LITTLE ROCK — Julia Gillard, deputy to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, stood unopposed and was named Australia’s first female premier after Rudd’s support in the ruling Labor Party collapsed.
Gary Faulkner, 50, a Colorado man who said he was on a solo mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden, is back to the United States from Pakistan, where he was detained after authorities found him in the woods with a pistol, a sword and night-vision equipment.
Paul Nigel Sneddon, 47, pleaded guilty in a New Zealand court to careless driving and drunken driving and admitted that he was drunk when his car flipped onto its roof, trapping him inside, and since he couldn’t get out, he drank another beer while he waited to be rescued.
Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, will make a guest appearance on Lifetime’s Army Wives to raise awareness of the contributions by U.S. men and women in uniform as well as their families in an episode that will feature a number of real Army wives and is to air Aug. 15.
Cameron Selogie
said his Mesa, Ariz., restaurant has received a bomb threat and more than 150 e-mails from protesters after he started serving burgers made with African lion meat to give customers a South African experience during the World Cup, adding that the lions are on the protected list, but not endangered.
Brent Furer, a longtime aide of GOP Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, has resigned after ABC News reported repeated brushes with the law dating from the 1990s, including Furer’s guilty plea in 2008 to charges stemming from a knife wielding altercation with an ex-girlfriend.
Dr. Ahmed Elsaftawy, who took part in a double hand transplant on a Polish soldier earlier this month, said the operation was a success and the 34-year-old man is doing fine.
Dmitry Medvedev, president of Russia, joined Twitter during a tour of California’s Silicon Valley, setting up an account under the name “KremlinRussia” and issuing his debut tweet in Russian: “Hello everyone. I am now in Twitter, and this is my first message.”
John H. Douglas, a former Rhode Island police officer accused of beating a teenage boy in his custody, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence to depriving the teen of his civil rights.
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