A Brooklyn man allegedly hurled racial epithets before stabbing black patron, he was having a verbal altercation with, with a fork. Nicholas Melo, 34, allegedly accosted Akbar Salahuddin, 49, and his two female companions, in the Bridgeview Diner in Bay Ridge last November. He used the n-word against Salahuddin and called the women “n—– loving […]
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The Prisoners of Syria: What Detainees Can Expect from Assad
Unconfirmed reports that Syrian army troops were battling each other were an indication of how divided the country is regarding dealing with political dissent. The Damascus regime’s reputation for brutality is fearsome.
Pilots charged with Argentina dirty war ‘death flights’
An extradition hearing is expected in Spain this week for one of two pilots arrested recently on charges they participated in “death flights” in which more than 1,000 prisoners were thrown out of planes during Argentina’s “dirty war” in the 1970s and 1980s, officials said. Former Navy Lt