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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Three Indonesian Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings will be executed next month, prosecutors said Friday. The convicts — Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron — have “exhausted their legal options,” Jasman Panjaitan, a spokesman for Indonesia’s Attorney General, told reporters. The …

UNITED NATIONS – Iceland and Iran are among several nations seeking member seats on the U.N. Security Council, the powerful world panel that can impose sanctions and dispatch peacekeepers. Iceland, grappling with a financial crisis, and Iran, under U.N. sanctions for its nuclear program, will come up for a vote …

NEW YORK – Brittle bones are a known consequence of alcoholism, and now new findings suggest that even young men are at risk of developing low bone mass. Surprisingly, a similar risk was not seen in their female counterparts. In a study of 57 alcoholic adults between the ages of …