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Rome Court Overturns Acquittal of Amanda Knox

ROME — Italy’s highest court on Tuesday ordered a new trial in the sensational case of Amanda Knox, an American exchange student accused of murdering her 21-year-old roommate, Meredith Kercher of Britain, in 2007. The judges’ announcement that earlier acquittals had been overturned was greeted by a shocked silence in the courtroom here. The ruling by the Court of Cassation means that the case against Ms. Knox and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, will be reheard at a new appeals court in Florence either later this year or in 2014. The two were initially convicted in a trial that divided public opinion internationally but were acquitted on appeal 18 months ago. Prosecutors then challenged that acquittal. The decision opened a further tangled and dramatic chapter in a long-running case whose youthful protagonists, sometimes lurid detail and courtroom spectacle has fascinated many people in the United States, Britain and the rest of Europe.

Female journalist killed

Female journalist killed, 21-year-old woman has become the latest victim of a series of deadly attacks against journalists in Somalia. Rahma Abdulkadir, whose work focused on women's rights, was murdered on Sunday night as she was travelling to her home in the Yaaqshiid neighbourhood of the capital, Mogadishu, colleagues and friends confirmed. Abdulkadir was shot by two men after she and a fellow journalist, Munira Ibrahim, left an internet cafe at about 9.30pm. "Two men armed with pistols approached us and started shooting Ms Abdulkadir," Ibrahim said. "Within seconds I saw her falling on the ground with a lot of blood coming from her head. They shot her in the head three times and in the neck two times. There were no police and I had to escape from the scene." Ibrahim had worked with Abdulkadir at Radio Caabudwaaq in the Galgaduud region of central Somalia. The station's director, Abdukarim Bulhan, described Abdulkadir as an active young journalist who ha

Baby left with note

Baby left with note, in a car had a note pinned to it, the note instructed anyone passing by that the mother was in the store grocery shopping and if the baby needed anything to call her on her cell phone. According to Vibe on Monday, March 25, 2013, someone took a picture of this baby wrapped up in a car seat with the note pinned to the blanket in New Zealand. The note was written from the baby's perspective, “My mum is in doing the shopping, call her if I need anything,” the woman's cell phone number was also on the note. One parking lot witness said her and her husband stayed by the car thinking that this mother must have run into the store for just a second because how could anyone leave a baby alone in the car for even a minute, never mind any longer? The man said his wife wouldn't leave until the mother came out to the car. They were there “a little bit,” reports the husband. No charges were filed against the mother of this child because no one reported this incident

T-Mobile contracts

T-Mobile contracts, the struggling No. 4 cellphone company, is ditching plans centered on familiar two-year contracts in favor of selling phones on installment plans. The company changed its website over the weekend to sell the new plans. It was set to lay out the rationale for the change on Tuesday at an event in New York. T-Mobile has been losing subscribers from its contract-based plans for more than two years, chiefly to bigger competitors Verizon Wireless and AT&T. T-Mobile has done better with contract-less, prepaid plans, but those aren't as profitable for the company. The new plan blurs the boundaries between the two types. Prepaid plans have lower monthly fees, but the buyer usually has to pay full or nearly full price for the phones. With T-Mobile's new plans, the initial phone-buying experience won't be much different from what it's like for contract plans, but customers could save money in the long run. For instance, someone who wants a Samsung Galaxy S

Rock band splits

Rock band splits, fans of My Chemical Romance aren’t happy to hear that the group has decided to break up after 12 years together, MTV reported on Mar. 25. According to the report, My Chemical Romance will no longer make music together; leaving fans upset and shocked by their big announcement. "My Chemical Romance is done. But it can never die,” singer Gerard Way said of the rock band deciding to split. “I want to thank every single fan," Gerard said. "I have learned from you, maybe more than you think you've learned from me.
I feel Love.
I feel love for you, for our crew, our team, and for every single human being I have shared the band and stage with.” However, it doesn’t seem that Way’s career is over. The My Chemical Romance singer seems optimistic about the future, and has plans to continue on. What are your thoughts on the rock band My Checmical Romance splitting? Are you a fan of their music?

Matt Lauer ABC

Matt Lauer ABC, The longstanding host of NBC's the Today show was on the brink of defecting to rival network ABC last year, it has emerged. Matt Lauer, who has anchored the popular morning programme since 1997, was so close to making the move to ABC last year that everybody close to the situation thought the deal was 'signed, sealed and delivered', according to a report. The claims emerge amid reports the 55-year-old journalist's $25million NBC contract will not be renewed when it expires next year, after the fiasco surrounding the dismissal of former co-anchor Ann Curry saw his popularity with viewers take a nosedive. Move: Today show host Matt Lauer was on the brink of moving to rival network ABC last year, it has been claimed ABC chiefs including Bob Iger, CEO of parent company Disney, and Ben Sherwood, ABC News boss, all thought the move was confirmed, as did Lauer's agent, according to a report in the New York Post. The NBC stalwart would have become an A

Bar Refaeli controversy

Bar Refaeli controversy, A new pro-Israel ad has sparked controversy, not for its subject matter but for its star: Bar Refaeli. The Israeli supermodel has come under fire for her appearance in the latest hasbara (public relations) campaign after an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson wrote a letter criticizing the casting choice. The reason? Refaeli's evasion of the country's compulsory military draft, which has become a standard coming-of-age experience for 18-year-old Israelis. Israel's Channel 2 News reported the contents of the letter sent by spokesman Big. Gen. Yoav Mordechai to the Foreign Ministry Director: "The choice of a representative who did not serve in the military as an official presenter on behalf of Israel, conveys the message that we ignore and forgive evasion of enlistment, and encourages identification, among youths of both sexes, with the success of those who did not enlist ... The IDF has been operating, in the last few years, in a variety of way