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Saguaro cactus puts man in intensive care

Jun 26, 2012

A city employee in Yuma, Ariz., suffered a broken back and internal injuries when a large saguaro cactus fell on him as he worked on a water leak.William Mason remained in intensive care Thursday at Yuma Regional Medical Center, two days after the accident, the Yuma Daily Sun reported."We'll have to see how the surgery goes to learn the extent of his injuries. It was a horrible accident," Carolin
Female jogger fights off teenagers

Jun 26, 2012

A Washington state woman who has studied martial arts for nearly two decades said she fought off two teenage boys who accosted her while she was jogging.Priscilla Dang, 23, of Vancouver said she was jogging on the path along Padden Parkway June 14 when a teenage boy on a bicycle distracted her to allow a second teenager to swat her on the buttocks, The Columbian in Vancouver reported Monday.“I hate when men think they can do that stuff,” said Dang, who said she regularly studies Wushu martial a
Three police shot dead at Mexico City airport

Jun 26, 2012

Three federal police officers were shot and killed Monday when they tried to arrest drug trafficking suspects at Mexico City’s international airport, officials said.Airport spokesman Jorge Andres Gomez said the incident took place around 8:50 am (1350 GMT) in the fast-food area of the airport’s Terminal 2. The identity and location of the suspects was not immediately clear.“Finding themselves surrounded,” the alleged traffickers “opened fire with their weapons against the federal police,” the Pu
U.S. high court rejects much of Arizona immigration law

Jun 26, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down key provisions of a border state's harsh crackdown on illegal immigrants, but did little to finally settle the nation's raging political dispute on immigration, a divisive issue on which President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are deeply at odds.While the conservative-dominated high court ruling released Monday found much of the Arizona law u
Egypt's Morsi mulls cabinet amid Tahrir sit-in

Jun 25, 2012

CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi began selecting a new government on Monday as his supporters pursued a sit-in to pressure the ruling military to hand over full powers to the Islamist.After a tight race in which Morsi was forced to reach out to pro-democracy groups, the former Muslim Brotherhood politician is expected to include ministers who will have the support of his movemen
Tunisia sends former Libyan P.M. home

Jun 25, 2012

TUNIS (AP) ― Tunisia extradited Libya’s former prime minister to his country on Sunday, despite concerns by Tunisia’s president and human rights groups that he could be tortured or unfairly prosecuted there. The decision by Tunisia’s prime minister to send Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi home to face trial appeared to set up a potential clash between the president and prime minister of this North African country, the top two officials in the governing coalition. Later Sunday, Libyan Prime Minister Abdur
Islamist leader declared president of Egypt

Jun 25, 2012

CAIRO (AP) ― The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi was declared the winner of Egypt’s first free presidential election Sunday, and he proclaimed himself a leader “for all Egyptians,” although he faces a struggle for power with the country’s still-dominant military rulers. The announcement by election officials touched off a joyous celebration of chanting and dancing in the sweltering heat by tens of thousands of Morsi’s supporters jamming Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the uprising that topp
Bolivian police deny deal, recommit to ‘mutiny’

Jun 25, 2012

LA PAZ (AFP) ― Police in Bolivia vowed Sunday to press on with a four day old mutiny, spurning a pay deal struck by the government and union leaders, as President Evo Morales accused the opposition of plotting a coup.Since Thursday, low-ranking officers in this impoverished Latin American country have rioted to demand an increase in salary. Authorities, meanwhile, accuse them of stockpiling weapons and pressuring other units to turn over their arms in an attempt to overthrow the leftist governme
Paraguay’s ousted president goes on offensive

Jun 25, 2012

ASUNCION (AP) ― Ousted Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo fought back Sunday against the politicians who engineered his dismissal, setting up an alternative government and pledging to upstage Paraguay’s new leaders at an upcoming regional summit. Lugo’s new stance marked a dramatic about-face from just two days earlier when it seemed he would go meekly into retirement after the country’s Congress overwhelmingly voted to impeach him. Since then, Lugo has received a flood of support from South Ame
Sex offender given longer term

Jun 25, 2012

A seven-year sentence given to a sex offender has been lengthened to ten years after a year-long struggle on the part of the female victim.Josie Ottoway, 21, was raped nearby her student dormitory in February 2011 by a hooded stranger at gunpoint. The Loughborough University undergraduate studying international business was reportedly on her way back to her room from a friend’s house, which was ten minutes away.The attacker ordered her to take off her clothes before he sexually assaulted her.“On
Eating placenta, an age-old practice in China

Jun 25, 2012

SHANGHAI (AFP) - After Wang Lan delivered, she brought home a baby girl and her placenta, which she plans to eat in a soup -- adopting an age-old practice in Chinese traditional medicine.The health-giving qualities of placenta are currently creating a buzz in Western countries, where some believe it can help ward off postnatal depression, improve breast milk supply and boost energy levels.But placentophagy -- the practice of eating one‘s placenta after birth -- is relatively common in China, whe
Woman upset over corpse on flight

Jun 25, 2012

A Swedish woman says she had to fly overnight from Europe to Tanzania next to a man who died after the plane had departed.Lena Pettersson, a reporter for Sveriges Radio, said the man was having convulsions before the Kenya Airways flight departed from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The plane took off anyway, The Local.se reported Sunday.He died several hours later while the plane was in the air.Pette
Tortoise returned home after week away

Jun 25, 2012

A tortoise who went missing from his suburban Chicago home last week was found hanging out in a empty pool in St. Charles, Ill.The Chicago Tribune said the 44-year-old tortoise, who is named Lance, wandered Sunday from home in Lombard during a barbecue and was picked-up by a man who thought it was a wild animal and took it home to nearby St. Charles.Lance spent five days in an empty pool, cared for by the man’s 10-year-old daughter. A neighbor of the girl contacted Lance’s owners, Andy and Susan
Two Iranians sentenced to death for drinking alcohol

Jun 25, 2012

Two Iranians have been sentenced to death for drinking alcohol, the head of the judiciary in the north-eastern province of Khorassan Razavin said on Sunday."Two people who have for the third time been convicted of consuming alcoholic drinks have been sentenced to death," ISNA news agency quoted Hassan Shariati as saying. "The death sentence will be effected as soon as it is confirmed by the Supreme Court."Murder, rape, armed robbery and trafficking of drugs in quantities in excess of five kilogr
Islamist Morsi named Egypt's president

Jun 25, 2012

Islamist Mohammed Morsi was declared the winner Sunday in Egypt's first free presidential election in history, closing the tumultuous first phase of a democratic transition and opening a new struggle with the still-dominant military rulers who recently stripped the presidency of most of its powers.In Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the uprising that ousted autocratic President Hosni Mubarak, joyo