L. Patrick Gray , a Nixon loyalist and acting FBI director during the Watergate investigation who ended up resigning after he admitted destroying relevant documents, died Wednesday in Atlantic Beach, Florida, at 88. Gray said in a June television interview that he felt betrayed when former FBI deputy director W. Mark Felt was confirmed as [...]

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Sudan's National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously approved a new constitution that moves the country away from pure Islamic rule. It provides that Islamic law will not be applied in largely Christian areas, generally in the south of the country, and removes a requirement that president be a Muslim. The constitution comes as a result of [...]

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The trial of 24 people accused by Spanish authorities of aiding the 9/11 attack on the United States concluded Tuesday after 10 weeks of testimony and evidence. The defendants include Immad Yarkas , the alleged head of an al-Qaeda cell in Spain. Prosecutors are seeking over 74,000 years in prison for the top defendants. Yarkas [...]

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The UN Security Council agreed Tuesday to turn over more documents to the Independent Inquiry Committee investigating the oil-for-food scandal . The Council will turn over notes from a meeting about the program taken by a junior UN staffer . Secretary-General Kofi Annan originally announced the release last week, but Council members wanted approval from [...]

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