In the News: Jun-01

Omar Khadr asks Guantanamo judge to dismiss his U.S. lawyers - 1 Jun 2009 at 1:26pm - Omar Khadr has asked a military judge at the Guantanamo Bay military prison to dismiss his U.S. defence lawyers.

Judge: Gitmo legal documents must be public - 1 Jun 2009 at 1:26pm - WASHINGTON -- A federal judge says the United States must publicly reveal the unclassified documents filed in the cases against more than 100 terror suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay.

Military recruiter killed in Ark shooting - 1 Jun 2009 at 1:17pm - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Police in Arkansas say a military recruiter has been killed in a shooting at an Army-Navy recruiting office in Little Rock and a second recruiter has been wounded.

FBI reports crime falls in 2008 - 1 Jun 2009 at 11:24am - WASHINGTON -- The FBI says violent crime dropped in 2008, falling 2.5 percent compared to the previous year.

AG orders protection in wake of doctor slaying - 1 Jun 2009 at 7:44am - WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered increased security for a host of unnamed individuals and facilities in the wake of the slaying of abortion Dr. George Tiller.

Thought for the day:
War is like love; it always finds a way. -Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)