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LAGOS, Nigeria – One of Nigeria's biggest daily newspapers reported that police implicated a goat in an attempted automobile theft. In a front-page article on Friday, the Vanguard newspaper said that two men tried to steal a Mazda car two days earlier in Kwara State, with one suspect transforming himself into a goat as vigilantes cornered him.
The paper quoted police spokesman Tunde Mohammed as saying that while one suspect escaped, the other transformed into a goat as he was about to be apprehended.
The newspaper reported that police paraded the goat before journalists, and published a picture of the animal.
Police in the state couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
Belief in black magic is widespread in Nigeria, particularly in far-flung rural areas.LAGOS, Nigeria – One of Nigeria's biggest daily newspapers reported that... more
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MANILA, Philippines – Three men, including one of the Philippines' top terror suspects, were sentenced to life in prison Friday for the 2000 Manila bombing that killed 11 people in an attack that revealed close coordination among militants across the region.
The five near-simultaneous bombings on Dec. 30, 2000 left a total of 22 dead and about 100 wounded, but the court found the three men guilty of only the main attack on a train station.
The ringleader, Saiffulah "Moklis" Yunos, was described by prosecutors as an explosives expert and self-confessed member of the main Muslim separatist group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The two others convicted and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole were Abdul Patak Paute and Mamasakul Naga.
The judge said he rejected their denials and alibis because they were positively identified by witnesses.
The Philippine and U.S. governments accused Yunos of carrying out the bombings on behalf of the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah.
Officials said he worked closely with Indonesian Fathur Roman Al-Ghozi, a demolition expert who bolted from a Manila jail in July 2003 and was killed in a shootout with police three months later in the southern Philippines, a militant hide-out and training ground.
Prosecutors said Al-Ghozi and Yunos had confessed to buying about 155 pounds (70 kilograms) of explosives used to bomb the targets. Yunos prepared the bombs' wiring while Al-Ghozi admitted preparing the switch on the alarm-clock triggers and packing the explosives, they said.
It was the deadliest terrorist attack until the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group bombed a ferry in Manila Bay in 2004, killing 116 people.MANILA, Philippines – Three men, including one of the Philippines' top... more
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WASHINGTON – The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden let it slip to Oprah Winfrey Monday that her husband had a pick of two jobs in the Obama administration. Jill Biden said President-elect Barack Obama gave Biden the choice of being secretary of state or vice president. The vice president-elect tried to hush his wife as soon as the words came out of her mouth, with a loud "shhh!" that sent the audience into laughter.
The Bidens made a surprise appearance on Winfrey's show, recorded at the Kennedy Center for broadcast later Monday on the eve of the inauguration. The celebrity-filled show also included the premiere of "America's Song," performed by Faith Hill, Seal, Bono, Mary J. Blige, Will.i.am and David Foster in honor of the occasion and available for free download on Winfrey's Web site.
The vice president-elect said he only accepted Obama's offer to be his running mate after talking it over with "Jilly," his pet name for his wife. Mrs. Biden said she told him vice president would be better for the family.
"If you're secretary of state, you'll be away, we'll never see you, you know," she said. "I'll see you at a state dinner once and awhile. But I said, if you are vice president, the entire family, because they worked so hard for the election, they can be involved. They can come to our home. They can go to events, they can be with us all the time. And that's what's important to us."
Obama's transition office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether he was offered both jobs. Obama gave the secretary of state job to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The vice president-elect didn't address his wife's comments, but said didn't immediately take the vice presidential offer since he wasn't sure it was the best place for him to serve. But Biden, who ran against Obama in the Democratic primary race, said he agreed after getting some assurances from Obama about his role.WASHINGTON – The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden let it slip to Oprah... more
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CLEVELAND – A Cleveland woman accused of drowning her two daughters in a bathtub has changed her plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
Amber Hill also waived her right to a jury trial Thursday. A panel of three Cuyahoga County judges will hear her case beginning Tuesday.
The 23-year-old mother previously had pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder in the October 2007 deaths of her children. The girls were ages 2 and 4.
Prosecutor Bill Mason is seeking the death penalty. Prosecutor's office spokesman Ryan Miday said Sunday that Hill was not offered a plea deal.
Authorities haven't discussed a motive and say Hill had no history of neglecting the girls.
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