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The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) announced today that it will hunt down 53 Islamic militants as a sign of its sincerity to end its 30-year-old conflict with the Philippine government:
INQ7—Muslim separatists holding peace talks with the Philippine government have agreed to hunt down 53 Islamic militants as a sign of their sincerity to end [...]
Kim Roberts—the second exotic dancer in the Duke lacrosse rape case—made an obscene gesture in court today WRAL reports:
WRAL—A second exotic dancer who performed at a March 13 Duke University lacrosse team party where a woman says she was raped and assaulted by three athletes made an obscene gesture at a television camera during court [...]
Last night’s 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia has killed at least 2500. The earthquake occured on the Island of Java and was situated at 8.007°S, 110.286°E. The hypocentral depth of the quake was just over 10 miles.
ABC News has in-depth coverage.
Resources:
Google Maps: Earthquake Location
Update (5/28/2006 7:59am):
The BBC is reporting this morning that [...]
Gunfire has been reported inside the U.S. Capitol.
Live video from WRAL, [ click here ]
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AllahPundit is following the story closely
The Jawa Report is covering as well.
Update (5/26/2006 2:07pm):
U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston reports that a congressional staffer taken to the hospital has been released:
U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston—”The following statement can be attributed to David All, [...]
Little Green Footballs (LGF) has finally gotten a fatwa but from a surprising source—a Reuters employee:
LGF—Early this morning at about 3:00 am on the West Coast, someone in Sweden Britain connected to the Internet and browsed over to this article at the Guardian by Inayat Bunglawala, media secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain: This [...]
Speaking of the House leaderships’ reaction to the FBI search of Rep. William Jefferson’s Congressional office, Rep. Barney Frank said:
I disagree with the bipartisan House leadership criticism of the FBI search of a member’s office. What we now have is the congressional leadership, the Republican part of which has said it’s okay for law enforcement [...]
This article orginally appeared on The Conservative Voice and is reprinted here by permission.
The Durham Three
by Joseph Gutheinz, Jr., J.D.
I am a college instructor who teaches criminal justice and a criminal defense attorney. In my entire career I have never seen such a bizarre and unfair case as the one against three Duke lacrosse players.
I [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives is outraged at the search of Rep. William Jefferson’s office and is demanding that the FBI return whatever they took.
Right now, the U.S. Congress stinks and I’m sick of them. That sick bunch of kings and queens has turned the legislative branch into an overflowing septic tank. And [...]
Players on Duke’s women’s lacrosse team will wear sweatbands with “Innocent” written on them. They’re doing that in support of the men’s lacrosse team.
Source: WRAL
The Durham Herald-Sun reports that the NAACP intends to seek a gag order in the Duke lacrosse rape case. Apparently, there’re worried about the dancer not receiving a “fair trial.”
Source: Herald-Sun
