The Wire http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-wire Highlights from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wires. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en 1 The Wire http://images.stltoday.com/stltoday/images/yahoo/stl_pd_logo.jpg http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-wire 143 50 STLtoday.com Lawmakers rally to sailors’ aid in court martial http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-wire/2009/12/04/lawmakers-rally-to-sailors-aid-in-court-martial/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-wire/2009/12/04/lawmakers-rally-to-sailors-aid-in-court-martial/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:29:08 +0000 News Services http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-wire/?p=1627 BY KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON  — Lawmakers are seeking a reprieve for three Navy SEALs facing court-martial because one allegedly punched a suspect after arresting him for an ambush killing of U.S. contractors in Iraq.

Rather than accept a reprimand, the…

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Associated Press Writer

TORONTO (AP) — A store owner pleaded guilty Friday to fraud and theft for keeping a winning multimillion dollar lottery ticket for himself when the real winners brought it in to be validated.

Hafiz Malik stole the…

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Associated Press Writer

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A trio of Swedish entrepreneurs launched a line of designer jeans made in North Korea, saying Friday they hope to help break the country’s isolation by joining the handful of foreign manufacturers operating…

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Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Koreans set piles of old bills alight in anger over their government’s surprise move to redenominate the national currency, a report said, a sign of growing frustration among citizens left…

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Associated Press Writer

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Austrian police have arrested an American woman sought in connection with the killing of her ex-husband, who died when a pipe bomb exploded in his car more than a decade ago, law…

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New York Times

BANGKOK — The highest court in Myanmar has agreed to consider an appeal by Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the country’s battered democracy movement, over an 18-month extension of her longstanding house arrest,…

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New York Times

NAIROBI, Kenya — A cholera epidemic is sweeping across Kenya, with 4,700 cases reported in the past month and 119 deaths. Kenyan health officials are calling it “one of the worst outbreaks in a decade.”

The…

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Associated Press Writer

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops took the patriarch of a powerful clan _ a former governor _ and three other members of his family into custody Saturday after the president put his southern province…

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Associated Press Writer

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The wounded president of Guinea was airlifted to a hospital in Morocco on Friday, opening a dangerous power vacuum in this mineral-rich country one year after he took over in a military…

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Associated Press Writer

BEIRUT (AP) — As they gear up for a major anti-government protest Monday, Iranian students are besieged by a clampdown in the universities, with a wave of arrests and expulsions. At the same time, authorities are…

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