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will never speak to you again."
• Such hazards are becoming more common for the few dozen defense attorneys who specialize in terrorism cases as the Justice Department pushes the use of civilian courts -- most often federal court in Manhattan -- to bring foreign terrorism suspects to justice.
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Israeli court sentences ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to 6 years in prison for bribery
• TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison for his role in wide-ranging bribery case, capping a stunning fall from grace for one of the most powerful men in the country.
• The Tel Aviv district court handed down the punishment in the Jerusalem real estate scandal case related to Olmert's activities before becoming prime minister in 2006. Tuesday's sentencing followed a guilty verdict that was handed down by the same court in March.
• The 68-year-old Olmert, who stood stoically in the courtroom in a navy blue shirt, has insisted he is innocent and that he never took a bribe.
• Olmert's spokesman Amir Dan said he would appeal both the verdict and the sentence to Israel's Supreme Court.
• "This is a sad day where a serious and unjust verdict is expected to be delivered against an innocent man," Dan said, shortly before sentencing.
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Arkansas' troubled civil rights history casts shadow as gay marriage is debated
• LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Fifty-seven years after federal troops escorted nine black students into Little Rock's Central High School as a white mob jeered, Arkansas again finds itself in the center of a debate over civil rights. This time, the issue is gay marriage, but the 1957 desegregation crisis still casts a shadow.
• More than 200 gay couples have been issued marriage licenses in the Bible Belt state after a judge struck down Arkansas' same-sex marriage ban.
• Gay rights supporters regularly invoke the 1957 desegregation battle, warning opponents that history may not look kindly on them. At the same time, those concerns may not resonate throughout Arkansas, where recent polling still shows heavy opposition to gay marriage.
• Nearly a week before the ban was struck down, Arkansas Attorney General Dus (Continued on page 32)
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