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Hunter found guilty
A Laotian immigrant was convicted of shooting to death six hunters, after the jury rejected his claim he was shot at first and that he feared for his life. Chai Soua Vang, a 36-year-old truck driver from St. Paul, Minnesota, faces six life terms after the jury found him guilty of six counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. Vang testified that one of the hunters who confronted him shot first and he fired back in self-defense. He recounted chasing the other hunters, shooting them in the back, because he thought they were going for their guns. He ambushed two others from the hunting party -- including a woman -- who arrived on the scene in an all-terrain vehicle.
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Peru waits for Fujimori
Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said in the US that former president Alberto Fujimori had left no doubt about his Peruvian citizenship when he applied for a passport to return to his homeland from Japan. Now that the Peruvian consulate in Tokyo has given him a passport, "he cannot hide behind Japanese nationality, he should return to answer to justice," Toledo said. Fujimori has been fighting two extradition requests -- one based on his alleged links to the Colina group, and the other accusing him of making a US$15 million payoff to a top aide with misappropriated state funds.
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Release of 9/11 report urged
Senior Republicans in Congress have joined Democrats in asking CIA director Porter Goss to declassify and release an agency report criticizing the previous director and others for lapses on terrorism ahead of the Sept. 11 attacks. The requests were sent last week by House of Representatives and Senate Intelligence Committee members. Goss has resisted publicizing the report, in part because it could have a negative effect on agency morale. Goss sent a classified version of the document last month, but distribution has been sharply limited.
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Bush's nephew arrested
A nephew of US President George W. Bush, John Ellis Bush, 21, the youngest son of Florida Governor Jeb Bush, was arrested in the nightlife district of Austin, Texas, at about 2:30am Friday, on allegations of public drunkenness and resisting arrest. Bush was released after about eight hours in custody after agreeing to appear in court. In a jail booking photo, a small cut was visible on the right side of Bush's chin, and police confirmed he was treated at a local hospital for a cut suffered during the arrest. A written arrest report alleged that Bush pushed back against an officer while being handcuffed. He had apparently approached police on the street to ask about acquaintances who had been arrested early, and officers allegedly observed him to be intoxicated and a threat to himself and others.
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