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Deals of the Hour / October 15, 2010, 9:39 am

Rwandan opposition leader is arrested

KIGALI, Rwanda — Police arrested the country's most prominent opposition leader yesterday and accused her of being involved in the formation of a terrorist organization, months after she was barred from challenging the president in an election. Human ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-10-15T06:12:52Z)

French Police Move In to Remove Fuel-Depot Blockades

(Adds comment on crude imports in third paragraph.) Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- French police moved in to open fuel depots to release oil supplies blocked by strikers as walkouts at ports and refineries shut down crude imports and threatened shortages. Police ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-15T13:43:50Z)

Witness: British aid worker abducted in Somalia

Masked gunmen have abducted a British aid worker and a Somali from a compound in western Somalia, a witness said Friday. Moalim Bashir said he did not know who had taken the two men on Thursday evening from the town of Adado, near the border with Ethiopia ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-15T14:33:57Z)

Roadside Bomb Kills 6 Afghan Civilians

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A police chief says six civilians were killed when a roadside bomb detonated beside their vehicle in southeastern Afghanistan. Ghulam Jalani Farahi, police chief of Zabul province, says the car was destroyed by the blast Friday ... (Source: FOX News 2010-10-15T14:12:28Z)

6 civilians killed in southeastern Afghanistan after roadside bomb blast hits their vehicle

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A police chief says six civilians were killed when a roadside bomb detonated beside their vehicle in southeastern Afghanistan. Ghulam Jalani Farahi, police chief of Zabul province, says the car was destroyed by the blast ... (Source: Daily Press 2010-10-15T13:58:09Z)

Few clues are found in search for girl, 10

Investigators are having trouble finding anyone outside Zahra Clare Baker 's household in Hickory who has seen the girl alive in recent months, making it difficult to narrow down places to search. Police say the girl, who used hearing aids and a prosthetic ... (Source: Daily Oklahoman 2010-10-15T10:44:53Z)

Sheriff: Man in custody after standoff in E. Utah

Authorities say an armed man involved in a standoff with police near the eastern Utah community of Green River has been taken into custody after he fell asleep or passed out in his car. Police say the man barricaded himself in the car in an area known as ... (Source: Beaver County Times 2010-10-15T03:13:55Z)

Riot police, protesters clash at Acropolis

ATHENS, Greece - Riot police clashed with protesting Culture Ministry workers barricading the ancient Acropolis on Thursday, using tear gas to clear the entrance to Greece's most famous landmark. But the monument remained closed for the rest of the day as ... (Source: Philadelphia Daily News 2010-10-15T06:48:39Z)

Suspect in standoff taken into custody

An armed man involved in a standoff with police near Green River was taken into custody about 6 p.m. Thursday after he fell asleep or passed out in his car. Emery County Sheriff Lamar Guymon said SWAT members took the man into custody and retrieved his ... (Source: Salt Lake Tribune 2010-10-15T01:05:04Z)

Chile miners speak of underground ordeal, cannibalism jokes

The leader of the 33 men rescued from a collapsed Chilean mine spoke to reporters for the first time late Thursday about how he kept them going in the 17 days before they were found. Luis Urzua, 54, who was foreman at the San Jose mine quickly imposed his ... (Source: New York Post 2010-10-15T15:16:54Z)

Somali gunmen abduct Briton and Somali working for Save the Children in Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Masked gunmen abducted a Briton and a Somali working for aid agency Save the Children from a compound in western Somalia , the agency and a witness said Friday. The Somali was later released. Local resident Moalim Bashir said he did ... (Source: Daily Press 2010-10-15T14:33:57Z)

Police now treating missing NC girl case as homicide; stepmother admits writing ransom note

HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — Police say they are shifting to a homicide investigation in the case of a missing 10-year-old North Carolina girl whose bone cancer left her with a prosthetic leg and hearing aids. Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins said at a news ... (Source: Baltimore Sun 2010-10-12T15:49:05Z)

UN Council Told to Act Against Rapists in Congo

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council was told that the best way to stop rapes in the Congo was to arrest and sanction commanders who permitted it, exclude perpetrators from any future amnesty and do something about the root of the violence - the ... (Source: Huffingtonpost.com 2010-10-15T15:02:35Z)

Framingham man to be charged with toilet paper assault

FRAMINGHAM — A Massachusetts man is facing an assault charge for allegedly hitting a town hall custodian on the back of the head with a roll of toilet paper because he was angry the cleaning man was whistling while he worked. Framingham police say 55 ... (Source: Union-News & Sunday Republican 2010-10-15T15:38:22Z)

Up to 100 Greek Culture Ministry Workers Shut Down the Acropolis, Clash with Police

ATHENS (AP).- Riot police clashed with protesting workers barricading the ancient Acropolis on Thursday, using tear gas to clear the entrance to one of Greece's most famous landmarks. Up to 100 Culture Ministry workers had shut down the Acropolis on ... (Source: Art Daily 2010-10-15T07:45:55Z)

Oil workers expand strikes at French refineries

French oil workers expanded a strike Friday over government plans to raise the retirement age, while European discontent over belt-tightening measures flared up in Portugal, Italy and Greece. All of France's oil refineries were on strike, and the ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-15T15:38:22Z)

World News: Rescued miners begin to leave hospital after checks

The 33 Chilean miners rescued after 69 days underground began leaving hospital today. A day after their epic rescue from the San Jose mine, still wearing the sunglasses that protected them from the bright light when they were hoisted from 2,000 feet ... (Source: Edinburgh News 2010-10-15T10:52:02Z)

Athens's Acropolis Opens After Police Move Against Protesters

Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The Acropolis opened to tourists today after police cleared protesting Culture Ministry workers from the entrance and Prime Minister George Papandreou said the protests had tarnished Greece's image. Access to the 2,500 year-old ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-15T10:52:02Z)

Proctor's deputy chief pleads not guilty

DULUTH, Minn. - Proctor's deputy police chief has pleaded not guilty to possessing morphine that was seized as evidence in a pharmacy burglary Troy Foucault also is charged with possession of a short-barreled shotgun and theft. According to a criminal ... (Source: La Crosse Tribune 2010-10-15T04:04:01Z)

Proctor's deputy chief pleads not guilty to drug possesion

DULUTH, Minn.-- Proctor's deputy police chief has pleaded not guilty to possessing morphine that was seized as evidence in a pharmacy burglary. Troy Foucault is also charged with possession of a short-barreled shotgun and theft. According to a criminal ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-14T23:17:41Z)

WRAPUP 2-Fuel to Paris reduced as French protests escalate

PARIS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Striking French oil refinery workers shut down a fuel pipeline supplying Paris and its airports on Friday and airport workers grounded some flights as protests mounted to derail an unpopular pension reform. France's airport ... (Source: Reuters 2010-10-15T14:12:28Z)

Man charged with toilet paper assault

A Framingham man threw a roll of toilet paper at a town custodian Wednesday because he thought he was inappropriately whistling in a restroom at the Memorial Building, police said. Allen Kerner, 55, will be summoned to Framingham District Court for hitting ... (Source: Abington Mariner 2010-10-15T15:52:41Z)

Chilean Miners Keeping Ordeal Details Quiet

COPIAPO, Chile -- The first three rescued Chilean miners out of the hospital celebrated their new lives as national heroes Friday, as word emerged that the 33 want to closely guard their story so they can fairly divide the spoils of their overnight media ... (Source: FOX News 2010-10-15T16:21:19Z)

North Carolina police search for missing 10-year-girl; stepmother charged in unrelated cases

HICKORY, N.C. - Police in North Carolina are searching for a missing, hearing-impaired 10-year-old girl with an artificial leg, and they have arrested her stepmother on unrelated charges. Police in Hickory said Zahra Clare Baker was reported missing ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-10T21:13:35Z)

Proctor's deputy chief pleads not guilty to drug possession

DULUTH, Minn.-- Proctor's deputy police chief has pleaded not guilty to possessing morphine that was seized as evidence in a pharmacy burglaryTroy Foucault is also charged with possession of a short-barreled shotgun and theft.According to a criminal ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-10-14T21:16:00Z)

Standoff under way near Green River

Police near Green River have surrounded a man who is threatening to kill himself with a gun. The standoff is in an area known as the Missile Base. Emery County Sheriff Lamar Guymon said the man has a pistol and no one else is threatened. A state trooper ... (Source: Salt Lake Tribune 2010-10-14T20:47:22Z)

Rwandan police arrest top opposition leader

Rwandan police say they have arrested the country's most prominent opposition leader and are accusing her of forming a terrorist organization. Victoire Ingabire was arrested Thursday, police said in a statement. Human rights groups accuse the Rwandan ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-10-14T15:03:46Z)

Chile miners do not disclose ordeal details

The first three rescued Chilean miners out of the hospital celebrated their new lives as national heroes Friday, as word emerged that the 33 want to closely guard their story so they can fairly divide the spoils of their media stardom. That could explain ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-15T15:38:22Z)

3 NATO troops die in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three NATO troops were killed Friday in Afghanistan in a surge of attacks that raised the death toll to 17 in three days for international troops in the country. One service member died Friday in an insurgent attack in the east and ... (Source: KABC 2010-10-15T16:14:10Z)

Massachusetts man to be charged with toilet paper assault

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- A Massachusetts man is facing an assault charge for allegedly hitting a town hall custodian on the back of the head with a roll of toilet paper because he was angry the cleaning man was whistling while he worked. Framingham police say ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-15T15:59:51Z)

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