Lockerbie Bomber Freed on Compassionate Grounds
New York Times
By REUTERS EDINBURGH (Reuters) – A former Libyan agent jailed for life for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, most of them Americans, is to be freed on Thursday, the Scottish government said. Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, who has terminal …
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Reports: CIA hired Blackwater to help assassinate terrorists
Christian Science Monitor
The agency employed the controversial firm to assist with 'planning, training, and surveillance' – and possibly to kill and capture – Al Qaeda operatives, according to news reports. By Arthur Bright • A daily summary of global reports on security …
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Ailing Kennedy Asks for Speedy Replacement Process
Washington Post
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), who is suffering from brain cancer and has missed most of the sessions of the Senate this year, has sent a letter (PDF) to Massachusetts leaders asking for a change in state law to allow his seat in …
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Category 3 Hurricane Bill expected to strengthen again
MiamiHerald.com
Hurricane Bill weakened slightly to a Category 3 early Thursday — packing 125 winds — but forecasters warned the powerful storm could grow stronger by day's end. The season's first major hurricane posed the most serious and immediate …
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Taliban Attacks Close Polling Booths as Afghans Vote
Bloomberg
Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) — Taliban attacks forced as many as 11 percent of polling stations in Afghanistan's presidential election to close, undermining efforts to boost the government's legitimacy by exceeding the 8 million voter turnout …
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