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Renown Somali Author Wanted for Decade-Old Rape of Missouri Girl Tuesday , October 16, 2007 MINNEAPOLIS — A noted Somali writer, whose role in Somali literature has been compared to Shakespeare's place in English, has been added to Hennepin County's "Ten Most Wanted" list for the rape of a 10-year-old girl a decade ago, authorities said. Mahamud A. Isse, 72, of Minneapolis, is wanted on a felony bench warrant for criminal sexual conduct stemming from the alleged rape. A phone number for Isse was not listed. Defense attorney Richard Cohen said he hasn't seen or heard from Isse in a...

On This Day In History - October 9, 1967 Professional revolutionary "Che" Guevara is executed in Bolivia Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, better known to the world as "Che" Guevara, is executed by Bolivian armed forces on this day in 1967. Born in Argentina, Guevara was a professional revolutionary who became involved in the Guatemalan revolution of the 1950s. It was during this time that he discovered Marxism and became a fervent convert to the philosophy. Following the overthrow of the Guatemalan government by a U.S.-sponsored coup in 1954, Guevara traveled to Mexico where he joined up with Cuban revolutionary...

OJ Simpson's prison conditions released By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Last Updated: 2:35am BST 19/09/2007 OJ Simpson has traded a Las Vegas hotel room and leisurely mornings of golf for solitary confinement in a 7' by 14' cell, 4am wake-up calls, and just three to four hours of free time a day, also spent alone. Details of the prison conditions facing the fallen sporting legend were revealed by Las Vegas police, who arrested Simpson on Sunday at the city's Palms hotel for his alleged role in an armed robbery last week. The 60-year-old former American footballer is among 3,000...

FReep This Poll! Are you going to buy or read 'If I Did It' by O.J. Simpson? Yes No Don't know Go to the North County Times/The Californian link provided. Scroll down a bit and look for the poll on the right hand side. Vote your choice. Note: This poll should remain active until Saturday evening...

3-year-old raped by uncle, officials say August 30, 2007 - 11:14PM KATHERINE ROSENBERG VICTORVILLE — A 3-year-old girl was found abused and bleeding Thursday night, and officials have arrested her uncle, an illegal alien, for child molestation. Salvador Luna, 29, who was previously deported, was arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse of a child and was taken to the Victorville sheriff’s station where he underwent a physical examination, said Detective Ryan Collins. The victim was originally admitted to Victor Valley Community Hospital around 7 p.m. after her mother found the girl bleeding inside their home on Rockrose Street, said Detective...

Hallway rape went unreported by neighbors Surveillance video shows that five to 10 people in the St. Paul apartment building saw a man attack a woman - but did nothing. By Anthony Lonetree and Pat Pheifer, Star Tribune Last update: August 24, 2007 – 8:37 AM The video shows what most witnesses in a St. Paul apartment building apparently didn't tell. A man beat a woman, removed his pants and sexually assaulted her in a hall, and five to 10 people saw at least part of the attack but did nothing to intervene or help, according to investigators and court...

Ga. mayor's outreach to Venezuelan leader upsets some residents Associated Press - August 12, 2007 MACON, Ga. (AP) - Some Macon residents have called for demonstrations and boycotts after the mayor of the middle Georgia city formally reached out to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with a declaration of solidarity. Mayor Jack Ellis said the declaration -- sent about two weeks ago by courier -- was a message that local leaders can stand together despite disagreements at the highest reaches of government. Some local leaders have blasted the mayor's decision to support Chavez -- who is a vocal ally of Iran...

Doctors use shark skin grafts to treat burned terror suspect 24.07.07 Surgeons treating the terror suspect burned in the Glasgow Airport car bomb attempt are going to use "grafts" of a skin substitute made from shark cartilage and cow tendons. Kafeel Ahmed, 27, is being treated at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The process is called Integra Dermal Regeneration Template. "It tricks the body into creating new skin cells," explained Steve Jeffrey, a surgeon who worked in Australia perfecting the treatment. Silicone implanted with shark skin extracts is laid on the burns for two weeks before it is removed and replaced...

Jul 23, 2007 7:57 am US/Eastern Noriega's Lawyers To Challenge French Extradition (CBS4) MIAMI Lawyers for former Panamanian dictator Manual Noriega will challenge a new French extradition request in a Miami courtroom Monday on the grounds that it violates his rights as a prisoner of war. Noriega is currently behind bars in southwest Miami-Dade County. In 1992, he was convicted of protecting Colombian cocaine shipments through Panama into the U.S. during the 1980s. Federal prosecutors want to have Noriega extradited to France to face trial after the U.S. drug trafficking sentence he is serving ends in September. Noriega is charged...

On This Day In History July 22, 1934 John Dillinger Gunned Down By FBI During the 1930s Depression, many Americans, nearly helpless against forces they didn't understand, made heroes of outlaws who took what they wanted at gunpoint. Of all the lurid desperadoes, one man, John Herbert Dillinger, came to evoke this Gangster Era, and stirred mass emotion to a degree rarely seen in this country. Dillinger, whose name once dominated the headlines, was a notorious and vicious thief. From September, 1933, until July, 1934, he and his violent gang terrorized the Midwest, killing 10 men, wounding 7 others, robbing...

We are now in the very early stages of the 2008 presidential campaign – an opportune time, as we see it, for the Jewish community to do something to alleviate the plight of Jonathan Pollard. We must make it clear to all the potential candidates that the Draconian treatment meted out to Mr. Pollard – and the reaction or non-reaction to that treatment on the part of those who aspire to the nation’s highest office – will be taken into account as we cast our ballots. We should dismiss out of hand any fear that our doing so might be...

NORFOLK -– A military judge today sentenced Petty Officer 3rd Class Ariel J. Weinmann to 12 years in prison and a dishonorable discharge for espionage, desertion and other crimes. The 22-year-old submariner from Salem, Ore. admitted guilt to the offenses earlier this week at Norfolk Naval Station in a plea agreement that spared him the maximum potential penalty of life in prison with no possibility of parole. Weinmann, who deserted from the submarine Albuquerque in July 2005 after becoming disillusioned with the Navy, passed classified information about the Tomahawk cruise missile system to the Russians, according to a Pentagon source....

MIDI - THANK YOU GIRL We want you to know that we appreciate your work Do not pay attention if they're calling you a jerk Al Qaeda's proud to say we thank you, Dick...thank you, Dick We jumped up and down when you spoke on the Senate floor Anyone would think that you were serving as our whore Al Qaeda's proud to say we thank you, Dick...thank you, Dick Thank you, Dick, because you've proven you're a good pal You have been successful hurting your troops' morale Al Qaeda's proud to say we thank you, Dick...thank you, Dick Al-Jazeera's...

Spurred on by the fact that the US mainstream media allows and even encourages the Democrats to be as outrageous as possible (after all---it’s the MSM’s Party too!), Senator Dick Durbin has decided to challenge Howard Dean and Ted “the swimmer” Kennedy for buffoon of the year; if not the decade. Not satisfied with only comparing conservatives to the evil ones, Durbin decided to compare member of our US Military to Nazis, Cambodia’s genocidal leader Pol Pot and, of course, the Soviet gulags . In fact, he said as part of his inordinately long and loathsome diatribe: “On one occasion,...

LOS ANGELES - (KRT) - In a move sure to embarrass Republicans, Ron Reagan will address the Democratic National Convention this month. Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan and an outspoken critic of the Bush administration, will be at the podium on the second night of the four-day event in Boston, July 27, in support of stem-cell research, he said Sunday in an interview here. David Wade, a spokesman for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, confirmed Reagan's appearance, but sources said the date had not been determined. Scott Stanzel, press secretary for President Bush's campaign, declined to comment. Reagan,...

http://www.garyrog.50megs.com/midi1.html MIDI - DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING Don't let Bill Frist catch you lying He'll nail you for perjury-e-e-e-e Because you're a real Dick Clarke Your past words will not stay in the dar-ar-ark Don't let Bill Frist catch you lying For your RAT buddies, you are shilling A big book deal made you will-ill-ill-illing Because you're a real Dick Clarke Words won't stay in the dark And so...don't let Bill Frist catch you lying Attacking Condi sounded hi-is-sy She'll rip your throat out, Mr. Sissy You have been outed and you know it We see your...

MIDI - COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME There is trouble, West Virginia..there's a man whom you folks had elected When it comes to our security...he'd turn on our nation...he'd do it with glee It is time...he's gotta go...we can't wait...we all know Rockefeller...he can't be trusted Send him back home...send him home We're at war now...for survival...there's no time for those who are not with us We must all speak with one mighty voice...we are fighting terror...we don't have a choice It is time...he's gotta go...we can't wait...we all know Rockefeller...he can't be trusted Send him back home...send him...

MIDI - SUICIDE IS PAINLESS (Theme from MASH #2) Hey, Bob Mulholland, you are through Now what are you gonna do? Your slimy politics have died Perhaps it's time for suicide Your future's disappearing There is no room for smearing And none of us will miss you when you're gone A 20-storey leap works well They say cyanide is swell Some pills would make you go to sleep I have a rope, you lowlife creep Your future's disappearing There is no room for smearing And none of us will miss you when you're gone And none of us will...

<p>President Bush doesn't try to help the economy when it's sputtering. He just uses America's problems as an excuse to pass another big tax giveaway for his super-rich friends.</p> <p>The latest Bush tax scheme is no exception. The centerpiece of Bush's plan is the elimination of taxes on dividends, the money companies pay to stockholders. That means those who own hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in stock will get a nice big tax break from Bush's plan -- up to tens of thousands of dollars.</p>