Joran Van Der Sloot to Dutch Reporter: I was Framed!

Anita Van der Sloot , Joran’s mother, agreed to talk to a day earlier. The Dutchman has confessed to killing Stephany Flores in Peru. Van der Sloot is also a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba. In the interview Joran Van der Sloot claims that he was …

Associated Content · June 21, 2010, 3:03 AM (PST)

More on this story · Category: World


Huffingtonpost.com

Rahm Emanuel links fall elections to GOP support of BP

W ASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s chief of staff is warning about what might happen if Republicans – who have defended BP over the Gulf oil spill – were to run Congress after the fall election. Rahm Emanuel says the GOP philosophy is to paint BP as the victim. He says Obama will make …

Boston Herald · June 21, 2010, 4:22 AM (PST)

More on this story · Category: World


San Jose Mercury News

Hurricane Celia strengthens in Pacific off Mexico

MEXICO CITY, June 20 (Reuters) – Hurricane Celia, the first hurricane of the 2010 Pacific season, formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean near Mexico on Sunday but was headed away from land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. A Category 1 hurricane with winds up to 80 mph (130 kph), Celia was 370 …

Reuters · June 21, 2010, 12:04 AM (PST)

More on this story · Category: World


WZVN-TV

Panel urges extradition, compensation in Bhopal disaster case

New Delhi – A government panel on the 1984 Bhopal disaster Monday recommended seeking the extradition of former Union Carbide Corp chief Warren Anderson, enhanced compensation for victims and cleanup of the toxic site. Premier Manmohan Singh had ordered a group of ministers to explore ‘options and …

Monsters and Critics · June 21, 2010, 5:05 AM (PST)

More on this story · Category: World


Thaindian.com

‘The Cove’ to screen in Japan despite protests

Japanese theaters will start showing "The Cove," an Oscar-winning film about a dolphin-hunting village in Japan, next month despite pressure from nationalist groups who say the film is anti-Japanese. The domestic distributor, Unplugged, said Monday that six theaters around the country will start …

Star-Tribune · June 21, 2010, 5:05 AM (PST)

More on this story · Category: World


Virgin Media Music

Santos coasts to victory in Colombia

BOGOTA, Jun 20, 2010 (UPI via COMTEX) — Juan Manuel Santos easily defeated former Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus Sunday to become Colombia’s next president. Santos, a center-right U Party candidate and former defense minister, had captured 69 percent of the votes to 25 percent for Mockus with 98 …

Investors Business Daily · June 20, 2010, 5:59 PM (PST)

More on this story · Category: World


Washington Post

Israel eases blockade, to allow nonmilitary goods into Gaza

JERUSALEM – Israel pledged yesterday that it will immediately allow all goods into Gaza except weapons and items deemed to have a military use under its decision to ease its three-year-old blockade of the Palestinia
n territory. The list of banned goods replaces an old list of allowed items that …

Boston Globe · June 21, 2010, 4:07 AM (PST)

More on this story · Category: World


France 24

American, Australians killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash

A military helicopter crashed during an early morning operation in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing three Australian commandoes and an American service member, officials said. Two other international service members were killed Sunday in separate bombings in the south, NATO announced without …

Globe and Mail · June 21, 2010, 4:07 AM (PST)

More on this story · Category: World


Idaho Statesman

Rights group says Kyrgyz police attack Uzbeks

Uzbek rights activists say police have attacked an ethnic Uzbek village in southern Kyrgyzstan, killing at least two people and wounding more than 20 others. The accusation adds to Uzbek claims of official collusion in rampages that killed up to 2,000 people in Central Asia’s worst ethnic violence …

AP – msnbc.com · June 21, 2010, 2:20 AM (PST)

More on this story · Category: World


Atlanta Journal Constitution

Report: Turkish troops hunt down Kurdish rebels

Turkey’s state-run news agency says elite commando units have rappelled down from helicopters and poured out of mechanized infantry units to surround Kurdish rebels in a major operation along the Iraqi border. The Anatolia agency says the offensive comes as the country’s military and civilian …

AP – msnbc.com · June 21, 2010, 2:56 AM (PST)

More on this story · Category: World


Springfield News Sun

Browse Top Stories