Liberty News
Tropical Storm Don Heads South Of Corpus Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, July 29 (UPI) — Tropical Storm Don shifted course southward and is expected to hit the Texas coast south of Corpus Christi, forecasters said Friday morning. Jason Runyan, lead local forecaster for the National Weather Service, told the Corpus Christi Caller Times Don was headed for landfall after midnight near Baffin Bay, […]
Protester Admits Pie Attack On Murdoch
LONDON, July 29 (UPI) — A protester admitted in a London court Friday he threw a shaving cream pie at Rupert Murdoch as the media mogul testified before Parliament. Jonathan May-Bowles, 26, a part-time comedian who goes by the name Jonnie Marbles, is to be sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in City of Westminster Magistrates’ […]
Hope Grows For U.S. Hikers Jailed In Iran
NEW YORK, July 29 (UPI) — Freed American hiker Sarah Shourd says she hopes Iran will keep its word and finally put her friends on trial Sunday, the second anniversary of their arrest. “The public prosecutor made a statement about the trial and he said that a final decision will be made on this date,” […]
Expert: Hard To Detect Lone Terrorists
BRUSSELS, July 29 (UPI) — A European Union counter-terrorism expert says it’s very difficult to detect people like the man who admitted to attacks that killed 76 people in Norway. A freelance attacker like Anders Breivik, 32, can slip through the system, said Timothy Jones. “We try, but we can never guarantee this will succeed,” […]
Syrian Opposition Ready To Lead
DAMASCUS, Syria, July 29 (UPI) — The Syrian opposition has entered a new phase of organization with the goal of taking on a leadership position once the regime collapses, an activist said. High-ranking officials in the U.S. State Department told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that despite the repressive tactics used by Syrian President Bashar Assad, […]
FBI, RCMP Searching For Missing Girl
STEWARTSTOWN, N.H., July 29 (UPI) — The FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police joined a search for an 11-year-old American girl who vanished from her home near the Canadian border, officials said. Celina Cass disappeared Monday and searchers sought clues by going door-to-door in the small New Hampshire town of Stewartstown, which is about a […]
Court Confirms Names Of Hariri Suspects
BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 29 (UPI) — A U.N. tribunal Friday officially named the Hezbollah members indicted in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The Special Tribunal identified the men as Mustafa Amine Badreddine, Salim Jamil Ayyash, Hussein Hassan Oneissi and Assad Hassan Sabra, The Daily Star of Beirut reported. The suspects’ […]
Israeli Doctors Protest Working Conditions
JERUSALEM, July 29 (UPI) — About 100 doctors and other residents completed a march to Jerusalem, where they set up a tent to protest working conditions, witnesses said. The protesters said they were prepared to stay in the impromptu encampment outside Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office until their demands are met, Ynetnews reported Friday. “What’s […]
Berlusconi Has Operation On Right Wrist
MILAN, Italy, July 29 (UPI) — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi underwent wrist surgery Friday for carpal tunnel syndrome, his doctor said. “It went very well, a quick and simple operation, without complications or problems,” surgeon Alberto Lazzerini told ANSA at a clinic outside Milan. Berlusconi, 74, was to be released later in the day […]
Islamic Forces Show Strength In Cairo
CAIRO, July 29 (UPI) — Thousands of religious activists led by the Muslim Brotherhood rallied in Cairo’s Tahrir Square Friday in a sharp shift from secular protests, witnesses said. The demonstrators demanded an Islamic state based on Shariah law, the BBC reported. Members of the liberal secular groups that led the revolution against ex-President Hosni […]
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