Month: December 2010

RAMLE, Israel—Israeli prison authorities on Sunday released a radical Muslim leader after serving a five-month term for assaulting a policeman. Hundreds of people greeted Sheik Raed Salah as he was freed from prison in this […] […]

VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict XVI, who spent his youth in Hitler’s Germany, says dictators boast that they will change the world, but just bring destruction. The pontiff’s reflections on what he calls history’s “false prophets” came […] […]

CITRONELLE, Alabama—The woman accused of torturing two young children who were later killed and dumped in rural Mississippi and Alabama was expected to return to Alabama by extradition on Sunday to face charges. Heather Leavell-Keaton […] […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jamaican police say they have discovered three bodies buried in shallow graves at a construction site outside the capital and expect to find more. Assistant Police Commissioner Les Green says the bodies were found […] […]

BARACK Obama has offered his strongest condemnation yet of WikiLeaks’ “deplorable” documents dump, as Julian Assange’s supporters called for protests to press for his release. In a call to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, […] […]

GUADALAJARA MEXICO—Suspected drug cartel gunmen attacked each other during annual religious celebrations in a small Mexican town, killing 11 people and wounding 22 others, local authorities said Saturday. The rival gangs fired machine guns into […] […]

STOCKHOLM—A car explosion and what appeared to be a suicide attack injured two people, killed the apparent bomber, and caused panic among Christmas shoppers in Stockholm Saturday. Stockholm Police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander said a car […] […]

RICHARD Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is critically ill following surgery and has been joined by family members at a Washington hospital. “This morning, doctors completed surgery to repair a tear […] […]

THE Vatican has hit back after cables released by WikiLeaks indicated it refused to cooperate with an Irish probe into child sex abuse by Catholic priests in Dublin. The Vatican press office yesterday expressed scepticism […] […]