| Liu Dedicates Peace Prize Liu Xiaobo, the jailed Chinese dissident who won the Nobel Peace Prize, has been informed of his award in prison and has dedicated it to those killed when the Chinese government crushed prodemocracy protests around Tiananmen Square in 1989, according to his wife. online.wsj.com |
U.S. Troops Find Noncombat Pretty Violent The majority of the action for U.S. troops stationed at Saddam Hussein's old Ministry of Defense complex has come after the Aug. 31 decree that brought U.S. combat operations to an official end feedproxy.google.com |
Afghan Detainee Killed in Cell An Afghan detainee found dead in his holding cell in southern Kandahar province Sunday appears to have been shot by one or more coalition soldiers, according to Afghan and allied officials. online.wsj.com |
Shark kills bodyboarder in California 19-year-old dies after attack in Santa BarbaraA bodyboarder bled to death after a shark mauled his left leg, authorities said in Santa Barbara, California, yesterday as they closed three beaches over the weekend. Lucas Ransom, 19, was in the surf line about 100 metres off Surf Beach when a shark suddenly pulled him under. A friend who was with Ransom and other people at the beach pulled him from the water, but the University of California, student had received a severe wound and died a short time later. The last shark attack on Surf Beach was in 2008, when what was believed to be a great white bit a surfer's board but he was unharmed. United Statesguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Egypt's Elections and Pantomime Democracy Some contests in this weekend's parliamentary polls are heated and angry but all the noise helps mask the fact that only one political party is running the show feedproxy.google.com |