UK & USA Today Editoweb 2 June 2009

Briton faces extradition over Paris hotel death

A British businessman who triggered a cross-Channel manhunt after his girlfriend was found dead in a top Paris hotel faces extradition proceedings, police said Tuesday.

China protest shoe-thrower cleared

A protester who threw a shoe at Chinese premier Wen Jiabao during a lecture at Cambridge University has been cleared of any offence.

Debris spotted in aircraft search

Brazil's Air Force said it has found aeroplane seats and other debris floating in the Atlantic Ocean along the path that a missing Air France jet was flying.

Swine flu: three in intensive care

Two people have been admitted to intensive care with swine flu, making a total of three critically ill patients.

Abused woman in NC dreads release of ex-husband

Heather Thompson's blackened and bloodied face has served as a warning to battered women in North Carolina. On a billboard and in brochures, she tells them they can get help.

3 arrested in Ark. prison escape plan

Arkansas authorities say they have arrested three people suspected of leaving a car for two convicted killers who escaped from prison by putting on guard uniforms that are made at the facility.

'Rockefeller' ex-wife says he was controlling

The ex-wife of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller said she tried to leave her husband several times, but he became angry, threatened her and told her she would lose custody of their daughter.

Suspect in doctor killing railed against abortion

Scott Roeder's family life began unraveling more than a decade ago when he got involved with anti-government groups, and then became "very religious in an Old Testament, eye-for-an-eye way," his former wife said.

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