A verdict is expected Friday morning in the subversion trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, court officials said. All lawyers involved in the case finished closing arguments this week
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Suu Kyi faces Myanmar trial verdict
After several delays, the trial of Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi entered its final phase Friday as lawyers began delivering closing arguments under tight security at Yangon’s Insein Prison. A verdict was not expected Friday.
‘Twilight’ fans bring ‘Trek’-like frenzy to conventions
There is no fan like a "Twilighter." Their passion is the stuff of legends. If you throw a convention — or if you’re just selling T-shirts related to Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling vampire novels, for that matter — they will descend by the thousands
Moon or Mars? ‘Next giant leap’ sparks debate
Blasting off from Earth and hurtling through space at thousands of miles an hour, it takes astronauts three days to reach the moon — a tiny distance in a universe measured in light years, but a fantastic voyage on a human scale. Now plans are under way to go back, even as the future of U.S. human space exploration is under close scrutiny and pressure is growing on NASA to aim for another alien world.
U.N. chief urges Myanmar to hold ‘fair’ election
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Myanmar authorities that they must deliver on a "free and fair" election in 2010. The statement came Monday as Ban briefed the U.N
Football: Man Utd spending on hold says Ferguson
Alex Ferguson handed Michael Owen the famous number seven shirt at Old Trafford and then dropped a strong hint that Manchester United’s spending in the summer transfer window was at an end.
The Broken Hopes of a Spanish Generation
Not long ago, Lorena Dominguez looked forward to the future. She had a well-paid job at the Citroën automobile factory in Vigo, the town in northern Spain where she had grown up.
Town hits economic jackpot to become ‘Kia-ville’
A town that seemed on the road to becoming a ghost town has taken a turn toward prosperity despite the recession, thanks to an automaker.
Ex-Goldman employee out on bail in code theft case
A former Goldman Sachs employee accused of stealing a proprietary computer code to the firm’s trading program is out on bail, according to court documents. The chairman of BP Capital Management announced Tuesday that his plans for the Pampa Wind Project, designed to generate 4,000 megawatts of electricity using thousands of wind turbines, is on hold. “I had hoped that Pampa would be the starting point, but transmission issues and the problem with the capital markets make that unfeasible at this point,” Pickens told CNN’s Ali Velshi
Oil baron’s wind farm project hits doldrums
Billionaire oil man T. Boone Pickens is shelving plans to build the world’s largest wind farm. The chairman of BP Capital Management announced Tuesday that his plans for the Pampa Wind Project, designed to generate 4,000 megawatts of electricity using thousands of wind turbines, is on hold.