Lawyer: Iran to free jailed American journalist after court suspends jail termTEHRAN, Iran — A lawyer for a jailed U.S. journalist says she could be freed soon after an Iranian appeals court suspended her prison term. Offensive lineman J.D. Quinn, at center of Sooners’ NCAA case, agrees to deal with DolphinsMIAMI — Undrafted offensive lineman J.D. Quinn, whose brief career at Oklahoma led to NCAA sanctions, has agreed to terms with the Miami Dolphins. Right-wing protesters attack old courthouse where hundreds of illegal immigrants are stayingATHENS, Greece — Far-right protesters attacked an old courthouse in central Athens Saturday where hundreds of illegal immigrants have lived for months amid piles of fetid rubbish and human waste without electricity, running water or sanitation. Phone-threat scam targets Chinese-American business owners, professionals in at least 7 statesPHILADELPHIA — Chinese-American business owners and professionals across the country are being targeted by an anonymous Mandarin-speaking caller seeking money and often threatening them and their families, authorities and business leaders said. UEFA receives referee’s report from Chelsea’s semifinal elimination by BarcelonaLONDON — UEFA will decide next week whether to take action against Chelsea players for their behavior toward the referee after Wednesday’s contentious Champions League semifinal against Barcelona. Pakistan’s prime minister urges world to help refugees fleeing anti-Taliban offensiveISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister is appealing for the international community to help the tens of thousands of people fleeing a major anti-Taliban military offensive in the restive northwest. Delhi outpolls Bangalore, Mumbai but doesn’t cross halfway markNEW DELHI - Switch on the radio and you hear it, step out from home and find a huge banner, open the newspapers and it’s there, the TV channels are full of it too — voter appeal campaigns have never been so intense but have failed to jack up polling percentages by more than the halfway mark in the major metros. Drogba faces a big UEFA ban for F-word tirade at refereeLONDON - Chelsea striker Didier Drogba faces a big UEFA ban after he hurled an F-word tirade at Norwegian referee Tom Henning Ovrebo as Barcelona hit a 93rd-minute goal to reach the Champions League final. SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro says new short-selling rules a priority as interests make caseWASHINGTON — The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday she is making the issue of new rules restricting short-selling a priority as the agency heard from an array of interests about ways to limit trades that bet against a stock. Sri Lankan military says it has caused heavy damage to rebels in new fightingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan soldiers broke through rebel defenses and advanced further into the Tamil Tigers’ last remaining territory, inflicting heavy damage on the beleaguered insurgents, the military said Tuesday. Latest economic reports offer hope that recession may ease, lift S&P into black for the yearWASHINGTON — Evidence that housing is poised to improve and optimism about the results of banking “stress tests” raised hopes Monday that the recession is easing and helped lift a key stock market measure into the black for the year. Government stress tests show Wells Fargo needs more money to survive deeper recessionWASHINGTON — Regulators have told Wells Fargo & Co. to shore up its finances after government “stress tests” showed the bank would have trouble surviving a deeper recession. Reporters Without Borders says US journalist on hunger strike in Iran was briefly hospitalizedCAIRO — The American journalist on a hunger strike for two weeks to protest her imprisonment in Iran was briefly hospitalized after she intensified her fast by refusing to drink water, Reporters Without Borders said Monday. Taliban defy Pak Government’s curfew, patrols SwatPESHAWAR - Armed Taliban militants defied a government curfew and patrolled the main town in Pakistan’’s Swat district, after rejecting an Islamic appeals court set up under a peace deal, witnesses have said on Monday. Pakistan army, Taliban blame each other as rising tensions threaten much-criticized peace dealISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s army and the Taliban blamed each other Sunday for a rise in tensions that threatened to destroy a much-criticized peace deal, just days before the Pakistani president heads to Washington for talks with President Barack Obama. Colo. considers ending costly death penalty, using savings to investigate cold casesDENVER — Colorado is one of 10 states that have considered abolishing the death penalty this year to save money, but Colorado’s proposal has a twist: It would use the savings to investigate about 1,400 unsolved slayings. Senators say Obama should consider wider experience than federal bench in naming next justiceWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s search to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter should extend beyond the current roster of federal judges, senators from both political parties said Sunday. Cleric rejects Islamic appeals court in Pakistan’s northwestISLAMABAD - A radical cleric, who brokered a shaky peace deal between Taliban militants and authorities in Pakistan’s northwest, rejected Sunday the overnight government announcement of setting up an Islamic appellate court. Pakistani army: Taliban in ‘gross violation’ of deal in northwest valleyISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military on Sunday accused the Taliban of “gross violation” of a peace accord covering a large segment of its northwest after several acts of violence over the weekend. Malaysian Indian couples’ cases test conversion lawsKUALA LUMPUR - A government decision as well as Malaysian laws related to conversion are poised to be tested by the country’s highest court, thanks to two cases of estranged ethnic Indian couples. Pakistan sets up Islamic appellate court on Taliban’s demandISLAMABAD - The regional government in Pakistan’s restive North-West Frontier Province announced over the weekend the setting up of an Islamic appellate court, and stressed that Taliban militants must lay down arms. Pakistan forms Islamic appellate court in hopes of easing fighting with Taliban in northwestISLAMABAD — Pakistan announced the formation of an Islamic appellate court for part of its northwest under a deal to end fighting between security forces and the Taliban, but a spokesman for a cleric mediating the pact rejected the panel on Sunday. Brown lied in saying that Gurkhas living in UK would cost taxpayers 1.4 billion poundsLONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown used a “fabric of falsehood and fantasy” in claiming that it would cost taxpayers 1.4 billion pounds to let Gurkhas live in Britain, according to campaigners supporting the latter’s cause. Obama wants replacement for Justice Souter to have empathy, intellect; groups seek fightWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is promising to work quickly and deliberately to name a replacement for retiring Justice David H. Souter who could double the number of women on the Supreme Court, become the first Hispanic justice, or do both. Appeals court says FAA can’t be held financially responsible in Illinois small plane collisionCHICAGO — An appeals court says the Federal Aviation Administration can’t be held financially responsible for the collision of two small planes that killed a popular Chicago radio personality nearly 10 years ago. Souter will keep getting big federal money in retirement _ but doesn’t seem to spend muchWASHINGTON — Federal judges can retire on full salary — $213,900 for justices this year — at David Souter’s age and experience. Downloadable ‘Star Trek’ game veers away from movie with arcade-style space battlesLOS ANGELES — Gamers won’t be able to relive J.J. Abrams’ highly anticipated “Star Trek” reboot on their consoles or computers. Obama wants Souter replacement with ‘empathy,’ could be woman, court’s first HispanicWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pledged Friday to name a Supreme Court justice who combines “empathy and understanding” with an impeccable legal background to succeed liberal David Souter, whose abrupt retirement announcement set off speculation the next justice could be a woman, a Hispanic or both. Status of NLRB decisions in doubt after appeals courts issue opposing opinions on the same dayWASHINGTON — Decisions made during the past year by the leading federal agency that referees labor-management disputes fell under a legal cloud Friday with conflicting federal appeals court rulings. Iraq’s Shiites ravaged by blasts but hold back on retaliationBAGHDAD — The anger in Baghdad’s main Shiite district was raw and restless after twin car bombings took more than 50 lives earlier this week. But the true measure of the rage — in Iraqi terms — came the following morning: Morgues and streets were not full of Sunnis killed in payback violence. |
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