Edwin van der Sar claimed the all-time British record for minutes without conceding a goal during Manchester United’s 1-0 win over West Ham on Sunday. The Dutch veteran also took the 30-year-old English record from Steve Death last week. Death’s name, with all due respect to the former Reading custodian, is not up there with the game’s greats.
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Trulli claims pole in Bahrain for Toyota
Italy’s Jarno Trulli claimed pole position for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix to lead a Toyota 1-2 on the front row at the Sakhir circuit. Trulli clocked a time of one minute 33.431 seconds in the final qualifying session to edge out teammate Timo Glock. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, who won the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai last week and championship leader Jenson Button in his Brawn GP, will start from the second row
U.S. says videos disprove Demjanjuk’s claim of poor health
Nazi war crimes suspect John Demjanjuk, 89, is physically able to be deported to Germany to stand trial, Justice Department lawyers told a federal appeals court Thursday. The government lawyers provided the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, with a medical report to support their argument that the judges should lift their stay temporarily blocking the deportation. The medical details were filed under a court seal, but in a related filing the government said the report by a “certified flight surgeon …
Israeli leaders accused of war crimes
A conference of Islamic prosecutors in Iran worked Wednesday to draft an indictment against Israeli leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza.
Bolivia: The Bizarre Life and Death of a Failed Assassin
Journalist-turned-Croatian independence fighter Eduardo Rosza-Flores was asked in an interview a few years ago with the Hungarian edition of Elle Magazine if he would ever assassinate someone for a cause. “Only if [that person] comes to kill others,” said Rozsa, according to an English version of the transcript posted on one of his blogs
Scientists Claim CIA Misused Work on Sleep Deprivation
German and French researchers whose work has been cited by the CIA and the Justice Department to help justify the legality of harsh interrogation techniques, including prolonged sleep deprivation, condemned the Bush Administration on Tuesday for misusing their scientific findings. “It is total nonsense to cite our study in this context,” said Dr.
Iran like Nazi Germany, Israeli official says
Israel’s vice prime minister compared Iran to Nazi Germany on Tuesday at the site of one of World War II’s most notorious death camps.
Why the French Love to Strike
Protesting fishermen who had shut down traffic in several large ports on France’s northern coast ended their two-day blockade Thursday — but promised to be back if their grievances weren’t addressed.
Request to reopen Demjanjuk’s deportation case denied
A U.S. immigration appeals board on Thursday denied a request to reopen the deportation case of Nazi war crimes suspect John Demjanjuk. However, a federal appeals court’s stay on Demjanjuk’s deportation remains in effect.
Agents pick up Nazi war crimes suspect for likely deportation
Nazi war crimes suspect John Demjanjuk was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Tuesday for an expected deportation to Germany. They picked him up at his home in Cleveland, Ohio