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...Saddam deserves a death sentence 20 times a day because he tried to assassinate me 20 times." JALAL TALABANI, Iraqi President and former Kurdish rebel leader, saying on state TV that ex-dictator Saddam Hussein has confessed in jail to ordering the killing of ethnic Kurds in the late 1980s. Saddam's lawyers later denied the claim...
...camp in Los Angeles last year, Park has been shopping his prot?g? around to U.S. production companies. Rain almost managed to score a track on rapper Lil' Kim's latest album?but the plan fell apart after Kim was convicted of perjury and had to start serving a jail term, according to Jimmy Jeong, an executive at Rain's management company. Just a minor setback, says Jeong: "We're targeting the global market. Rain's too big for Asia...
...means I have to report regularly to my probation officer. I have to request permission to travel outside of a certain area, and I'm not allowed to consort with ex-felons, which is kind of scary because there are quite a few people who have been to jail, and you would never know who they...
...happy this summer when a book checked out during the War of 1812 was finally returned--193 years overdue. The library waived the $10,000-plus late fee. But many libraries aren't as forgiving these days, squeezing delinquent borrowers by jacking up fines, hiring collection agents, threatening jail and even sending the sheriff to knock on doors and reclaim overdue books, CDs and DVDs...
...best, will be remembered for his failed global pursuit of nemesis Ronnie Biggs, one of the masked men who in 1963 robbed a mail train from Glasgow to London of ?2.6 million (then $7 million) in what became known as the Great Train Robbery, and later escaped jail; reported in London. Though Slipper nabbed Biggs in Rio de Janeiro in 1974 (greeting him with the words, "Long time no see, Ronnie!"), Brazilian officials refused to deport Biggs?who remained a fugitive until 2001, when he turned himself...