Iran Charges Three American Hikers with Espionage

By: WordSlinger

TEHRAN, Iran - Are these possible barbaining chips for Iran? Shane Bauer, 27, Josh Fattal, 27, and Sarah Shourd, 31, are three American hikers who have been detained since July 31 on charges of illegally crossing the border from Iraqi Kurdistan into Iran. The hikers entered northern Iraq from Turkey on July 28 with plans of a five day hike in ...

29 days ago

Somali woman, 20, stoned to death by Islamic militants after admitting ...

By: TauseefAhmed

A Somali woman of 20 has been stoned to death after admitting she had an affair, an Islamic militant judge said today.The woman was a divorcee - but even though she was no longer married, her affair was seen as adultery in the eyes of Somalia's extremist interpretation of Sharia law.Her punishment was therefore to be buried up to her waist in ...

19 days ago

The Death Penalty in the United States

By: PennyRisingerJones

Abstract   The following essay is a critical analysis of the death penalty in the United States. The death penalty should be abolished to ensure that innocent persons are wrongfully convicted and sentenced to die. To support this opinion are facts, graphs and statistics from the Department of Justice as well as a Judge and prosecuting ...

about 1 month ago

Suicide bombers kill seven at Islamabad University

By: dustgeer

At least seven people died and 29 were injured in a double suicide bombing at the University of Islamabad today, Pakistan's seventh major militant terror attack in a fortnight. Emergency workers described scenes of bloody chaos after the near simultaneous lunchtime blasts outside a packed women's cafeteria and at the Islamic law faculty ...

about 1 month ago