1.
Politics 2012: Ron Paul strategy keeps things interesting
BAGHDAD, July 16 (UPI) -- Iraq Interior Ministry officials said 24 Iranians being held on illegal immigration charges escaped custody in the town of Badra.
The jailbreak happened last week but it wasn't until Sunday the ministry acknowledged it, a New York Times correspondent reported Monday.
The escape triggered a curfew on the town and four of the escapees were apprehended but the others remained at large, officials said.
Some of the Iranians who allegedly cross the border illegally are Shiite pilgrims bound for worship in the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, while others are believed by Iraqi and U.S. authorities to be supplying both Shiite and Sunni insurgents with weapons and funding, the report said.
Iran denies any official role in aiding the Iraqi insurgency.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
SEOUL, May 28 (UPI) --
An official report on North Korean prisons has been published in what the South Korean government says is its first attempt to document the atrocities.
|
NEW YORK, May 28 (UPI) --
"Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon married her girlfriend, education activist Christine Marinoni, in New York, officials say.
|
To avoid a meltdown in 2006, Ford Motor Co. mortgaged the farm putting up its assets – including its Blue Oval logo, and F-150 pickup and iconic Mustang trademarks – to secure $23.5 billion in credit.
|
TOLEDO, Ohio, May 28 (UPI) --
Authorities in Ohio said a man clad in a Darth Vader mask and black clothes robbed a bank with a semi-automatic pistol instead of a light saber and the Force.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
