Former Liberian President Charles Taylor said Wednesday that he was “saddened” by the guilty verdict for abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone and said his role in the conflict was much different from how it had been portrayed.
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Charles Taylor blames woes on U.S.
Two of the leading candidates to become Egypt’s next president traded barbs about their political histories and arguments about the role of religion in public life.
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Egyptian Candidates Clash in TV Debate, an Arab First
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt rejects Labour calls for him to resign over claims about his role in News Corp’s bid for BSkyB.
Labour’s Harriet Harman says Jeremy Hunt has “fallen very far short” of the standards required of him regarding his role in News Corp’s bid to take over BSkyB.
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VIDEO: Harman attacks Hunt over BSkyB
Scotland head coach Andy Robinson is to continue in his role “with the support of his revised coaching structure”.
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Robinson to remain as Scots coach
A ruling to fire a detective for his role in the killing of Sean Bell in Queens is upheld, and three other officers will be forced to resign.
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In Sean Bell Killing, 4 Officers to Be Forced Out
Outlines his role in the Romney administration.
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Trump Will Take a Cabinet Position, Thanks
The U.S. military is planning to elevate the role of Special Operations forces in Afghanistan as it shifts away from a combat focus to a mission that places greater emphasis on advising Afghan forces and raids to kill top insurgent leaders, senior U.S. officials said. Read full article > >
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U.S. to elevate Special Operations forces’ role in Afghanistan
The elevation of Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan to cardinal is the culmination of the 61-year-old’s rapid rise through the ranks, cementing his role as a leading voice of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Dolan Elevated as Pope Names New Cardinals
MAHALLA EL-KUBRA, EGYPT — Much was made of Facebook, Twitter and the role social media played in lending a sense of youth and modernity to the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s rule. Then came the ascendancy of political Islam, which seems to be leading Egypt in a different direction entirely. But the real roots of the revolution may lie here in this crumbling cotton mill town in the Nile Delta, Egypt’s industrial heartland, and with an old-fashioned labor dispute over pay that began five years ago. Read full article > >
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An act of courage that launched a revolution
A former intelligence specialist with Immigration and Customs Enforcement pleaded guilty last week to embezzling more than $50,000, the second agency employee recently convicted in an unfolding travel voucher kickback scheme that stretches from Arizona to Washington. William J. Korn, 53, of Tucson admitted in a plea agreement to a felony charge of aiding and abetting the conversion of public money for his role in the scheme. Read full article > >
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Second former ICE worker pleads guilty in travel voucher kickback scheme
A jury on Friday recommended that Joshua Komisarjevsky receive the death penalty for his role in a deadly Connecticut home invasion in 2007.
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Jury votes for death in home invasion
Florida A&M University says it’s dismissing four students for their role in the death of a marching band member.
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FAMU Dismisses 4 Students Connected to Death
Australia name South African Mickey Arthur as their new head coach, the first foreigner to hold the role.
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Arthur named Australia head coach
Robert Hardy recalls a moment of passionate with Judi Dench when he played the role of Henry V.
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AUDIO: Robert Hardy’s moment of passion
U.S. to elevate Special Operations forces’ role in Afghanistan
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