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  • May 2008
    • Bomb Damages San Diego Courthouse

      Bomb Damages San Diego Courthouse

      (Newser) - In what could be the work of a serial bomber, a multi-pipe bomb exploded yesterday at a San Diego courthouse, shattering its door and blasting shrapnel across the street, ABC News reports. No one was hurt in the predawn explosion. The FBI is investigating the incident, which follows a similar bombing in the city last month that destroyed the door of a Federal Express building. No one has claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack, and no threats were received. More »

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      FBI   bomb   San Diego   explosion   courthouse

  • March 2008
    • UN Forces Withdraw From Kosovo Town

      UN Forces Withdraw From Kosovo Town

      (Newser) - UN police trying to retake a courthouse were forced to withdraw from the Kosovo city of Mitrovica after clashes with ethnic Serbs, reports the BBC. NATO troops were left in charge of security after the worst violence since Kosovo declared independence; AFP reported at least 100 police and protesters were injured in struggles that included rocks, tear gas, and at least one grenade blast. More »

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      United Nations   Serbia   Kosovo   Albania   NATO troops   tear gas   courthouse   Serbs   Mitrovica

    • Jailed Woman Left for 4 Days

      Jailed Woman Left for 4 Days

      (Newser) - An illegal immigrant was forgotten in a courthouse holding cell in Springdale, Ark. for 4 days without food, water, or a toilet, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. With only sparse furniture and a lightbulb in her cell, Adriana Torres-Flores slept on the floor and drank her own urine to survive. The bailiff who forgot about her until yesterday is now “a broken man,” the county sheriff said. More »

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      prison   illegal immigrant   starvation   courthouse

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