Sudanese police beat women, fire tear gas to stop protest over dress code trialKHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudanese police fired tear gas and beat women protesting at the trial Tuesday of a female journalist who faces a flogging for wearing trousers in public. AP News in BriefObama says he’ll accept Nobel Peace Prize as ‘call to action’ toward peace and prosperity Revenge, explanation, catharsis? Many wonder why Elizabeth Edwards going public on sex scandalNEW YORK — Back in August, on the day John Edwards acknowledged he’d had an extramarital affair, his wife of three decades begged for privacy and a respite from what she called the “voyeurism” that brought the story to light. Taliban disrupts work at Pak’s NADRA officeLAHORE - Taliban militants broke into Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) office located in Swat, and disrupted the work. Zardari orders probe into 17-year-old Swat girl’s floggingISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered a probe into the case of Taliban flogging a 17-year-old girl publicly in Swat, where the government recently signed a sharia deal with the Taliban. |