Radical Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged his followers on Friday to oppose occupying troops, raising the pressure on U.S.-backed Iraqi forces conducting a security crackdown in Baghdad. In a possible setback for the crackdown, the mayor of Sadr City, a Shi'ite militia stronghold in the capital, was wounded when gunmen opened fire on his car on Thursday.Sheikh Raheem al-Darruji has been a key figure in facilitating recent joint operations in Sadr City, long a no-go area for U.S. forces and a bastion of the Mehdi Army, a militia loyal to the fiercely anti-American Sadr.A statement from Sadr that was read out at prayers in Sadr City on Friday repeated his longheld opposition to the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq, and appeared to respond to recent statements by U.S. military officials who have said people in Sadr City were cooperating with them....
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 Eighth-Grader Known as 'Little Capone' Charged With Slaying of 13-Year-Old in Detroit |
Young gang members cornered an older teen who they suspected had covered up their group's graffiti, and a 14-year-old shot him and killed a 13-year-old bystander, police said.Caleb "Little Capone" Sosa was charged as an adult Thursday with first-degree murder and attempted murder. Conviction on the murder charge carries an automatic penalty of life in prison without parole.The shooting occurred before dawn Feb. 11, when police said Sosa and two or three other young gang members set out to punish the 19-year-old for the painted-over graffiti. The man fled to a friend's house, where Sosa shot and wounded him, police said.Christian Sanchez, 13, opened the door, and Sosa shot him in the head with the semiautomatic pistol, killing him instantly, police said....
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| Iranian president to get U.S. visa for U.N. visit Ahmadinejad to address Security Council next week on nuclear program |
The U.S. will approve Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s request for a visa so he can visit the U.N. as the Security Council moves to impose additional sanctions against his country for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Friday that the United States has approved a U.S. visa for Ahmadinejad previously and will do so again, consistent with its obligations as host country for the United Nations.Ahmadinejad has been a vociferous defender of his nation’s nuclear efforts and a critic of the U.S. On Thursday, the five permanent members of the Security Council — the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France— along with Germany compromised on a sanctions package to step up pressure on the Islamic republic to suspend uranium enrichment. The full council will consider the measures in coming days....
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| Pope to Make First Visit to Latin America in May |
Pope Benedict XVI will make his first trip to Latin America in May, a visit to Brazil to address the region's Roman Catholic bishops, the Vatican said Friday.The pope will depart from Rome on May 9 and remain in Sao Paulo until May 11, when he goes to the city of Aparecida to open once-a-decade meeting of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean.Bishops from Canada, the United States, Spain and Portugal also will attend, along with a small group of lay people and representatives of other denominations....
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| Days before winter ends, storm dumps snow on Northeast |
A storm blowing into the Northeast Friday bringing snow and rain is reminding people that despite warm, summer-like temperatures earlier this week, it's still officially winter for a few more days. "I knew that the 70-degree weather we had was too good to be true," said Department of Transportation Commissioner, Kris Kolluri. ne person was killed on Interstate 80 after a Jeep Cherokee veered off the road and smashed into a tree, state police said. Officials are still trying to determine whether the accident was related to the wet and icy road conditions, but are advising drivers to slow down. The storm is expected to dump as much as 12 inches of snow in parts of Sussex and Warren counties, six inches in Bergen, Morris and Essex counties, 3-4 inches of precipitation — a mixture of snow, sleet and rain — in the central part of the state and 1-3 inches of rain in southern New Jersey, officials said....
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| Escalating crisis over ousted Pakistan chief justice threatens Musharraf's grip on power |
Police battled rock-throwing demonstrators and stormed the office of a television news channel Friday as a row over the ouster of Pakistan's top judge ballooned into a crisis that could threaten President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's hold on power.An Islamist opposition leader and a former president were among dozens detained as a wide spectrum of protesters accused the military of riding roughshod over Pakistan's slowly re-emerging democratic institutions.Musharraf suspended Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry a week ago, over unspecified allegations that he had abused his authority. The government insists the move was non-political and that Chaudhry could yet be reinstated.But analysts and political opponents suspect the country's military leader of sacrificing the independence of the judiciary in order to remove of a strong-willed judge ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections — and that he has underestimated the political storm....
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