The trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was delayed again Friday and will resume in late June, court officials said. Closing arguments in the trial were originally scheduled for June 5 and had been rescheduled for Friday. But on Friday, a judge said the trial at Insean Prison, where Suu Kyi is being held, near Yangon will be adjourned until June 26
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Petraeus: Afghanistan attacks at high
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Six arrested over plot to attack G-8 summit
An investigation into the Italian left-wing terrorist group the Red Brigades has led to the arrest of six people who Rome police say were plotting an attack on next month’s G-8 summit.
Guard opened museum’s door for his killer
The security guard shot to death at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum had opened the door for the gunman, who then raised a rifle and killed him, authorities said Thursday. The suspect in Wednesday’s slaying — 88-year-old James von Brunn — will be charged with murder and, if convicted, could face the death penalty, a federal prosecutor confirmed
Why the U.S. Should Start Talking to Hamas
Halfway through my interview with Khaled Mashaal, about an hour after Barack Obama’s Cairo speech, I realized that the leader of Hamas was calling the Israeli people, and their leaders, Israelis. That seemed new. The usual term of art used by Islamic militants is “Zionists” or worse.
Palau to take Uighur detainees from Gitmo
The Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to take in 17 Chinese Muslims now held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the country’s ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. Details of the transfer are still being worked out, Ambassador Hersey Kyota told CNN.
Political rallies jam Tehran’s streets ahead of key vote
The sidewalks of Iran’s capital are jammed with political rallies, just days before the Islamic republic decides on its next president.
Most dangerous search terms on the Internet
If you like to search for "music lyrics" or "free" things, you are engaging in risky cyber behavior. And "free music downloads" puts 20 percent of Web surfers in harm’s way of malicious software, known as "malware." A new research report by U.S.-based antivirus software company McAfee has identified the most dangerous Internet search words that places users on pages with a higher likelihood of malware. The study examined 2,600 popular keywords on five major search engines — Google, Yahoo, Live, AOL and Ask — and analyzed 413,000 Web pages.
Palau considering taking Uighur detainees, officials say
The Obama administration is in talks with the South Pacific island nation of Palau to relocate some or all of 17 Uighurs — native Chinese Muslims — held at Guantanamo Bay, senior administration officials told CNN Tuesday. Last week, Daniel Fried, the Obama administration’s special envoy to oversee the closure of Guantanamo, visited Palau and Australia as part of a tour of the Pacific region
Obama proposes making ‘pay-as-you-go’ the law
President Obama on Tuesday proposed making "pay-as-you-go" rules for federal spending into law. The so-called PAYGO proposal requires Congress to balance any increased spending by equal savings elsewhere, Obama said in announcing the measure that now goes to Congress. A previous PAYGO mandate helped erase federal budget deficits in the 1990s, and subsequent ineffective rules contributed to the current budget deficits, Obama said