Australia tries to heal ailing Aboriginal communities with ‘tough love’ _ but is it enough?WADEYE, Australia — Along the dusty red road that leads from the lonely airstrip into town, the signs flash by: “No alcohol,” says one. “Petrol sniffing kills,” admonishes another. “Don’t bring gunja into our town,” warns a third. Guantanamo detainee who allegedly committed suicide had been prisoners’ representativeSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Guantanamo Bay detainee who left his cell to meet with military commanders as prisoner representative never returned, and was instead sent to a psychiatric ward where he died five months later, a former detainee recalled. New details emerge about Guantanamo detainee who allegedly committed suicideSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Almost five months before he was found dead at Guantanamo Bay, a detainee volunteered to represent prisoners in talks with the military and left his jailhouse for a meeting with the detention camp’s most senior commanders. But he never returned — from then on, he was held in the prison’s psychiatric ward, a former detainee recalled. Stormalory euthanized after breaking down during American Turf StakesLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Stormalory, a 3-year-old colt, was euthanized after breaking down during the $150,000 American Turf Stakes on Friday at Churchill Downs. AP Interview: Polo team veterinarian who injected horses is grief-stricken after pony deathsWELLINGTON, Fla. — When Argentine veterinarian Felix Crespo injected 21 elite polo horses with a vitamin supplement shortly before a championship match in Florida, he never imagined they would all be dead the next day. Army OKs plan to stem rise in soldier suicides; a suspected 56 in first quarter of 2009WASHINGTON — The Army has approved new guidance to military commanders in an effort to stem the rising toll of soldier suicides. Assisted-suicide group’s training manual provides detailed account of how it operatedPHOENIX — A training manual for an assisted-suicide group tells “exit guides” that they are special people and should celebrate their role in guiding others to their deaths. Survivor of Oklahoma City bombing: If time heals all wounds, why does it still hurt?OKALAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum brought together those who survived the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, family members of the victims and rescue workers for a program called “First Person: Stories of Hope.” |
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