
High court in US skeptical of federal marriage law

Mar 28, 2013

The Supreme Court, concluding two days of intense debate, has suggested it could strike down the law that prevents legally married gay couples from receiving a range of federal benefits that go to married people.The court wrapped up its arguments Wednesday over the federal Defense of Marriage Act that bans recognition of same-sex marriages in the U.S., affecting several benefits available to married couples, including survivor benefits and tax breaks. Justice Anthony Kennedy _ often the decisive
Teenage girl found dead in Britain among 'out of control' dogs

Mar 27, 2013

A 14-year-old girl was found dead in Britain on Tuesday after apparently being mauled by five "out of control" dogs, police said.Police were called to a house in Atherton, near Manchester in northwest England, where they found the body and "were confronted by a number of dogs that were aggressive and out of control", a statement said.Four of the dogs, believed to be bull mastiffs and Staffordshire bull terriers, were put down humanely by armed response officers, while the fifth was secured insid
Myanmar sets curfews to curb spread of violence

Mar 27, 2013

YANGON (AP) ― Authorities in Myanmar imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in three townships after anti-Muslim religious violence touched new parts of the country, edging closer to the main city of Yangon.State television Tuesday reported incidents in the three townships in Bago region, all within 150 kilometers of Yangon. The latest attack Monday night was in Gyobingauk, where it said “troublemakers” damaged a religious building, shops and some houses. The report said similar attacks on religious buil
U.S. court cautious on same-sex marriage

Mar 27, 2013

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The U.S. Supreme Court trod cautiously Tuesday as it considered gay marriage, with justices appearing hesitant to deliver a sweeping historic verdict on the emotionally charged issue.On a day long awaited by both sides of the debate, thousands of gay rights advocates waving U.S. and rainbow flags descended on the Court, outnumbering a rally of religious activists opposed to same-sex marriage.The Supreme Court will take months to issue a ruling, but several justices indicated d
Italian foreign minister resigns over return of marines to India

Mar 27, 2013

ROME (AFP) ― Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said Tuesday he was resigning in protest after two Italian marines were ordered to return to India to face murder charges.The two men were sent back on Friday over the killing of two Indian fishermen in February last year in a case that has strained ties between New Delhi and Rome. “I resign in contention with the decision to send the marines back to India. The misgivings I expressed had no effect on the decision taken,” Terzi told parliament du
Syrian opposition takes Arab summit seat

Mar 27, 2013

DAMASCUS (AP) ― Syria’s opposition took over the country’s seat for the first time at an Arab summit Tuesday in a diplomatic triumph marred by severe divisions in the ranks of the Western-backed opposition alliance. The opposition’s ascension to representing the country at the summit in Qatar, a key backer of the those fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, demonstrated the extent of the regime’s isolation two years into a ferocious civil war that the U.N. says has killed an estimated 70,000
Libya says four foreign Christians will be freed jail

Mar 27, 2013

Libya is to free four foreign Christians arrested in the eastern city of Benghazi for proselytizing after more than a month in jail, an official said. The foreigners, a South African woman, a man with joint American-Swedish nationality, an Egyptian and South Korean, will be deported after their release, said Abdul Salam Barghathi, commanding officer of the Office of Preventative Security, a department of the Defense Ministry, in an interview in Benghazi. “To keep good diplomatic relations, they
Bill Gates looks into Ghana’s health care issues

Mar 27, 2013

AHENTIA, Ghana (AFP) ― The freckled man with the rectangular glasses instantly recognisable to much of the world stood in the West African heat, staring at data that had nothing to do with selling software.But it was exactly where Bill Gates said he wanted to be, at a tin-roof clinic in a village in Ghana, listening to local health care workers explain the progress they had made in vaccinating babies.“These are the countries where I’m the least known,” the 57-year-old Microsoft co-founder told A
Knox saga still not over for Italian courts

Mar 27, 2013

It's not over yet for Amanda Knox.Italy's top criminal court dealt a stunning setback Tuesday to the 25-year-old college student, overturning her acquittal in the grisly murder of her British roommate and ordering her to stand trial again.“She thought that the nightmare was over,” Knox's attorney, Carlo Dalla Vedova, told reporters minutes after conveying the unexpected turn of events to his client, who had stayed up to hear the ruling, which came shortly after 2 a.m. West Coast time. “But she's