The aunt of former U.S. soldier Steven Green told jurors tearfully Monday that "We did not send a rapist and murderer to Iraq" as defense lawyers worked to save her nephew from a death sentence. Patty Ruth, a Texas elementary school principal, told a civilian jury about Green's childhood as a reader who loved to be hugged by relatives. "I do not know how we got to this spot," Ruth said in emotional testimony. "I do not know how this ...

Sex in marriage does not need to be practiced with lights off; it can be "saucy, surprising and fantasy-packed" and at the same time without sin, says a monk in a book that has become a best seller in predominantly Catholic and conservative Poland. In Sex As You Don't Know It: For Married Couples Who Love God, published in April, Franciscan Father Ksawery Knotz offers theological and practical advice for married couples who want to spice up their sex ...

Taliban militants attacked NATO supply terminals Wednesday morning, torching at least 10 supply trucks in northern Pakistan, local officials said. It was on August 11, 2006, just 13 days short of his twelfth birthday. "I went with my dad to take food for some people who were stuck in Smaiya," he explains. War was raging in southern Lebanon at the time. Muhammad and his father thought there was some sort of ceasefire in place, so they felt relatively safe. That ...

Muhammad Hajj Moussa was only 11 years old when he lost both his legs. It is not at all easy for the teenager to speak about "that day," when his life was plunged into despair. He does so haltingly, in very short sentences, before ending in silent tears. It was on August 11, 2006, just 13 days short of his twelfth birthday. "I went with my dad to take food for some people who were stuck in Smaiya," he explains. ...

Iran will release imprisoned Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, her father said Monday. Reza Saberi told CNN before 4 p.m. local time (7:30 a.m. ET) that his daughter will be released within a couple of hours. He was waiting for her in front of Evin prison, and has signed paperwork, he said. "We are very happy with the news," he told CNN. "We were hoping for it." Roxana Saberi was convicted last month on espionage charges in a ...

A U.S. journalist imprisoned in Iran has stopped her hunger strike after more than two weeks, her father said Wednesday. Roxana Saberi, 32, had been drinking water but eating no food in protest at her detention at Tehran's Evin prison, according to her father, Reza Saberi. Officials had brought her to the hospital Friday and fed her intravenously before returning her to her cell, her father said. Roxana Saberi stopped her hunger strike Monday night after both parents visited her ...

Madonna took her effort to adopt a 3-year-old girl before Malawi's highest court Monday, as a man claiming to be the girl's father said he was fighting for custody of the child. The 50-year-old singer had filed a petition to adopt Chifundo James, whose first name means "mercy" in Chichewa, the country's national language. Her adoption was denied last month because Madonna did not meet a residency law that requires applicants to have lived in the country for some time ...

The Justice Department has promised an appeals court that federal agents will not deport a Nazi war crimes suspect to Germany through at least April 30, even if the court lifts the stay that prevents the removal. In a letter to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Justice Department said it is prepared to ensure the necessary time for legal appeals to play out in the case of John Demjanjuk. The 6th Circuit Court ordered ...

A Grammy-nominated classical pianist who wears personalized trainers, Lang Lang is one-of-a-kind in the world of classical music. The 26-year-old has become a sensation in the music world, whose prodigious talent catapulted him from a childhood in northeastern China to playing to a packed Carnegie Hall by the age of 21. His flamboyant playing style and bold image has divided critics, but also attracted millions -- who might normally be more into MTV than Mozart -- ...

Iranian authorities have charged detained American journalist Roxana Saberi with espionage, Iran's Press TV reported. Iran's deputy prosecutor for security issues, Hassan Haddad, said Saberi had confessed to having engaged in espionage activities. "She conducted spying operations in the country by passing herself as a journalist. She has accepted all charges and we have documented the evidence in her legal case papers," Haddad said, according to Press TV. Saberi's father, Reza Saberi, told CNN last month that his daughter called ...