Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian released on medical parole
Taiwan’s ailing former president Chen Shui-bian has been freed from prison on medical parole after serving six years of a 20-year sentence for corruption during his presidency.
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Taiwan’s ailing former president Chen Shui-bian has been freed from prison on medical parole after serving six years of a 20-year sentence for corruption during his presidency.
A suicide bomb in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least a dozen civilians, five US troops and a Canadian serviceman, has been deplored by the Afghan president and coalition forces.
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MELBOURNE–You thought your job was sh*t… A spate of suicides has prompted India to increase perks for soldiers deployed to a glacier in disputed Kashmir. About 120 soldiers killed themselves last year, most of them posted to the 6,300-metre high Siachen glacier. Government officials say allowances will be increased by 80 per cent in a … Continue reading “Mental Notes: August 2007”
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Hunter S. ThompsonNew Journalism’s Dark Prince ‘Gonzo’ Journalist Thompson Kills SelfBy Elaine Woo, LA Times Staff Writer
I wouldn’t have expected anything less. Yes, Declan Barry, that knee-popping and hurtling juggernaut which fronts Botticelli’s Angel has grabbed hold of some fantastic speed metal merchants to form a band which gives him even more opportunity to break bones on stage – Non Intentional Lifeform, or NIL.