Mes: agosto 2019

(CBS/AP) KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack against a sprawling British base in southern Afghanistan that killed two U.S. Marines and wounded several other troops, saying it was to avenge an anti-Islamic film that insulted the Prophet Muhammad, and because Britain’s Prince Harry is serving there. Taliban spokesman Kari Yousef Ahmed told CBS News the primary motive for the attack was the film, but the base was picked as the place to attack because of Prince Harry’s presence there. The U.S.-led NATO coalition said in a statement that the overnight attack focused on Camp Bastion, a huge British base adjacent to Camp Leatherneck, which houses U.S. Marine operations in southern Helmand province. “We attacked that base because Prince Harry was also on it and so they can know our anger,” Taliban spokesman Qari Youssef Ahmadi told The Associated Press by telephone. He added, “Thousands more suicide attackers are ready to give up their lives for the sake of the Prophet.” Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is based at Camp Bastion. A spokesperson for Britain’s Ministry of Defense told the AP he was unharmed in the attack which, according to Britain’s Press Association, took place a mile from the section of the complex where the prince was located. The official spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with government policy. Capt....

When three men convicted of murdering three young boys were released from Arkansas prisons last month, it made headlines. This Saturday, “48 Hours Mystery” will air a comprehensive report on the case, including the first television interviews with two of the men known as the “West Memphis 3.” Correspondent Erin Moriarty, who has been working this story for four years, offered a preview on “The Early Show.” Watch a preview of this “48 Hours Mystery” episode Jason Baldwin, Moriarty reported, is beginning his life at age 34, doing the kinds of simple things most of us take for granted, such as getting his driver’s license and enjoying the outdoors. Baldwin told CBS News, “The first thing I did? Oh, I just smiled and got, like, a thousand hugs from everybody, you know?… I smiled so much that my face actually hurt from it, you know, but it is a good thing. … It just felt like everything was alright. Like, here’s the time to begin, you know?” On August 19, as part of a rarely-used plea agreement, Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jesse Misskelley were suddenly and shockingly released from the Arkansas prisons where they had spent the last 18 years of their lives. Damien had been on death row. Echols told “48 Hours Mystery” he’d “been in solitary confinement by that point for almost 10 years. I hadn’t...

(AP) MOSCOW – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday called for 군산출장샵 three members of the punk band Pussy Riot to be freed, a sign that the women’s release could be imminent since their case comes up for appeal on Oct. 1. The band members were arrested for performing a raucous prayer inside Moscow’s main cathedral asking Virgin Mary to save Russia from Vladimir Putin as he headed into the election that handed him a third term as president. They had already spent more than five months in jail when they were convicted in August of “hooliganism driven by religious hatred” and sentenced to two years in prison. By being the one to call for the women’s release, Medvedev, who has cultivated the image of a more liberal leader, could allow Putin to put the uncomfortable case behind him while not appearing weak. The outward appearance of the women, who perform in bright-colored miniskirts and balaclavas, and the “hysteria” accompanying them made him sick, Medvedev said with disdain. But he said keeping them in prison any longer would be “unproductive.” Jailed Russian punk rocker: No regretsRussian police say killer misled investigators with message at murder scene to “Free Pussy Riot”Russia: Double-murderer demands release of jailed members of Pussy Riot “In my view, a suspended sentence would be sufficient, taking into account the time they have already spent in...