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THE US has apologised for a helicopter attack that killed two Pakistani soldiers at an outpost near the Afghan border, saying American pilots mistook the soldiers for insurgents. The apology, which came after a joint […] […]

A VETERAN federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan has been arrested during a drug deal in the company of a stripper. Jack Camp, 67, was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday, minutes after handing $US160 […] […]

AN Adelaide woman charged with murdering her husband by setting him alight says she just wanted to “purify his penis”, to end an affair and have him stay with her. Rajini Narayan, 46, has pleaded […] […]

NATO says an airstrike and a raid by ground troops killed a Taliban leader and seven fighters in northern Afghanistan. An alliance statement today  says Maulawi Jawadullah – accused of organising deadly ambushes, roadside bomb […] […]

A US security official said yesterday the country was capable of withstanding another terrorist attack and bouncing back, saying Americans needed to put extremist threats in “perspective”. Michael Leiter, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, […] […]

AN Oregon woman accused of murdering a pregnant woman from Maryland and cutting the unborn child from her womb pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated murder and was sentenced to life in prison. The […] […]

HAVANA—Raul Castro says the U.S. has ignored Cuban overtures to cooperate on counterterrorism. Cuba decided Wednesday to make Oct. 6 its annual “Victims of State Terrorism Day.” In a speech, Castro said the island offered […] […]

The long battle to break the link between drug addiction and criminal behaviour is being won, a ground-breaking study into the long-term success rates of treatment programmes suggests. Nearly half of all addicts who participated […] […]

A ZIMBABWEAN man has accused a gang of three women of kidnapping, drugging and raping him in the fifth sexual attack targeting male victims in under a year. A police spokesman said the 26-year-old was […] […]

JAMAICAN Reggae star Buju Banton, will find out today if he will be granted bail by a United States court. Banton has been in custody at the Pinellas County Jail in Tampa, Florida; for almost […] […]