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England Avoids Trial

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  • Pte. Lynndie England, the U.S. soldier in some of the most striking photos of prisoner abuse in Iraq, pleaded guilty Monday to some of the charges against her in the scandal. The 22-year-old army reservist pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to maltreat prisoners, four counts of maltreating prisoners and one count of committing an indecent act.Full Story
  • Polls suggest British voters will return Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair for an unprecedented third term in Thursday's election, but the outcome may be close, one analyst says. There's even the possibility of a minority government, said Paul Whiteley, who runs the British Election Study at the University of Essex.Full Story
  • At least 28 people died when a secret weapons depot exploded in northern Afghanistan on Monday. Another 70 people were injured and the death toll is expected to rise, according to officials in Bashgah, located 120 kilometres north of the Afghan capital, Kabul.Full Story
  • Australia formed a team of diplomats, defence staff and police on Monday who will attempt to free an engineer seized by Iraqi insurgents, but the government had a blunt message for the kidnappers: Australia will not remove its troops from Iraq or pay any ransom.Full Story
  • For the seventh time since it took force in 1970, the world's nations gather Monday to reassess how well the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is keeping the lid on man's most terrible weapons. The delegations from almost 190 governments begin their monthlong NPT review at a moment of growing nuclear fear and mistrust in the world.Full Story
  • A 32-year-old woman who staged her disappearance rather than face 600 wedding guests could face criminal charges, justice officials in Georgia said over the weekend. Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter said officials were considering whether to charge Jennifer Wilbanks with either a felony charge of making false statements or a lesser charge of falsely reporting a crime.Full Story
  • As Allied troops closed in on Berlin in April 1945, Adolf Hitler "sank into himself," a shaking, weakened man, according to a nurse who worked in the wartime German chancellor's bunker. "The circle (in the bunker) got increasingly small," Erna Flegel said in an interview with Britain's Guardian newspaper published Monday.Full Story

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