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...have been arrested and imprisoned over the years for supporting the cleric's opposition to the Islamic regime. With Shirazi's death, the saga of state intimidation and years of house arrest seemed over. But special police in camouflage gear stormed the funeral procession, beat pall-bearers and stole the Ayatollah's corpse, which fell from its coffin twice during the scuffle. "If it's true, it will be among the blackest moments in the Islamic Republic's history," whispered one aghast cleric in Tehran. Black-clad mourners filled Qom's Chaharmardan Street as they proceeded toward Shirazi's home...
...other hand, Brinkema sentenced a Loudoun County doctor to 30 months in prison, 2 1/2 times what was called for in the guidelines, for performing examinations under the influence of painkillers he stole from his patients. She said the defendant, Joseph Shaw Jones, created a "significant risk of injury and harm to the public health...
...Looters stole a bicycle and a motorbike from CNN's office here. They apparently knocked the wall down at the back. Some of Sherzai's men also stole the car of our fixer. His brother tried to stop them and said, "I want a receipt from Ghul Agha for it." They said, "O.K. Get in the car, and come with us." They didn't go far before a man turned a gun on him and said, "Do you really want a receipt?" The brother sensibly replied, "No, I don't think I do," and then got out. That...
...though, according to Palestinian security officials, Hamas has acquired a potent new conventional weapon. Some months ago, according to these sources, Iranian-backed operatives of the Lebanese militant group Hizballah bought or stole a North Korean-designed rocket from Syrian soldiers and passed it on to Hamas. The weapon was smuggled into the Gaza Strip, where a special Hamas engineering unit was set up to replicate it. At the end of October, Hamas launched the first of its Qassam 1 rockets toward an Israeli town. The attack was a dud; the rocket landed in an empty field. But with...
...Illinois jail in February. CONVICTED. A. ALFRED TAUBMAN, 76, the former chairman of Sotheby's, of conspiring with rival auction house Christie's to fix commissions paid by fine art sellers; in New York. His net worth at the time of the scam was $700 million and he allegedly stole as much as $400 million in charges from 1993 to 1999. He faces up to three years in prison. CAPTURED. JOHN PHILIP WALKER LINDH, 20, an American who was among 80 Taliban survivors of the Qala-i-Jangi prison revolt; in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Lindh, who gave his name...