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When members of three law-enforcement agencies made a surprise search of the Houston medical practice of Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray on July 22, it marked a dramatic turn in the inquiry into the pop star's death: the first official mention of a possible manslaughter investigation...
...combined force of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency along with two robbery-homicide detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department and Houston Police officers conducted a three-hour search of Murray's office after producing a search warrant, DEA officials and Murray's lawyer confirmed. (Read "Jackson's Death: How Culpable Are the Doctors...
...shocked prosecutors and his own defense attorney by changing his plea to guilty and asking the court to accept his decision and sentence him; the judge will decide on July 23. Qasab faces 86 counts, including murder, possessing explosives and waging war against India - not to mention a possible death sentence, which he said in court "would be better than God's punishment." (See pictures of the first two days of attacks in Mumbai...
...Kharim Khan Street. Because of the overwhelming security presence - hundreds of Guards and undercover Basij were waiting at Haft e-Tir and other major squares - protesters adopted a relatively new strategy, eschewing their symbolic green to blend in with the after-work crowd, then suddenly chanting slogans like "Death to the dictators" before scattering and re-emerging down the street...
Meanwhile, Iranians are already looking to upcoming dates of significance to gather, in particular the 40th-day anniversary of Neda Agha-Soltan's death, which will occur at the end of July, and the inauguration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term. The date for the swearing-in has not been announced for fear of triggering a mass gathering on the scale of the Friday prayer last week, when former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani spoke for the first time since the election and condemned the government's response. Until then, protesters, even the more timid who choose...