BOSTON, Massachusetts: Edward Kennedy was to be
buried Saturday following a funeral Mass where President Barack
Obama delivered a eulogy for the patriarch of America’s most
famous political family.
Although the Mass in Boston was
private, crowds were expected to brave stormy weather to watch the
historic occasion, after which Kennedy’s body was to be taken to
Washington for burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
SAN FRANCISCO: A Californian
couple on Friday denied kidnapping an 11-year-old girl and keeping
her as a sex slave for 18 years as questions mounted over how their
alleged crimes went undetected for so long.
TOKYO: Japan’s political
leaders made their final pitches for votes Sunday ahead of landmark
polls that could end half a century of almost unbroken conservative
rule and bring to power a center-left party.
KABUL: Allegations of
vote-rigging in Afghanistan’s elections gathered momentum Saturday
as the main challenger said he would not accept a compromised
outcome and Western powers called for transparency.
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