Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with freed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi on Wednesday, a week after her return from a 100-day ordeal in an Iranian jail.
Clinton celebrates journalist’s release from Iran
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Bush v. Gore lawyers launch new same-sex marriage appeal
Opponents of California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages launched a new court challenge Wednesday, led by lawyers who were on opposite sides of the case that settled the 2000 presidential race. Attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies have asked a federal judge to block California from enforcing the ban, known as Proposition 8. “We are two lawyers from opposite ends of the political spectrum who have come together to support one of the most important issues of our time,” Olson told reporters.
PM: Italy will consider accepting Guantanamo detainees
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Monday his country will consider accepting an unspecified number of detainees from the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In an interview with CNN, Berlusconi said Italy is prepared to help the United States deal with terrorism by allowing Guantanamo detainees to be relocated there.
Myanmar: Suu Kyi to take the stand at trial
Democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi plans to take the stand Tuesday to defend herself against subversion charges, her spokesman told CNN Monday.
American found blindfolded, stabbed in Baghdad
An American man was found bound, blindfolded and fatally stabbed in a car in Iraq’s heavily fortified Green Zone, Iraqi security forces said Saturday.
Myanmar: Suu Kyi pleads not guilty at trial, party says
Aung San Suu Kyi declared herself innocent of charges she finally heard in court for the first time Friday, the fifth day of her trial on allegations of subversion.
First Review of ‘Inglourious Basterds’, Tarantino’s New Film
Quentin Tarantino can’t have been the first person to wish that the Third Reich had ended not in a bunker below the Reich Chancellory in Berlin, with no outsiders watching, but in a public area made for mass entertainment: a Paris movie theater.
American Airlines pilot arrested after failing breathalyzer test
Police arrested an American Airlines pilot who failed a breathalyzer test at London’s Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, the airline and police said Thursday.
Greg Kot: How the Internet Changed Music
In 1998, Death Cab for Cutie was just another tenderhearted indie rock band signed to a minor record label, playing empty clubs for $50 a night. But after two years of soul-crushing obscurity, something strange happened: people started coming to their shows. The crowds were small but enthusiastic and each person told the same story: they’d found the band’s songs on the Internet
Poll: Favorable opinions of Cheney rise
As Dick Cheney prepares to give a major speech on the battle against terrorism, a new national poll suggests that favorable opinions of the former vice president are on the rise. But the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, released Thursday morning, indicates that a majority of Americans still have an unfavorable opinion of Cheney. Fifty-five percent of people questioned in the poll say they have an unfavorable opinion of the former vice president