The world may have established another "terrorist number one." Saudi Osama bin Laden was replaced (or is about to be replaced) by U.S.-born native of Yemen Anwar al-Awlaki.
Our Doc and I ran up to the wounded pregnant woman who was lying on the ground bleeding. As soon as we approached her and tried to provide medical help, her husband came up to us - he had blood coming out of his ears. The man started saying something. Our interpreter said that the Afghan man did not want other men to take care of his wife. He asked us to help his son, who was sitting in a truck with a lacerated wound on his leg. Our Doc asked the interpreter to tell the Afghan man that if he does not let us help ...
Several of the 35 states that rely on lethal injection are either scrambling to find sodium thiopental - an anaesthetic that renders the condemned inmate unconscious - or considering using another drug.
The shortage has already delayed an Oklahoma execution last month and led Kentucky's governor to postpone the signing of death warrants for two inmates, Daily Mail reports.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's iron ruler Kim Jong-il has anointed his youngest son as successor to lead the isolated state, whose collapsing economy and bid to become a nuclear weapons power pose major threats to the region.
