Sweden labels 1915 mass killing of Armenians genocideSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s parliament narrowly approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, prompting the Turkish government to recall its ambassador in protest. The measure passed with a one-vote margin in a surprise decision. Forty-three Somalis die in capital after two days of warfareMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Heavy fighting between Somali insurgents and pro-government troops has killed at least 43 people over two days, as African Union peacekeepers used tanks to help the beleaguered government beat back an insurgent attack, officials said Thursday.Militants attacking from the north on Wednesday reached to within a mile (2 kilometers) of the presidential place in the heart of the capital, Mogadishu.Civil liberties group sues private prison company over violenceBOISE, Idaho (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union sued state prison officials and a private company Thursday, claiming violence is so rampant at the Idaho Correctional Center that it’s known as “gladiator school” among inmates.The ACLU filed the lawsuit against Nashville, Tennessee-based Corrections Corp. of America in U.S. District Court in Boise.The lawsuit says Idaho’s only private prison is extraordinarily violent, with guards deliberately exposing inmates to brutal beatings from other prisoners as a management tool.Blagojevich asks judge to delay June 3 corruption trialCHICAGO (AP) — Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s attorneys asked a federal judge Thursday to postpone his corruption trial, saying so many uncertainties surround the charges it would be “playing Russian Roulette” with his future if the court went ahead with the June 3 start date.Blagojevich’s attorneys also said that despite working seven days a week, they can’t be ready by that date because it’s not enough time to adequately prepare for the complex case and possible six-month trial.Firm accused of overbilling, hurting New Orlean’s recoveryNEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ watchdog has found serious problems with the work of an engineering company hired to oversee the rebuilding of city buildings and infrastructure damaged in Hurricane Katrina, including overbilling, billing the city for theater tickets and Christmas gifts and questionable contract arrangements.The report by New Orleans Inspector General E.R. Quatrevaux took aim at both city officials and Broomfield, Colo.-based MWH Americas Inc. The report, first made public Thursday by The Times-Picayune, said the recovery from the catastrophic 2005 hurricane had been hurt by the flawed contract.MWH was hired in December 2007 to manage the massive rebuilding of city infrastructure after Katrina. As of February, MWH had been paid $29 million for its work, the report said.La. man arrested, faces child prostitution chargesATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — Federal agents have arrested a Louisiana man accused of taking two minors from Atlanta to Birmingham for prostitution.Authorities indicted 25-year-old Dmarcus Antwain Ward, of Minden, last week, on charges of sex trafficking of minors and transporting them for the purposes of prostitution.Obstruction of justice plea in KKK killing caseCOVINGTON, La. (AP) — The son of a man charged in the 2008 shooting death of a would-be Ku Klux Klan recruit has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in the case.Twenty-one-year-old Shane Foster of Bogalusa, entered the plea Thursday. He was sentenced to three years in prison, according to a spokesman for the St. Tammany Parish District Attorney’s Office.
 
 
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