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DALI, China — Justin Franchi Solondz, an environmental activist from New Jersey who spent years evading charges of ecoterrorism in the United States by hiding out in China, was sentenced to three years in prison by a local court on Friday on charges of manufacturing drugs in this backpacker haven. After serving his time, Mr. Solondz, 30, who is on the F.B.I.’s wanted list, will be deported to the United States, where he faces charges stemming from what the authorities say was his role in an arson rampage that destroyed buildings in three western states as a member of a...

For the last 25 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, has aided in the search for missing children. In conjunction with all levels of law enforcement, children's organizations and John Walsh's America's Most Wanted, 492 (at last report) children have been recovered. Through the daunting tasks involved in these cases, searchers, law enforcement, and the observant citizens, work tirelessly to either bring home the missing, or provide closure.

t has long been claimed that Rahm Emanuel wanted to find someone to keep his congressional seat warm while he served as President Obama's chief of staff. Now, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned that Emanuel wanted then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich to appoint Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool to his 5th Congressional District seat. Claypool would serve one or two terms and then be considered for a place in Obama's Cabinet, according to sources familiar with Emanuel's proposal. That would give Emanuel the option of returning to Congress, where he could vie to become House speaker.

Wanted Rep. Suzanne Kosmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDF1knH98TQ&feature=player_embedded

Documents have surfaced in Egypt showing the world's most-wanted Nazi war criminal, concentration camp doctor Aribert Heim, died in Cairo in 1992, Germany's ZDF television and The New York Times reported Wednesday. Araibrt Heim, a Nazi criminal known by the nickname 'Dr. Death'. The report said Heim was living under a pseudonym and had converted to Islam by the time of his death from intestinal cancer. ZDF said that in a joint effort with the New York Times, it located a passport, application for a residence permit, bank slips, personal letters and medical papers, in all more than 100 documents,...

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I hate to start a post like this by talking about myself, but I want to clear something up: I don’t subscribe to organized Christian religion but I do believe “someone” is out there and is listening and, yes, even cares. That’s why when stuff like this happens, I actually pray myself and very much appreciate it when others do, too. So: This afternoon (Saturday), “Rupert” and I were at an engagement party for some friends of ours when his cell phone rang. It was his mom up in Illinois, and she told him bad news. Rupert’s dad is named...

London - Britain's secretive foreign intelligence service MI6 will take a small step out of the shadows when it places its first-ever advertisement for jobs in The Guardian newspaper on Saturday. Officially the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6 did not even officially exist in government records until 1994, but has changed its image in recent years, launching its own website and accepting online job applications. The advertisement in The Guardian, a left-of-centre national newspaper, marks a further break from MI6's shadowy past in an effort to attract a more diverse talent pool - just five percent of the agency's staff, for...

Prominent conservatives are upset after reviewing a 1994 letter signed by Mitt Romney when he ran for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts against Sen. Ted Kennedy. In the 1994 letter addressed to the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay Republican group, Romney strongly argued for gay rights. "We must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern,” Romney wrote, adding that he would be more aggressive than Senator Kennedy in pushing for gay rights. In recent months, Romney has been garnering significant support for his White House bid among grass roots conservatives. Romney has gained points among social conservatives for...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine prosecutors asked a federal judge on Wednesday to order the arrest of former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani and seven others for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center that killed scores of people. The decision to attack the center "was undertaken in 1993 by the highest authorities of the then-government of Iran," prosecutor Alberto Nisman said at a news conference. He said the actual attack was entrusted to the Lebanon-based group Hezbollah. The worst terrorist attack ever on Argentine soil, the bombing of the Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires killed 85 people and...

'Abducted' girl says she wanted to leave Scotland (Filed: 01/09/2006) A 12-year-old girl taken to Pakistan by her father without her mother's knowledge has spoken out for the first time, insisting that she went of her own free will. Louise Campbell had appealed for her daughter's return this week Molly Campbell disappeared from her home in the Western Isles on Friday amid fears that she had been abducted. But today she told a British MP that she had gone voluntarily and planned to stay in Pakistan. She also spoke on the phone to her mother in Stornoway for 10 minutes....

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2006 – Iraqi forces captured two wanted men in separate operations in and near Baghdad yesterday. Both operations were part of Operation Together Forward, the recent security crackdown in the Baghdad area. One early morning operation led to the capture of a known terrorist cell leader in southern Baghdad. Iraqi security forces, assisted by coalition advisers, conducted a precision raid in the Rasheed district, capturing an individual known to be a former Baath Party member who now leads a terrorist cell in Baghdad’s Dora area. One other individual, a subordinate cell leader, also was detained during the...

BAGHDAD – Coalition forces successfully targeted and captured a wanted terrorist leader during a raid in Mahmudiyah July 27. The terrorist is reported to be responsible for weapons, ammunition and explosives used to make improvised explosive devices. Intelligence indicates that this individual is also in command of his own terrorist cell. This terrorist has also been linked to Al-Qaida in Iraq senior leaders, and has been reported to have received substantial amount of money to fund terrorist activities and to support recruiting efforts. The assault force secured multiple buildings and detained the targeted individual without incident. This and other recent...

Wanted: small asteroid for use as slingshot to slay a Goliath Ian Sample, science correspondent Saturday July 15, 2006 The Guardian (UK) It worked for David as he squared up to Goliath, and now scientists hope a slingshot will help save the planet. Scientists at the French space agency, CNES, have calculated how to capture an asteroid and manoeuvre it into a near-Earth orbit, from where it can be flung into the path of a larger asteroid that threatens to collide with Earth. The plan joins a growing list of strategies put forward to protect our home planet should scientists...

Saddam's daughter on 'most wanted' list By Jim Muir in Baghdad (Filed: 03/07/2006) Saddam Hussein's first wife, Sajida Tulfah, and his daughter Raghd appeared yesterday alongside the new Iraqi al-Qa'eda leader on a list of 41 fugitives most wanted by the Iraqi government. The list includes high officials of Saddam's former Baathist regime as well as Islamist activists in the violent insurgency. Abu Hamza al-Muhajer Rewards are on offer, with the biggest bounty $10million (£5.4million), for Saddam's erstwhile right-hand man, Izzat Ibrahim, who has eluded capture for three years and apparently survives on the run despite numerous rumours of his...

RENO, Nev. - A man charged with killing his estranged wife and suspected in the sniper shooting of a judge was in custody early Friday, authorities said. Washoe County District Attorney Dick Gammick confirmed that Darren Mack had been arrested. No further details about where or how he was arrested were immediately released. On Thursday, authorities said Mack, 45, was believed to be on Mexico's west coast and had been spotted previously in Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. Gammick said then that Mack had arranged to turn himself at the U.S. consulate in Puerto Vallarta on Thursday, but failed...

Mexican authorities have arrested the leader of a wide-reaching organization that allegedly made and distributed forged immigration and identification documents in numerous U.S. cities, U.S. officials said Monday. Pedro Castorena, 42, was arrested Saturday in the western city of Guadalajara while carrying two counterfeit Mexican identification documents that bore his photograph but an assumed name, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, said in a statement. Castorena's arrest "deals a serious blow to one of the largest fraudulent document organizations in the United States," said Julie Myers, the Department of Homeland Security's assistant secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs...

Wanted tyrant of Liberia vanishes from Nigerian haven By David Blair, Africa Correspondent and Katharine Houreld in Lagos (Filed: 29/03/2006) The Nigerian government was accused of allowing Charles Taylor, Africa's most notorious fallen tyrant, to escape justice after he vanished from his grace-and-favour residence yesterday. Taylor, 58, the former Liberian dictator, had been living in the city of Calabar despite being the subject of an Interpol arrest warrant and an indictment on 17 counts of war crimes. Charles Taylor took refuge in Nigeria when he was deposed The Baptist lay preacher, who devastated Liberia and led a brutal rebel army...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - A man wanted in California for the 2002 killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was captured by Mexican police on Thursday, the U.S. embassy in Mexico City reported. Agents of the Mexican Federal Investigation Agency arrested Jorge Arroyo Garcia in the city of Tonala in western Jalisco state, according to a statement from the embassy. A spokeswoman with the Mexico Attorney General's Office confirmed the arrest. Arroyo Garcia, a Mexican national who also goes by the first name Armando, is the lead suspect in the shooting death of Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy David...

Volunteers for déjà vu study wanted. Come again? By Paul Stokes (Filed: 02/02/2006) University researchers are conducting the world's first study into déjà vu - the feeling that something one is experiencing has happened before. They are seeking volunteers who are chronic sufferers of the condition, which takes its name from the French phrase for "already seen". Psychologists from Leeds University are being funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and will attempt to recreate déjà vu in laboratory conditions. The project coincides with "Groundhog Day" which was set as Feb 2 in the eponymous Hollywood film and is...

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Matthew Upperman, Military Integrated Transitional Training (MITT) team, and an Iraqi soldier from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army interrogate a suspected insurgent during a predawn raid in Samarra, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. William Jones More Photos Captured: Two of Samarra’s Most Wanted U.S., Iraqi forces detain seven men linked to making and trafficking improvised explosive devices. By U.S. Army Spc. William Jones 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment SAMARRA, Iraq, Jan. 24, 2006 — U.S. Army soldiers from Fort Campbell’s Rakkasans and soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade,...

A man who helped make famous the songs "YMCA" and "In the Navy" is still scheduled to be featured on the television show "America's Most Wanted," after failing to surrender in a San Mateo County courtroom today, according to San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Victor Willis, 54, the original policeman from the musical group the Village People, was scheduled to turn himself in today after a $200,000 warrant for his arrest was issued on Oct. 20. Willis's new defense attorney Dean Johnson indicated Willis would appear in court today, although he failed to do so, Wagstaffe...

Not wanted: white male police By Richard Savill (Filed: 29/11/2005) A police force was warned yesterday that it may have acted illegally by rejecting 186 job applications from white men in favour of those from women and ethnic minorities. The Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, accused Avon and Somerset of positive discrimination in a recent recruitment drive. It claimed that the force turned down some strong candidates on grounds of race or gender. A spokesman for the force said that all successful applicants had undergone the "same rigorous selection process". When the recruitment process opened last summer,...

WANTED SAMUEL "MACHINE GUN SAMMY" ALITO is WANTED for: -Voting to strike down the 1986 federal machine gun ban. In the 1996 case U.S. v. Rybar, Judge Alito was the lone dissenter in the decision upholding the conviction of a gun dealer who sold illegal machine guns at a Pennsylvania gun show. Possession of an unusual and extremely restrictive view of Congressional regulatory power. Alito (also called "Scalito" by his associates because of his similarity to conservative Judge Antonin Scalia) is known to possess views that could imperil virtually every federal law that regulates firearms, ammunitions, and explosives. Known consortion...

Met chief wanted Army rules for police By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor (Filed: 01/10/2005) Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, asked the Home Office to draw up "rules of engagement", similar to those issued to the military, for use by armed officers confronting suspected suicide bombers, it was disclosed yesterday. He also pressed Tony Blair to give officers the maximum legal protection against prosecution. Sir Ian Blair: wants officers to be protected from repercussions The requests emerged with the publication under the Freedom of Information Act of letters written immediately after the shooting of an innocent man at...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Mexican national wanted in his native country for allegedly killing a man following an argument over a herd of goats was arrested in Los Angeles County, immigration officials said Friday. Federal agents arrested Miguel Garcia-Chavez, 49, at his Palmdale home Thursday night, according to a statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A legal permanent resident, Garcia-Chavez could be deported because he has a prior conviction for spousal battery. He was held without bond and faces immigration proceedings, officials said. He allegedly shot to death a man in the rural community of Tamazula de Gordiano...

Trenton, NJ—Singer/songwriter Jon Bon Jovi, of the group Bon Jovi, says he can “still recall” the million faces he’s seen, all of which he has “rocked.” “It’s all the same,” he said. “only the names have changed.” Bon Jovi says this phenomenon happens "everyday", but that it seems they’re “wasting . . .

When murder suspect Gordon Weaver skipped out on $300,000 bail while awaiting trial in the 1999 death of his wife, Jean, the fugitive White Bear Lake businessman reportedly turned to "the only two people from my past I can trust." In a new twist in the case, White Bear Lake police detail, in a series of reports, how they believe Weaver sought help from his parents, and how Lawrence and Delores Weaver helped their fugitive son, who used the alias David Carson, avoid capture for four years.

CRYSTAL RIVER - Too weary to walk, the father and grandparents of a missing 9-year-old girl drove the 50 yards from their home to a bank of microphones and TV cameras. "I really ... I really need as much help as I can right now," Mark Lunsford said between sobs. "I need my daughter home." Jessica Marie Lunsford was reported missing Thursday morning. She was still missing when Lunsford, 41, and his parents addressed the media for the first time at 9 a.m. Friday. And she was still missing long after darkness fell and well-wishers held candles and prayed. For...

The 29 most-wanted supporters of insurgent groups in Iraq, their alleged roles, and the rewards offered for them, as released by U.S. Central Command: _Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida affiliate and terrorist leader, $25 million. _Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, member of Saddam's inner circle and leader of New Regional Command and New Baath Party, $10 million. _Muhammad Yunis al-Ahmad. Al-Douri's second-in-command. $1 million. _Rashid Ta'an Kazim. Saddam-era leader and insurgent commander in Diyala province. $1 million. _Abd-al-Baqi Abd al-Karim al-Abdallah al-Sa'adun. Saddam-era leader and insurgent commander in eastern and central Iraq. $1 million. _Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti (aka Thafir Alsemak). Saddam's half-brother,...

Estranged husband shoots wife in car in front of 13 year old daughter Police are searching for Raymond G. DiLorenzo, described by witnesses as: - 5 feet, 5 or 5 feet, 6 inches tall - weighing 265 pounds - with some facial hair - wearing a light-colored jacket at the time of the incident. - driving a Nissan Pulsar with the license plate (NY)CRZ3365. Assumed to be armed with a "hunting rifle"

(IsraelNN.com) The Palestinian Authority (PA) has agreed to accept 350 wanted Hamas terrorists as members of the PA security forces, President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said. The Terrorists are from the Hamas and Jihad Islamic terror organizations. Meanwhile, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade said it will react to the IDF's killing two armed terrorists who were preparing to attach the Samaria community of Har Bracha. The organization said that their two members were trying to prevent an attack by Jewish residents.

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!

Help Wanted At DNC WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2004 This is a time of generational change. Congressional leaders Gephardt and Daschle are gone, the Clinton years are fading and the Democrats are squarely a minority party. Democrats are looking for someone to replace Terry McAuliffe as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. (Photo: AP) Howard Dean has been mentioned as a possible candidate to head the DNC, but his liberal reputation and possible plans to run for president in 2008 may take him out of contention. (Photo: AP) WANTED: Very blue Democratic Party desperately seeking leader. Must not be Howard Dean...

John Kerry wants us to believe that he is qualified to be President of the United States and commander-in-chief of our nations armed forces simply because he was a junior lieutenant in the Navy. Oh, and, he keeps mentioning serving two tours in the Vietnam war. Note, now, that Kerry does not want us to scrutinize what he did (and did not do) in all his years as a Senator. Kerry is running for office as a Naval officer -- as a war hero. On Kerry's Senate web site[1], he clearly states: "As a Vietnam veteran, I have experienced firsthand...

WASHINGTON – The job certainly has its upside. The director of the Central Intelligence Agency knows the world's biggest secrets; visits kings, princes, and presidents - usually during the dark of night in mysterious places; travels with a contingent of heavily armed guards; and oh, yes, meets nearly every day with the president. But power and intrigue aside, it may be difficult to fill the spacious seventh-floor office with sweeping views of wooded northern Virginia left vacant by George Tenet this week. For one thing, there is the overwhelming challenge of overhauling a $40 billion, broken intelligence community. The lapses...

<p>June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Two suspected militants, including one near the top of Saudi Arabia's most-wanted list, and a policeman were killed in a shootout in the capital Riyadh, an unidentified security official told the Associated Press.</p> <p>The clash took place today in the al-Quds neighborhood of eastern Riyadh, AP reported. At least one suspected militant got away in a stolen car. The Saudi official identified one of the slain suspects as Abdullah Mohammed Rashid al-Roshoud, who was on the list of Saudi Arabia's 26 most-wanted militants.</p>

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Security forces have killed five wanted militants and were pursuing others after shootouts that spread over two days in the port city of Jiddah, a Saudi security official said Friday. Police cordoned off the al-Safaa neighborhood late Thursday after receiving a tip that some militants were in the neighborhood, according to a statement from the Interior Ministry. "The wanted militants started shooting, using different kinds of weapons." The ministry said three militants were killed in shooting late Thursday, and one was arrested. Media reports had earlier said two terrorists were killed and three captured. The...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A young Islamic militant accused of involvement in last year's bombing of a U.S.-run hotel in Indonesia told a court Monday he had targeted Americans and regretted that all but one of those killed were his countrymen. Prosecutors charged Mohamad Rais, 28, with helping to organize the Aug. 5 bombing of the JW Marriott hotel that killed 12 people, including a Dutch man, and wounded 150. He faces the death penalty if convicted. "I'm remorseful because Muslims became victims. The ones who I targeted were Americans. Now I have to be accountable because I was indeed involved...

Wanted Iraqi leader captured in Ramadi January 14 2004 at 03:51PM Baghdad - United States forces in Iraq have captured a former Baath party leader and number 54 on the US military's 55-most-wanted list, a military spokesperson said on Wednesday. "As a result of aggressive operations this week, the coalition announces the capture of Khamis Sirhan al-Muhammad, number 54 on the most wanted list," Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told a news conference in Baghdad. "He was captured as a result of a combined operation of the 82nd Airborne Division and Special Operations forces," he said, adding that Muhammad was captured...

Most wanted list - who is still outstanding? December 14 2003 at 02:39PM London - Saddam Hussein was captured near his home town of Tikrit on Saturday in a major coup for the beleaguered United States occupation forces in Iraq. This brings the total number of 'most wanted' Iraqis known to have surrendered, been captured or killed to 41. (** indicates captured, surrendered or killed). **1. Saddam Hussein - president of Iraq, chairperson of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC). **2.Qusay Hussein - Special Republican Guard Commander who controlled elite Republican Guards, intelligence services and a special force providing security for...

Wanted: A Legible Voting Ballot Why it's time to redesign the ballot design process. By Jessie Scanlon Updated Monday, October 6, 2003, at 12:25 PM PT With a record 133 candidates (post-Arianna) in the California gubernatorial race, the Oct. 7 election poses a nontrivial design challenge: How to fit all those names on the ballot? In a sense, the election is a litmus test of how far we've come since the 2000 presidential election, when the now-infamous butterfly in Dade County, Fla., put ballot design on newspapers' front pages. The answer: not far. A study carried out by USA Today...

<p>I can't say I've seen all of Arnold Schwarzenegger's movies, though I have seen enough to know that I don't think much of them. When I call them up in memory, they mostly seem stupid, though most of them were expensive to make.</p>

MOSUL, Iraq Sept. 16 — The commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division has promised to treat Saddam Hussein's fugitive defense minister with "utmost dignity and respect" if he surrenders. The offer, made in a letter dated Aug. 28 by Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, was in response to a request by Sultan Hashim Ahmed's family and tribal chiefs that Ahmed's name be removed from America's list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis in return for his surrender. "I offer you a simple, yet honorable alternative to a life on the run from coalition forces in order to avoid capture, imprisonment and loss...

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JERUSALEM, Aug. 16 Israel has relented on one of its core demands on the Palestinian leadership, backing away for now from its insistence that the men it regards as wanted terrorists be held under lock and key in Palestinian prisons, Israeli and Palestinian officials said today. Instead, Israel has accepted in principle the assurances of Muhammad Dahlan, the Palestinian minister of security, that he will monitor the wanted men in the cities where they now live and prevent them from mounting attacks, the officials said. That would represent a less aggressive strategy than the immediate "dismantlement" of terrorist infrastructure that...

Wanted: nickel with a $1m price on its head By David Usborne in New York 31 May 2003 Americans are being asked to rummage in their attics and pockets for a single coin, which, should they find it, could make them very wealthy indeed. The Liberty Head Nickel may have a face value of only five cents, but it could be worth US$1m (about £610,000). A New Hampshire gallery, Bowers and Merena, which specialises in precious coins, has issued a $1m reward for the nickel, one of only five minted 90 years ago under clandestine circumstances. From 1883 until 1912,...

General Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan Al-Tikriti Secretary General of the Republican Guard IN CUSTODY new chart to follow...

Saddam's top WMD Scientist... The woman at Saddam's meetings... In Custody. updating the charts now.

Another one bites the dust! Missle Man Captured - Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi - 6 of Spades! This is the husband of "Dr. Germ" April 28, 2003 Release Number: 03-04-204 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AMIR RASHID MUHAMMAD AL-UBAYDI IN COALITION CUSTODY CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar -- Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi surrendered Monday and is currently in Coalition custody. He was a Presidential Advisor and Oil Minister and is No. 47 on the U.S. Central Command ‘Iraqi Top 55’ list.