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- Police: Arizona woman led sons on crime spree
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AP - Cynthia Mary Roberson is an unemployed mother who police say led her 12- and 14-year-old sons and their friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies and assaults, including the beating of a teenage boy who had nothing more than an orange lollipop.
- Jackson was loving and attentive father, many say
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AP - When Rabbi Shmuley Boteach brought his children to play with Michael Jackson's kids at Neverland Ranch some eight years ago, the rabbi's youngsters naturally made a beeline for the fabulous rides — the Ferris wheel, the roller coaster, the bumper cars.
- CAUCASUS: At least nine Chechen police killed in Ingush attack
At least nine members of the Chechen police force were killed after their car came under fire in the neighbouring Russian region of Ingushetia. The Chechen police were in Ingushetia to conduct joint operations against militants. Saturday 04 July 2009 AFP
- COMOROS CRASH: Yemenia suspends all flights to Comoros
Yemenia Airways has suspended all flights to the Comoros in the wake of the Tuesday crash of an Airbus 310 off the east African islands. The only known survivor among the 153 people on board was a 12-year-old girl, a French national. Saturday 04 July
- Honduras Quits Organization of American States
OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza visited Honduras Friday on a mission to convince members of the Supreme Court and other civic leaders to allow the return of President Manuel Zelaya, who was overthrown in a pre-dawn raid Sunday. Rebuffed at
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First settled by the British in 1623, the islands became an associated state with full internal autonomy in 1967. The island of Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971. Saint Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 1983. In 1998, a vote in Nevis on a referendum to separate from Saint Kitts fell short of the two-thirds majority needed. Nevis continues in its efforts to try and separate from Saint Kitts.
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