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Joran van der Sloot retracts murder confession
Joran van der Sloot has retracted his confession of killing a young woman in Peru, according to a Dutch newspaper.
06/21/2010 01:31 pm -
Joran van der Sloot chooses isolated cell in high security prison
Joran van der Sloot lives in 6-by-11 foot cell that faces the warden's office.
06/20/2010 02:33 pm -
Joran van der Sloot's Mom says son needs psychological help
Joran van der Sloot's mother told a Dutch newspaper that her son "is sick in his head,"
06/20/2010 10:51 am -
Scientists on hunt for climate-change clues explore rare tropical glacier
A team of scientists is climbing Indonesia's tropical glacier, Puncak Jaya, to dig out ice cores and study them for past patterns of climate change. They will also study samples from China, Peru, and Kenya.
06/14/2010 01:20 pm -
Natalee Holloway's mother mum on Joran Van der Sloot but warns students
Natalee Holloway's mother didn't bring up Joran Van der Sloot but told students in Alabama to be careful and avoid strangers.
06/14/2010 09:36 am -
Joran Van der Sloot: How he's spent the past five years
Joran Van der Sloot: His last five years make up a tale of dissolution, deception and increasing desperation according to friends and people who have chronicled his life.
06/13/2010 10:32 pm -
Joran van der Sloot taken to prison on murder charges
Judge ordered Joran van der Sloot jailed on first-degree murder and robbery charges in the beating and strangling death of a young Lima woman.
06/12/2010 11:15 am -
Dutchman Joran Van der Sloot charged with first-degree murder in Peru
Van der Sloot remains the lone suspect in the 2005 disappearance in Aruba of Natalee Holloway.
06/11/2010 01:19 pm -
Did Joran van der Sloot fly to Peru with FBI money?
Peruvians are wondering if the unfinished FBI sting operation in Aruba and Alabama financed Joran van der Sloot's trip to Peru. His lawyer says Joran van der Sloot's confession of murder should be thrown out by a Peruvian judge.
06/10/2010 03:23 pm -
Why some Afghanistan opium farmers turn from poppies to saffron
Saffron can grow on dry land and command high prices. But it’s difficult to process and sell, making it unlikely to replace poppies, the basis of Afghanistan’s opium trade.
06/10/2010 03:06 pm -
Peruvian police give Joran van der Sloot case to prosecutors
Police in Peru have transferred accused killer Joran van der Sloot to a jail cell at the prosecutors office on Thursday as officials prepare to file charges against the Dutchman.
06/10/2010 12:32 pm -
Peruvian police plan to visit murder scene with suspect Joran van der Sloot
Peruvian police say they will visit the hotel murder scene in Lima where Joran van der Sloot reportedly confessed to killing a 21 year-old business student.
06/09/2010 12:15 pm -
Van der Sloot confession: Peruvians now warn women of 'psychopath' foreigners
In the wake of Joran van der Sloot's confession to killing a Peruvian university student, Peru's press is on fire with stories of the 'psychopath' murderer. Many Peruvians are warning women of dangerous foreigners.
06/08/2010 02:48 pm -
Joran van der Sloot confesses to Peru killing, but will he get off easy?
An officer in Peru's national police criminal investigation unit has confirmed that Dutchman Joran van der Sloot confessed to the May 30 killing university student Stephany Flores Ramirez.
06/08/2010 11:05 am -
Peru police say evidence mounts against Dutchman Joran van der Sloot
Unlike 2005 in Aruba, Peru's investigative police say evidence is piling up against Joran van der Sloot for the killing of Stephany Flores. But will he face murder or robbery charges?
06/07/2010 06:39 pm -
What Joran van der Sloot can expect from Peruvian police
Peruvian police say they expect Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the murder of a Peruvian college student, to be in their custody by this weekend. The victim's father, Ricardo Flores, is a businessman with close ties to the Peruvian police.
06/04/2010 09:12 am -
Joran van der Sloot awaits extradition to Peru
Chilean police are holding Joran van der Sloot in a jail in Santigago, Chile, until they get orders to expel - or extradite - him to Peru. He's the prime suspect in the death of a college student in Lima, Peru.
06/03/2010 11:27 pm -
Joran van der Sloot captured in Chile
Chile police have detained Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch poker player and a prime suspect in the death of a woman in Peru. Van der Sloot was also a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American tourist Natalee Holloway in Aruba.
06/03/2010 03:10 pm -
Chile police hunt Dutchman Joran van der Sloot in Peru killing
Authorities were searching the country's dry, sparsely populated northern provinces for Joran van der Sloot.
06/03/2010 01:08 pm -
Will US revoke the right of American citizenship to foreigners born here?
A bill in the House of Representatives would change the 14th amendment to the US Constitution that grants anyone who is born on US soil the right of American citizenship. Efforts to revoke birthright citizenship could make it the new flashpoint in the debate over immigration.
06/02/2010 06:57 pm -
In Peru, parole of terrorist American Lori Berenson sparks anger
Peruvians reacted angrily to the release of American Lori Berenson, who was serving a 20-year term for terrorism in Peru. Berenson, now a mother, must stay in Peru to serve the remaining five years of her sentence.
05/26/2010 06:35 pm -
Felipe Calderon calls Arizona immigration law racial profiling
In a speech today to the US Congress, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said the new Arizona immigration law amounts to acceptance of racial profiling. He also called for an assault weapons ban.
05/20/2010 06:13 pm -
The Daily Reckoning Does the BP spill mean the end of cheap oil?
Offshore drilling was banned for decades after a 1969 spill off the Santa Barbara coast. If the same happens after the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, oil prices could shoot through the roof.
05/19/2010 01:42 pm -
Giant oil spill now threatens Louisiana's brown pelican
The oil spill puts Louisiana's brown pelican at particular risk because it dives beneath the water's surface to forage.
05/19/2010 09:16 am -
Opinion Antitax hysteria is hastening America's decline
A gas tax would be a smart and fair way to plug Pennsylvania’s fiscal hole. But raising taxes appears to be outside the realm of rational discussion.
04/28/2010 01:19 pm
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