By JEFF BAENEN and PATRICK CONDON 2010-09-10T10:40:40Z PINE CITY, Minn. (AP) -- Three U.S. mothers who have pleaded with Iranian authorities for more than a year to free their sons and daughter from a Tehran prison finally received a piece of the news they've been longing for.... |
Former Heads of Bipartisan Group Say U.S. 'Stumbling Blindly' in Policy to Counter Domestic Radicalization |
By BOUBACAR DIALLO and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI 2010-09-10T07:54:15Z CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- Two senior voting officials have been charged with vote tampering and sentenced to one year in prison a week before Guinea's crucial presidential vote, in a court proceeding that not even their lawyers were informed of and which is bound to increase tensions before the poll.... |
By AMIR SHAH 2010-09-09T13:10:52Z KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Afghan cleric threatened Thursday that U.S. troops in the country's north would face large protests if a small American church burns copies of the Muslim holy book as planned on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.... |
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. agents trailing suspects in a terror plot almost exposed a sting operation when the suspects apparently spotted the surveillance, court testimony shows. United States - Federal Bureau of Investigation - Sting operation - NEW YORK - Warfare and Conflict |
By JON GAMBRELL and SHEHU SAULAWA 2010-09-08T16:01:47Z BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) -- A radical Muslim sect used assault rifles to launch a coordinated sunset raid on a prison in northern Nigeria, freeing more than 100 followers and raising new fears about violence in the oil-rich nation just months before elections.... |
MIAMI, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A Palestinian and a Cuban migrant were arrested in Florida on charges of attempting to buy firearms and explosives destined for the West Bank, authorities said. Florida - West Bank - Palestinian people - Firearm - United States |
By ADAM GOLDMAN 2010-09-07T18:31:39Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former CIA officer accused of revving an electric drill near the head of an imprisoned terror suspect has returned to U.S. intelligence as a contractor, training CIA operatives after leaving the agency, The Associated Press has learned.... |
A Malaysian was jailed for six months and fined $61,000 for trying to smuggle 95 snakes out of the country, a sentence that conservationists said was too light. Prison - Malaysia - Asia - Shopping - Pets |
By 2010-09-07T17:47:33Z SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A man who gang-raped and killed a woman at a San Diego park 24 years ago has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.... |
MOSCOW, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Russia is sending ground forces to Kazakhstan to participate in a joint anti-terrorist exercise. Kazakhstan - Russia - Asia - Government - Business and Economy |
By DEANNA BELLANDI 2010-09-03T00:33:56Z CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov. Pat Quinn during an election year because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw, is stepping down, the governor said Thursday.... |
Deadly triple bombing of a Pakistani religious procession shows that Islamist militants are back in business trying to destabilize a government already strained by a devastating natural disaster U.S. Adds Pakistani Taliban to Terror Blacklist |
James A. Traficant, a former Democratic congressman who served time in prison, will run again for a House seat as an independent. |
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Outspoken former Democratic congressman Jim Traficant, who served time in federal prison for corruption, has fought his way back onto the Nov. 2 ballot to again run for a U.S. House seat - this time as an independent.... |
Dutch investigators say two Yemeni men arrested at Amsterdam's airport with suspicious items in their luggage are suspected in possible terror plot as U.S. officials launch their own probe 'Dry-Run Bomber' Suspects Arrested |
By EILEEN SULLIVAN 2010-08-31T16:12:45Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI probe of two men arrested in Amsterdam after suspicious items turned up in one of the men's luggage is finding they were probably not on a test run for a future terror attack, a U.S. official said Tuesday, casting doubt on earlier suggestions even as Dutch authorities held the pair on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terrorist act.... |
Dutch prosecutors say two Yemeni citizens who arrived in Amsterdam on a flight from the United States are suspects in a conspiracy to commit a terrorist act. United Airlines - United States - Mobile phone - Pepto-Bismol - American Broadcasting Company |
By GREG BLUESTEIN and RUSS BYNUM 2010-08-30T20:26:55Z ATLANTA (AP) -- A woman who killed her husband and later her boyfriend by poisoning them with antifreeze died Monday at a state prison where she was serving a life sentence, prison officials said.... |
Viktor Bout’s future may hang on whether he can trade what officials believe is his vast knowledge of global criminal networks in exchange for not spending the rest of his life in prison. |
KHAN BANI SAAD, Iraq (AP) -- A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children's hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets.... |
By JOHN S. MARSHALL AND SAMANTHA YOUNG 2010-08-29T01:22:57Z SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Prison guards shot into a crowd to stop 200 rioting inmates at California's Folsom State Prison, wounding five, authorities said Saturday.... |
IN NEW ORLEANS All her life, Pam Cash dreamed of a house for her family. But she was poor as pennies. She worked two jobs, cleaning buildings. With every swish of the mop on her night shift, she worried about her children. It broke her heart when her son Curtis got sent to prison, but she still h... New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina - United States - Meteorology - Earth Sciences |
Iraq's prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the U.S. combat mission in the country formally ends on Tuesday. |
By JOHN S. MARSHALL 2010-08-28T11:55:15Z SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- About 200 inmates rioted at Folsom State Prison and shots were fired by guards to quell the disturbance. Seven inmates were hospitalized but officials said it wasn't clear how many suffered gunshot wounds.... |
Shots Fired by Guards as About 200 Inmates Riot; Unclear How Many of Injured Inmates Have Gunshot Wounds |
Folsom State Prison is locked down after some 200 inmates rioted and corrections officers fired gunshots as they tried to break up the disturbance, leaving at least 7 hospitalized |
FOLSOM, Calif., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- At least seven inmates were injured seriously enough to be hospitalized after a riot Friday at California's Folsom Prison, officials said. Folsom State Prison - Prison - California - Folsom Prison - Crime and Justice |
LONDON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The British prison minister announced Friday he has 'decided to come to terms with his homosexuality' and has separated from his wife. Prison - Homosexuality - British people - Crispin Blunt - Crime and Justice |
By 2010-08-27T19:37:28Z SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- An Orange County man who stabbed to death an acquaintance who complained about his singing has been sentenced to 16 years to life in prison.... |
