A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man's house and set it on fire.Luciano Mares, 81, of Fort Sumner said he caught the mouse inside his house and wanted to get rid of it."I had some leaves burning outside, so I threw it in the fire, and the mouse was on fire and ran back at the house," Mares said from a motel room Saturday.Village Fire Chief Juan Chavez said the burning mouse ran to just beneath a window, and the flames spread up from there and throughout the house.No was hurt inside, but the home and everything in it was destroyed....
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Dutch troops helping earthquake survivors in Pakistan have complained that while they are subject to an alcohol ban, Spanish and British soldiers laugh at their austerity and turn up drunk at their campfire."We were told before we arrived that alcohol was banned in this country or else very difficult to get hold of and we accepted this," one soldier told the Dutch daily De Telegraaf."The Spanish drive around with cars full of Heineken ... and the English laugh at us when they show up at our campfire drunk," another Dutch soldier said....
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| Singer Belafonte Calls Bush 'The Greatest Terrorist in the World,' Praises Chavez in Venezuela |
The American singer & activist Harry Belafonte called President Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world" on Sun & said millions of Americans support the socialist revolution of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. Belafonte led a delegation of Americans including the actor Danny Glover & the Princeton University scholar Cornel West that met the Venezuelan president for more than 6 hours late Saturday. Some in the group attended Chavez's television & radio broadcast Sunday. "No matter what the greatest tyrant in the world, the greatest terrorist in the world, George W. Bush says, we're here to tell you: Not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of the American people support your revolution," Belafonte told Chavez during the broadcast. The 78 year old Belafonte, famous for his calypso-inspired music, including the "Day-O" song, was a close collaborator of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. & is now a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. He also has been outspoken in criticizing the US embargo of Cuba ...
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| Senators talk tough ahead of Alito hearings Republicans say no reason to delay or filibuster court nominee |
Senate Democrats on Sunday promised a drawn-out confirmation and perhaps a filibuster for Samuel Alito if the Supreme Court nominee evades or refuses to answer their questions on abortion, presidential war powers and other issues at this week’s confirmation hearings.“If he continuously, given his previous record, refused to answer questions and hid behind ’I can’t answer this because it might come before me,’ it would increase the chances of a filibuster,” Democrat Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”Democrats say they will not decide whether to filibuster or try to delay a committee vote until after the committee’s weeklong hearings that begin Monday. If Democrats attempt a filibuster based on Alito’s answers on abortion, at least one Republican is ready to vote for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s plan to ban judicial filibusters....
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| Fugitive Killed in California After Breaking Through Patrol Car, Trying to Escape in School Bus |
A fugitive broke through the window of a patrol car and attempted to commandeer a school bus loaded with children before he was fatally shot by a deputy, authorities said. Deven Lepierro's fatal run-in with police began Friday when he was accused of stealing from a Wal-Mart store and deputies discovered that he was a parolee wanted on two felony warrants, said Sacramento County Sheriff's Sgt. R.L. Davis. The deputies cuffed his hands behind his back and secured his legs with plastic restraints. But on the ride to jail, the 24-year-old managed to free his legs and smashed the car window to escape, Davis said.As he fled, Lepierro tried to carjack at least six cars and a school bus, according to authorities. Davis said the bus driver kept him out by holding the door closed, while students watched in disbelief. ...
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| Jordan will not hand US citizens over to ICC |
Jordan's parliament on Sunday approved a law that prevents Amman handing over U.S. citizens accused of war crimes to the international criminal court, lawmakers said.The United States is firmly opposed to the ICC, set up in 2002 as the world's first permanent global war crimes court, fearing it will be abused for politically-motivated cases against its troops and citizens. Jordan's pro-government 110-seat parliament voted by a large majority in favor of the law which was viewed by rights bodies and some deputies as a violation of Jordan's obligations under the court's founding Rome Statute and eroded its sovereignty....
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