■ United States
Teens charged in stabbing
Two teenage girls face murder charges in the stabbing deaths of one of the girls' grandparents after police captured the pair at a beach house on the Georgia coast. Holly Ann Harvey, 15, and Sandra Ketchum, 16, allegedly used a kitchen knife to kill Harvey's grandparents, Carl and Sarah Collier, both 77. Their bodies were found Monday night in their home about 24km south of Atlanta, authorities said. Harvey lived with her grandparents. "Our investigation indicated they were doing this for freedom and so they could be together," said Fayette County Sheriff Randall Johnson.
■ United States
Astronauts ready cargo dock
Two spacewalking astronauts improved the parking situation at the international space station on Tuesday, putting up the latest devices for guiding in a brand new line of cargo ships. Russian Gennady Padalka and American Mike Fincke installed laser reflectors and antennas for the cargo carrier that's due to arrive in another year, and hung out fresh science experiments in place of old ones. Padalka and Fincke left the station empty during their spacewalk and flight controllers in Moscow and Houston kept watch over the vacated outpost.
■ Denmark
Officers recalled from Iraq
Denmark recalled top commanders from Iraq on Tuesday following a mounting prisoner abuse scandal involving Danish soldiers which has shocked the egalitarian Scandinavian country. Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade told national TV he was recalling the officers after a meeting with the auditors investigating allegations of prisoner abuse during interrogations at Camp Eden in southern Iraq. The Danish military said the battalion commander, the head of military police, the head of military intelligence and the chief legal officer in Iraq had been recalled.
■ United States
Statue official faces charges
Closed since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Statue of Liberty was partially reopened for visitors on Tuesday but under a series of new anti-terrorism measures and a cloud of alleged corruption by the officials in charge of the monument. Visitors can go as far as the basement of the 118-year-old monument but not its crown as in the past. The foundation responsible for the site spent more than US$6 million to set up anti-terrorist and security measures, but it has been charged with corruption because its president had been accused of accepting US$360,000 for consulting work from companies that did business with the foundation.
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