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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bomb blast Wednesday inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Hilla, south of the capital, killed at least 25 people and wounded 87 others, Iraqi police officials said.... Read More
US Senate passes measure to prevent detainee abuse
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Senate explicitly barred US soldiers from torturing or mistreating prisoners in a measure outlining strict military interrogation guidelines that passed by 90 votes to nine, despite White House opposition.
The measure -- an amendment to a 440 billion dollar defense spending bill being debated in Congress this week -- aims to prevent "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of persons under custody or control of the United States government."... Read More
Police: Mosque blast kills at least 25
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bomb blast Wednesday inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Hilla, south of the capital, killed at least 25 people and wounded 87 others, Iraqi police officials said.... Read More
Snowball Earth Theory Comes Under Fire
Geologists have produced evidence of abundant marine life on the earth from a period when others say a thick layer of ice gripped the entire planet. The find lends considerable support to one side of a scientific controversy that has been widely debated for decades.... Read More
Welcoming Wei
Golf needed Tiger Woods and it needs Michelle Wie. Golf always needs the big, young superstars to come up.
She is a very exciting talent but she is so young you just don't know what to expect.
Is she going to be as good as people say? She's done well but if you look at her record she's not won loads and loads of tournaments.... Read More
Nicolas Cage and wife have baby boy
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Nicolas Cage is a new father.
His wife, Alice Kim Cage, gave birth Monday to a boy, Kal-el Coppola Cage, in New York City, said Cage's Los Angeles-based publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were available.
"They are healthy and happy and it's quite lovely," Wolf said by phone from New York.... Read More