A domestic dispute ended in the shooting deaths of three people early Tuesday and wounding of two others, including a sheriff's deputy, authorities said. Police were searching for a man who was believed to have several firearms. State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said authorities were searching for Gordon Randal Gwathney, 46. Gwathney and his wife, Lisa, are divorcing, and she had moved in with her mother and grandparents about five miles outside Palestine in eastern Arkansas, St. Francis County Sheriff Bobby May said. The shootings occurred in their home, he said. The sheriff said Lisa Gwathney, 35, heard shots and was able to run for help. ...
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 Abe Plan for Forceful Military Fades With His Ratings |
Shinzo Abe's aim of revising Japan's pacifist constitution to allow the nation to assert itself militarily for the first time in 62 years may be petering out, a casualty of the prime minister's falling popularity. ``He's set himself up for failure,'' said Gerald Curtis, author of ``The Japanese Way of Politics'' and a professor of political science at New York's Columbia University. ``There's no enthusiasm for constitutional revision from society as a whole. For it to happen he has to be pretty popular, and he's not.'' Less than five months after taking office, Abe's popularity is plummeting amid scandals and doubts over his ability to address problems including welfare costs and a rising disparity in incomes. Abe, 52, may face pressure to step down if his Liberal Democratic Party does poorly in July elections for parliament's upper house. ...
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| Top General Backs Away From Iran Claim Chairman Of Joint Chiefs Says No Indication That Iranian Government Arming Iraq Militants |
The top U.S. military officer said Tuesday the discovery that roadside bombs in Iraq contained material made in Iran does not necessarily mean the Iranian government was involved in supplying insurgents. The comments by Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called into question assertions by three senior U.S. military officials in Baghdad on Sunday who said the highest levels of Iranian government were responsible for arming Shiite militants in Iraq with the bombs, blamed for the deaths of more than 170 troops in the U.S.-led coalition. White House spokesman Tony Snow said Monday he was confident the weaponry was coming with the approval of the Iranian government. Pace told reporters in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, that U.S. forces hunting militant networks in Iraq that produced roadside bombs had arrested Iranians and some of the materials used in the devices were made in Iran....
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| Iraq Says Closes Borders With Syria, Iran |
Iraq's government said on Tuesday it had closed its borders with Syria and Iran, and extended the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.-backed security plan to rein in violence in the capital.The measures ordered by Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki were announced on Iraqiya state television by Lieutenant General Abboud Qanbar, the Iraqi commander who is leading the security offensive in Baghdad. He said the borders would be closed for 72 hours. The measure extends Baghdad's night vehicle curfew of 11 p.m.-6 a.m. to 8 p.m.-6 a.m. Baghdad's international airport, which has been closed down in security operations in the past, will not be affected. ...
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| Acapulco mayor in drugs inquiry |
The authorities are investigating whether there are links between drug cartels and the mayor of the south-western Mexican city of Acapulco. Welcoming the inquiry, Mayor Felix Salgado said he was "clean". In the latest drug-related violence, seven people were shot dead last week in government offices in the city. In recent months, thousands of federal troops and police have been sent to Acapulco and other parts of Mexico to tackle drug-related crime. Public Security Minister Genaro Garcia said investigators would determine whether Mayor Salgado had tried to cover up the cartel's activities. He also said the municipal police were being investigated. ...
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| American in Qatar sentenced to life in prison for spying |
An American engineer working for Qatar's state-owned energy company has been sentenced to life in prison for spying, a Doha-based newspaper reported. The 51-year-old American was convicted last week after being arrested in a police sting operation in 2005, the Gulf Times reported, citing court sources. The paper identified the man as John Willis Downs from Arabic language court using a phonetic spelling of his name. The paper did not say how long he had been in Qatar or where he was from in the United States. Court testimony claimed the man, a senior engineer who worked for 10 years at Doha-based Qatar Petroleum, was attempting to sell sensitive information about a Qatari government natural gas project to a foreign embassy. The newspaper, which published the report Monday, did not identify the embassy....
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