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Bodies wash ashore in Yemen; officials fear they were migrants thrown overboard by smugglers
Associated Press WritersSAN'A, Yemen (AP) _ Dozens of bodies washed ashore Friday in Yemen after smugglers threw nearly 150 Somali migrants overboard in shark-infested waters, the latest such tragedy in one of the most lawless stretches of ocean in the world. The Gulf of Aden...Tags: Refugee, Defense, NATO, Diplomacy, Armed Forces
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UN refugee agency says 100 people forced overboard by smugglers, missing in Gulf of Aden
GENEVA (AP) _ UN refugee agency says 100 people forced overboard by smugglers are missing in Gulf of Aden.Tags: Refugee
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UN refugee agency says 100 people forced overboard by smugglers missing in Gulf of Aden
GENEVA (AP) _ The U.N. refugee agency says 100 migrants are feared drowned after being forced overboard by smugglers in the Gulf of Aden. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman Ron Redmond says the smuggling boat left Somalia on Monday with 150...Tags: Refugee
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Dog's nose knows if inmates have phones
Sentinel Staff WriterFor years, corrections officers have used dogs to sniff out prisoners' drugs. Now they're using them to crack down on new contraband: cell phones. By mid-November, the Florida Department of Corrections will have a dog named Razor inspecting prison...Tags: Animals, New Smyrna Beach, Kevin Dean, Crimes, Winter Garden
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2 freed from custody in Syria
Associated PressDAMASCUS, Syria — Two American journalists whose disappearance prompted a U.S. Embassy alert and a wide search turned up in Syrian custody Thursday after being detained while trying to sneak into the country with smugglers, Syrian officials said....Tags: Religious Conflicts, Defense, Robert Wood, Civil Unrest, Bashar Assad
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Gaza tunnels: Covert to overt
Associated PressRAFAH, Gaza Strip — Gaza's smugglers are going legit: Owners of the scores of tunnels running under the Gaza-Egypt border have registered with the Hamas authorities, pledged to pay workers' compensation and hooked up their operations to the...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Terrorism, Building Material
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Ex-Trooper Admits Using Police Computer For Galante Worker
A state trooper who lost his job will be barred from working in law enforcement again after pleading guilty Thursday to illegally accessing a police computer to obtain information for an employee of convicted Danbury trash magnate James Galante. Ex-...Tags: Punishment, Crimes, Trials, Football, Police
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Inmate says he supplied Broadcom duo, O.C. sheriff with drugs
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersA Folsom Prison inmate who claims to have supplied drugs to Broadcom Corp. billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III maintains in a federal racketeering lawsuit that he also delivered cocaine to Henry Samueli, the Anaheim Ducks owner and Nicholas' Broadcom co-...Tags: Punishment, Crimes, Prostitution, Santa Ana, Anaheim
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Syria: 2 missing Americans are held in Syria for illegal entry from Lebanon
Associated Press WriterDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) _ Two American journalists whose disappearance prompted a U.S. Embassy alert and a wide search turned up in Syrian custody Thursday after being detained while trying to sneak into the country with smugglers, Syrian officials said....Tags: Wisconsin, Civil Unrest, Diplomacy, Armed Forces, International Relations
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2 extradited Colombian warlords get decades in US prison after guilty pleas to drug conspiracy
AP Legal Affairs WriterMIAMI (AP) _ Two right-wing paramilitary warlords extradited earlier this year with 12 others with great fanfare from Colombia were ordered Thursday to spend decades behind U.S. bars after pleading guilty to roles in a far-reaching cocaine smuggling...Tags: Punishment, Crimes, Trials, Michael Moore, Police
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2 missing Americans detained in Syria
Associated Press WriterTwo American journalists whose disappearance prompted a U.S. Embassy alert and a wide search turned up in Syrian custody Thursday after being detained while trying to sneak into the country with smugglers, Syrian officials said. Holli Chmela, 27, and...Tags: Wisconsin, Civil Unrest, Diplomacy, Armed Forces, International Relations
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Ex-mayor's busy personal sleuth
Chicago Tribune reporterJack Clarke was Mayor Richard J. Daley's personal gumshoe. For more than a decade, he conducted clandestine investigations for the mayor, in part to make sure Daley found out about city corruption before federal investigators. An expert on organized...Tags: Murder, Richard J. Daley, Theft, Crimes, Waukegan
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