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AP Exclusive: Palestinians plan for calm protests - Boston Globe
To keep that from happening, the Palestinian leadership has laid out a detailed plan, which was shown to the AP by an official who insisted on anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. The plan allows for marches and rallies inside West Bank ...
Police discover body under deck in Winthrop backyard - Boston Globe
A tenant from the second floor who did not wish to be identified said he had noticed the smell. He was planning on calling the landlord, but he had not made any calls because of his work schedule. Fortes said he had noticed the smell in the past few ...
As Europe's economies flounder, leaders still take cherished holidays - Boston Globe
For example, an official in the office of the Austrian chancellor, Werner Feyman - speaking on condition of anonymity in exchange for divulging sensitive information - acknowledged that his boss was on holiday “somewhere in Europe,'' though, of course, ...
7 on lottery staff face questions from AG team - Boston Globe
The attorney general's office has not explained exactly what its prosecutors are seeking, the sources said, but all seven people on the list would have had knowledge of or been directly involved in the launch of radio and television advertisements last ...
Countries unlikely to dump holdings - Boston Globe
Japan, the second-largest international investor in American government debt, sees no problem with trust in the securities, a Japanese government official said on condition of anonymity. South Korean officials put the S&P downgrade on the agenda of an ...
Netanyahu moves to stay ahead of social welfare protests - Boston Globe
Netanyahu also will introduce measures against monopolies and cartels to increase competition, said a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record. The protests show an increased emphasis ...
Syrian troops press crackdown in Hama - Boston Globe
The man, a dentist, asked that his name not be used because of concern for his safety. “Everyone is afraid of that, because they have lists of wanted names.'' Clinton repeated the administration's position yesterday that “Assad has lost his legitimacy ...
Angels' Weaver, Scioscia suspended - Boston Globe
The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal won't be finished until she secures a release from Andretti Autosport. One of the people said the talks include her continuing to race in the Indy 500 . . . Former middleweight champion Kelly ...
Jets' mouths in midseason form - Boston Globe
Bradshaw re-signs Free agent running back Ahmad Bradshaw is returning to the Giants, a person close to the situation told the Associated Press. Contract terms are not immediately available. Bradshaw took over as starting halfback last season and rushed ...
Light agrees to 2-year contract - Boston Globe
By Greg A. Bedard and Shalise Manza Young, Globe Staff Matt Light has agreed to a two-year contract to remain with the team, two league sources said tonight. The financial terms of the deal were not immediately known. Light, 33, will be playing his ...
Taliban kill 21 during attempt to assassinate Afghan official - Boston Globe
“The reason for today's attacks are clear: People are against Matiullah Khan and his family,'' said an elder in the province who asked not to be identified by name because he feared Khan might take revenge. The elder said Khan's business relationships ...
Farewell, 'school on the hill' - Boston Globe
Another woman who lives nearby, who declined to give her name, said that she met her future husband in the halls of the school, but that she, too, supported the bittersweet demolition so her young son and daughter would have a 21st-century education. ...
Woman found shot to death in Dorchester - Boston Globe
A woman who lives at the address but declined to give her name said the victim was shot in front of the three-story, multi-family unit and that she had come over to visit a tenant on the third floor. The woman said she did not know the tenant or the ...
Underground church pastor sent to China labor camp - Boston Globe
The man refused to give his name as is common among Chinese bureaucrats. Shi is a deputy chairman of the Chinese House Church Alliance, a national group of underground congregations established to provide mutual support and intercede with authorities ...
Details emerge on suspects in beating - Boston Globe
Eyewitnesses told police they saw Sanchez assault one of those unidentified men, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Sanchez has been charged with misdemeanor assault in connection with that ...
Woman, 21, slain; boyfriend charged - Boston Globe
A woman who lives at 50 Granger but declined to give her name said Castellon was shot in front of the three-story, multifamily unit after she had come over to visit a tenant on the third floor. The woman said she did not know the tenant or Castellon, ...
New suspects in beating of Giants fan - Boston Globe
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that if the district attorney's office files a case against the men, who were arrested Wednesday, the man previously identified as the suspect, Giovanni Ramirez, would be exonerated. ...
Troops tighten grip on Syrian city, sowing alarm - Boston Globe
“The situation scares me a lot,'' said an Alawite mother of three who declined to give her name. “They're taking the country into chaos, and that's what they want.'' Human rights groups said that across Syria at least 1400 people have been killed since ...
Leaving DC, Warren ponders run for Senate - Boston Globe
The adviser spoke on the condition of anonymity because Warren's plans are emerging. The White House has said she will return to her teaching job at Harvard, but has not said whether a potential Senate run could interfere with those plans. ...
Taliban infiltrator kills NATO soldier - Boston Globe
(AP) 10 Sunni Muslims killed in ambush PARACHINAR - Gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Sunni Muslims and killed all 10 passengers in a troubled northwestern tribal region yesterday, a government official said. At the time of the ambush in the Kurram region ...
If Light goes out, bright talent steps in - Boston Globe
According to a source close to the negotiations, the Patriots made what they deemed to be a fair offer to Light before the lockout started. It was rejected. The Patriots may not be willing to budge much off that number, and the team certainly won't be ...
Boston Herald looking to move to South Boston - Boston Globe
The Boston Herald is negotiating a deal to move its headquarters to an office building in South Boston's Seaport District, according to people familiar with the matter, but who requested anonymity because they're not ...
Mumbai investigators comb triple bombing site for clues - Boston Globe
But the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the matter, cautioned that the investigation was still in its early stages and that it was premature to make any firm conclusions. The police described the bombs as ...
Mullan to step down later this year over salary - Boston Globe
Those people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Mullan's departure was decided before the most recent controversy over the handling of a 110-pound light fixture that fell in a Big Dig tunnel in February. They said Mullan had asked Patrick ...
Kennedys at odds over compound - Boston Globe
... months to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, a proposal that has raised concerns among family members who live on adjacent property, according to two associates close to the family who spoke on condition of anonymity. ...