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    Default Teen Found Guilty Of Stab Murder

    A teenager has been found guilty of murdering stab victim Martin Dinnegan, 14, in north London.

    Martin was stabbed to death near his home in Holloway, north London, within an hour of dirty looks being exchanged between two groups of youths.

    He was chased by a gang and left to die on the street in June last year.

    Local resident Tom Morgan said he saw Martin run past him pleading: "Please help me," as he was chased along the street.

    "He ran past us on the road to my left then a guy with a black tracksuit went past on a large-framed BMX," he said.

    "He [Martin Dinnegan] was very white-faced, he was sprinting towards us and shouted 'Help me, please help me'."

    - Eyewitness Tom Morgan

    "He dropped the bike when he got alongside the victim. Martin stood still and put his hands up as if to placate the cyclist. Martin appeared scared, very scared."

    He said the cyclist then punched Martin in "the head or neck".

    Martin fell to the ground and the youth pinned him down. Mr Morgan added: "Then I saw what seemed to be a stabbing motion rather than a punching motion four or five times in very rapid succession."

    Martin, a pupil at St Aloysius College in Archway, lived on a local housing estate where there was rivalry with youths living on another estate.

    The jury at the Old Bailey took just five hours to convict the 16-year-old youth of Martin's murder.

    A 17-year-old was found guilty of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm.

    He was cleared of murder and manslaughter.

    Rene John-Baptiste, 21, of Plaistow, east London, and Sean Clark, 19, of Holloway, were cleared of all charges.

    The two juveniles cannot be named because of their ages. They were remanded in custody for sentencing on August 8.


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    Default Four City Stab Murders In 24 Hours

    The head of Scotland Yard has sought to reassure the public after four men died in separate knife attacks in London in 24 hours - and a fifth remains fighting for his life.

    Sir Ian Blair said the killings were not linked - and promised that the Metropolitan Police were doing "everything possible to get knives off the street".

    The four murders took place with 17 hours of each other in Edmonton, Leyton, Walthamstow and Tottenham.

    A fifth attack took place in Willesden, leaving a man in his late 20s critically ill with stab wounds to his back and stomach.

    Sir Ian said: "These attacks are not connected nor do they all involve teenagers. Detectives have made arrests in three of the four murders.

    Gordon Brown has described the recent stabbings as "shocking and tragic".

    The Prime Minister said in a statement that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith would set out the Government's latest plans to tackle knife crime on Monday.

    "The dreadful loss of life in just 24 hours graphically illustrates the need for everyone to pull together to put an end to this unacceptable violence."

    Last week Deputy Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson revealed a 75-strong task force aimed at tackling knife crime.

    Thousands of people have been stopped and searched in recent weeks as part of a police drive to deter young people from carrying knives.

    Meanwhile, London Mayor Boris Johnson said he would be talking to the Government about bringing forward new measures to tackle the crime.

    "We need to do all we can to address the long-term complex root causes of violence as well as ensuring the police are providing an effective deterrent to those who carry knives and guns," he said.

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    • :: Edmonton: Two men have been arrested after a 19-year-old was knifed in a confrontation at a bedsit in Gloucester Road.

    • :: Leyton: Detectives are investigating reports that 20-year-old Adnan Patel was stabbed in a road rage incident and tried to flee the scene in his car before crashing. Four people were arrested shortly after the attack.

    • :: Walthamstow: a man aged in his 20s was fatally stabbed in the chest and head in an attack in St David's Court.

    • :: Tottenham: A man thought to be in his 40s was found stabbed to death at the rear of a disused pub in Tottenham High Road. Two men and a woman were arrested nearby.







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    Default Aussies Slam Anti-Pope Protest Ban




    Australian victims of church sex abuse have attacked a new law preventing people from "annoying" Catholics, on the grounds that it limits their right to legitimate peaceful protest.

    Civil libertarians are fighting to have the measures - introduced to stop activists "inconveniencing" pilgrims during Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to Sydney - scrapped.

    They said the laws mean that people wearing T-shirts with slogans deemed inappropriate could face fines of up to £2500.

    Under the new laws, police will be able to stop behaviour that "causes annoyance or inconvenience to participants" in World Youth Day, which is the focus of the pope's visit.

    Two members of protest group NoToPope went to the Federal Court in an attempt to have the laws overturned.

    NoToPope member Rachel Evans said her group objected to the fact that they faced criminal sanctions for handing out condoms to World Youth Day pilgrims.

    "These laws are very draconian and we have the right to protest and say our piece," she told reporters outside the court.

    One of the judges hearing the case, Catherine Branson, said the concept of annoyance was subjective.

    "It's the subjective element that, can I say for myself, I find most troubling," she told the court.

    "There's a risk of public life in Sydney becoming extraordinarily bland over a period of weeks because of the force of this."

    Meanwhile one of Australia's largest sexual health groups said it would provide free condoms to pilgrims through its four Sydney healthcare centres.

    Jill Michelson of Marie Stopes International said: "The simple fact is that many young people - including Catholics - have sex.

    "When young people get together to celebrate and the euphoria is high, sexual activity can occur.

    "To not provide access to condoms to those that choose to engage in sexual activity is simply encouraging unprotected sex, sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy."

    Michelson said that to avoid breaching the annoyance laws her organisation would not hand out condoms at World Youth Day venues, unlike the NoToPope coalition.


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    Default Pope To Apologise To Abuse Victims

    Pope Benedict has landed in Australia where he will apologise for a sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Roman Catholic Church in the country.

    His visit is expected to be marred by protests from victims of abuse, who claim it still goes on.

    But the Pope said everything possible would be done to prevent a recurrence.

    "It is essential for the Church to reconcile, to prevent, to help and also to see (its) guilt," he said.

    "It must be clear. Being a priest is incompatible with this behaviour because priests are in the service of our Lord.

    "We have to reflect on what was insufficient and our education and our teaching (of priests). This is the essential content of what we will say (as we) apologise.

    "We will do everything possible to heal and reconcile with victims".

    The issue of sexual abuse of minors by priests has been a major scandal in several countries around the world.

    When he visited the US last April, Pope Benedict spoke repeatedly about the "shame" the scandal had wrought on the Catholic Church.

    He also met with abuse victims.

    Broken Rites, a group which represents abuse victims in Australia, has a list of 107 convictions for sexual abuse but says the real number is higher and only a handful go to court.

    Victims say the Catholic Church in Australia continues to cover up abuse by clergy despite issuing an apology for past abuse and compensation.


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    Default Brit Tourists In Sex Game Disgrace




    Nine British women who took part in an oral sex competition while on holiday on the Greek island of Zakynthos are facing charges of prostitution.

    Six British and six Greek men, including two bar owners, were also charged over the incident, which took place at Laganas beach in the south of the island.

    The women had been paid to take part in the competition, which was video recorded and was to be posted on the Internet, police said.

    The men were charged with encouraging obscene behaviour.

    In recent years, Laganas has established itself as one of Greece's most popular destinations for twenty-something holidaymakers and is known for its alcohol-fuelled nightlife.

    Tour operators say the resort offers "non-stop partying" and "wild entertainment well into the night".

    Around 15m people - a fifth of them British - visit the eastern Mediterranean country each year, drawn by its soaring summer temperatures, clear waters and sandy beaches.

    Zakynthos, also known as Zante, is one of the Greek Ionian islands that is most popular with tourists.


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    Default Jet Terror: Trio Admit Blast Plot



    Three men accused of plotting a series of terrorist attacks on transatlantic jets have pleaded guilty to conspiring to cause explosions.

    Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 27, Assad Sarwar, 28, and Tanvir Hussain, 27, admitted the offence at Woolwich Crown Court, in south east London.

    The trio and two other defendants, Ibrahim Savant, 27, and Umar Islam, 30, also pleaded guilty to conspiring to cause a public nuisance by publishing videos threatening suicide bomb attacks.

    A jury must still decide if the five men, and three others, are guilty of conspiring to murder thousands in a wave of mid-air terrorist explosions using homemade liquid bombs.

    All eight men deny two charges of conspiracy to murder between January 1 and August 11 2006.

    One of the charges specifies that the attacks would involve the detonation of improvised bombs on passenger aircraft.

    Prosecutors claim the eight men plotted to blow up passenger jets flying from Heathrow to major cities in North America.

    They planned to use powerful hydrogen peroxide liquid bombs disguised as soft drinks to bypass airport security, jurors were told.

    The devices would be assembled by injecting the chemicals into plastic soft drinks bottles and detonated using a battery from a camera flash, it was claimed.

    They were being assembled at a bomb factory flat bought by the gang in northeast London, the court heard.

    The same flat was allegedly used by six members of the gang to record martyrdom videos in which they ranted hatred against the West and non-Muslims, jurors were told.

    In their defence, Ali and Sarwar said they planned to record a documentary highlighting injustices against Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon.

    A small explosion at the Houses of Parliament in which no one would be hurt would act as a publicity stunt to draw attention to the programme.

    The two men also considered other targets including gas terminals, oil refineries and airports, Sarwar said.

    Ali and the five other men who recorded videos said they were acting the role of violent hate-filled extremists and the footage would be woven into the video.


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    Default Pigs Shot To Train US Soldiers

    The US Army has defended a practice of shooting live pigs as part of a medical training exercise for soldiers heading to Iraq.

    The military says the practice teaches troops emergency lifesaving skills needed on the battlefield when there are no doctors or medical facilities nearby.

    "It's to teach Army personnel how to manage critically injured patients within the first few hours of their injury," said Major Derrick Cheng, spokesman for the 25th Infantry Division.

    But animal cruelty organisation Peta has labelled the practice outdated and unnecessary and have urged the Army to rethink the plan.

    "There's absolutely no reason why they have to shoot live pigs," spokeswoman Holly Beal said.

    Peta said the training was brought to their attention by a "distraught" soldier who told them of plans to shoot the pigs with M4 carbines and M16 rifles.

    The organisation said there were more humane options available, including high-tech human simulators.

    But Major Cheng said shooting pigs was the best option.

    "Those alternative methods just can't replicate what the troops are going to face when we use live-tissue training," he said.

    "What we're doing is unique to what the soldiers are going to actually experience."

    He added that the pigs were anaesthetised for the drill.

    "We understand (Peta's) concerns and point of view. At the same, the Army is committed to providing the soldiers with the best training possible," he said.

    Determined to halt the exercise, Peta has asked its two million members to flood the Army with calls and emails.


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    Default Obama makes first trip to Afghanistan

    KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, met with American forces and, according to a U.S. official, is expected to meet Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

    The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee was visiting the southern Asian nation before he embarks on a tour of the Middle East and Europe, a trip aimed at boosting his foreign policy credentials.

    The trip, which comes four months ahead of the presidential election, marks Obama's first visit to Afghanistan.

    On Saturday, the senator from Illinois traveled to eastern Afghanistan to visit Americans forces under NATO's Regional Command East. Obama is accompanied by Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska and Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island.

    The senators met service members at Jalalabad airfield in Nangarhar province. The governor of Nangarhar province, Gul Agha Shirzai -- formerly the governor of Kandahar province -- also met the senators at the air base. Shirzai and Obama embraced briefly at the end of the meeting. Video Watch Obama's visit to Jalalabad »

    Upon arrival at Bagram Air Base, the senators were briefed by Maj. Gen. Jeffrey J. Schloesser, commanding general of the Regional Command East.

    Ahead of the trip to Afghanistan, the senators stopped in Kuwait to visit U.S. troops, said Obama campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs. They left Washington on Thursday.

    In Kuwait, the senators visited Camp Arifjan for about two hours to meet with U.S. Army Central leadership, take a brief tour of the base and talk with soldiers, U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Bill Nutter said.

    They met with about 1,000 military members at a gymnasium, and Obama played basketball with some soldiers before conducting a meet-and-greet there which included photo opportunities, Nutter said.

    Following the events at the the gymnasium, they met with Lt. Gen. Jim Lovelace, the U.S. Army Central Commander, and senior leadership who gave them an overview of the command, Nutter said.

    Obama spoke briefly to a pool reporter about his trip just before leaving Washington.

    "I'm looking forward to seeing what the situation on the ground is," Obama said. "I want to, obviously, talk to the commanders and get a sense, both in Afghanistan and in Baghdad of, you know, what the most, their biggest concerns are. And I want to thank our troops for the heroic work that they've been doing."

    Asked if he would have tough talk for the leaders of Afghanistan and Iraq, Obama said he was "more interested in listening than doing a lot of talking."

    "I think it is very important to recognize that I'm going over there as a U.S. senator. We have one president at a time, so it's the president's job to deliver those messages," Obama said. Video Watch Obama's foreign policy adviser discuss overseas trip »

    The fight in Afghanistan has become a more pressing issue on the political radar. Three times as many coalition soldiers and other military personnel have died this month in Afghanistan, compared with Iraq. July's death toll for coalition troops in Afghanistan reached 22 Saturday, after the Friday death of a Canadian soldier was announced.

    The fight in Afghanistan has become a more pressing issue on the political radar. Three times as many coalition soldiers and other military personnel have died in July in Afghanistan than in Iraq.

    On Sunday, nine U.S. soldiers were killed in a fight with about 200 Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan. It was the deadliest attack on U.S. troops in Afghanistan in three years.

    Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that U.S. officials are looking for ways to send more troops to Afghanistan, amid the resurgence of violence nearly seven years after the ousting of the Taliban government.

    Gates said the hope is to send additional forces "sooner rather than later."

    He said the Pentagon is "working very hard to see if there are opportunities to send additional forces sooner rather than later." That likely means further reductions in troop levels in Iraq later this year to free up forces for Afghanistan.

    Shortly after Obama laid out his foreign policy vision in Washington on Tuesday, presumptive Republican nominee John McCain criticized his proposals as naive and premature. McCain visited Iraq in March.

    "I note that he is speaking today about his plans for Iraq and Afghanistan before he has even left, before he has talked to Gen. [David] Petraeus, before he has seen the progress in Iraq and before he has set foot in Afghanistan for the first time," McCain said.

    "In my experience, fact-finding missions usually work best the other way around: First, you assess the facts on the ground; then you present a new strategy."

    Obama on Tuesday called the war in Iraq a "dangerous distraction" from the battle in Afghanistan, and said if he is elected one one of his top goals will be to finish the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda, which their regime harbored in Afghanistan.

    "As should have been apparent to President Bush and Sen. McCain, the central front in the war on terror is not Iraq, and it never was," Obama said. He said part of his new strategy will be "taking the fight to al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan."
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    Obama said that on his first day in office he would give the military a new mission: ending the war in Iraq.

    Obama will travel to Jordan on Tuesday, then visit Israel, Germany, France and England.


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    Default Pope says sorry for 'evil' of clergy sex abuse

    (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday offered his strongest public statement yet on sex abuse against minors by Roman Catholic priests, apologizing to victims and calling the abuse "evil."

    The apology came during a mass in Sydney, Australia, and expands on comments the pope made during an April visit to the United States, during which he publicly acknowledged the pain the church's sex abuse scandal has caused and met privately with abuse victims.

    "Indeed, I am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the victims have endured and I assure them as their pastor that I too share in their suffering," he said Saturday at Sydney's St. Mary's Cathedral.

    The comments came on the pope's third day of public appearances in Australia, where he is attending World Youth Day. Dubbed "the Catholic Woodstock," the event is believed to be the largest Christian gathering in the world and this year is believed to have attracted more than 150,000 people from 70 countries.

    The pope said he wanted to "acknowledge the shame which we have all felt" over reports of sex abuse by clergy and said those responsible for the "evils" should be brought to justice.

    He asked those attending the mass to help their bishops to end the abuse.

    "It is an urgent priority to create a safer, more wholesome environment, especially for young people," he said.

    In April, the 81-year-old pontiff acknowledged "the enormous pain" caused by sexual abuse of children by the clergy.
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    "It is vitally important that the vulnerable are always shielded from souls who would cause harm," he said then.

    Benedict also met with three people who said they were childhood victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.


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