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A British teenager called the U.K. equivalent of 911 in an attempt to escape her kidnapper minutes before being raped and murdered and her body dumped at a roadside, a jury heard Tuesday. Hannah Foster, 17, dialed the emergency services in the hope that the operator would be able to hear the nature of her conversation with Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, a man said to have snatched her off a Southampton street as she walked home in 2003. However, Winchester Crown Court was told, the operator could not hear what was being said and Hannah could not speak directly to...

On February 15th 2008, the leftist terrorist group called The Student Democrat Society(SDS) took it upon themselves to attack the Armed Forces Recruiting Station at 13th and L Streets N.W. at 18:00(6 p.m.). The violent leftists terrorists entered the recruiting station and proceed to trash the place of their own free accord as DC Police simply stoodby and did nothing about it. The terrorists took joy in reporting and recording their terrorist actions(http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/142455/index.php). This is the second time that DC Police have stoodby as the terrorists who call themselves the SDS have runamuck in the city, this past summer they...

The captain of the USS Cole, who saved his ship from sinking after an al-Qa'eda suicide attack by speedboat, has lashed out at senior Pentagon staff blocking his promotion because of allegations that he could have done more to protect the ship. Commander Kirk Lippold, who now serves behind a desk at the Pentagon, accused the head of the navy, Admiral Mike Mullen, and the navy secretary of "over-riding the judgment" of officers who had recommended his promotion. He complained he was the only officer being held to account for the attack in Aden harbour six years ago. The Cole...

BATON ROUGE -- Facing mounting pressure to strike pork-barrel projects from the state budget bill, Gov. Kathleen Blanco suggested this week that the responsibility for policing wasteful spending falls instead to the state treasurer's office and other state agencies. Blanco's comments have intensified the annual debate over legislative earmarks, which this year total more than $30 million in the $26.7 billion spending bill that awaits the governor's signature. State Treasurer John Kennedy, a frequent critic of the governor, accused Blanco of abdicating her leadership responsibility and said that if it were up to him, the pet projects requested by legislators...

How does this present administration view dead beat dads? I have received no child support for 26 months, my ex husbnd is a Greek Orthodox Priest who holds a valid Marriage Counselor Licence and Mental Health Therapist.

A British student who was sexually assaulted by a gang in New York and then ignored by police when she begged for help has received £80,000 in compensation. The 22-year-old accepted the out-of-court settlement even though she could have received millions if she had taken the case to a jury. The woman was attacked near the gates of Central Park by about 15 men after the Puerto Rican Day Parade in June 2000. She was among dozens of women who were attacked by roving gangs during the day, suffering the worst assault. Many of the victims were doused with water,...

Chemical weapons depot has a security crack 03/17/03 Karen Zacharias HERMISTON -- Post 9/11 security is so tight at the Umatilla Chemical Depot that even pizza deliveries go no farther than the front gate. Yet that level of concern doesn't appear to apply to the union employees who tend the furnaces where 3,717 tons of deadly sarin, VX and blister agent will be baked at this chemical weapons depot in Northeastern Oregon. Depot Commander Lt. Col. Fred Pellissier recently told the Citizens Advisory Commission here that background checks on union employees isn't the Army's job. "We rely on the unions...