Read more confession stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25651/confession.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:55:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67557/iraqi-bombing-suspect-paid-10k-to-pass-checkpoints.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAttackers paid $10,000 to get a bomb-laden truck past checkpoints and next to the Iraqi Finance Ministry in last week's attacks, one of the suspected masterminds said in a confession broadcast today. Seeking to fend off widespread criticism over security lapses, the Iraqi military released what it said was...http://www.newser.com/story/67557/iraqi-bombing-suspect-paid-10k-to-pass-checkpoints.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 15:42:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65971/ahmadinejad-2nd-term-blessed-iran-tv-airs-confessions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs his adversaries faced a mass court hearing condemned as a show trial, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was formally endorsed today for a second term as president of Iran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei conducted the ceremony, which Mir Hossein Mousavi and other opposition figures boycotted. The endorsement came after state television screened courtroom...http://www.newser.com/story/65971/ahmadinejad-2nd-term-blessed-iran-tv-airs-confessions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 8:06:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65691/judge-orders-gitmo-detainee-returned-to-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Guantanamo Bay inmate may be released to Afghanistan next month after successfully challenging his detention under habeas corpus, the Washington Post reports. US District Judge Ellen Huvelle ordered Mohammed Jawad’s release based on the dodgy evidence against him—mainly, a confession allegedly obtained by threatening to kill Jawad or...http://www.newser.com/story/65691/judge-orders-gitmo-detainee-returned-to-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 14:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63358/jailed-newsweek-journo-confessed-to-conspiracy-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Newsweek reporter who was arrested in Iran last month has confessed to filing "biased" news reports to stir unrest as part of a conspiracy to undermine the country's government, according to Iranian state-run media. Maziar Bahari made the alleged confession at a press conference Tuesday, Bloomberg reports. "As a...http://www.newser.com/story/63358/jailed-newsweek-journo-confessed-to-conspiracy-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 5:59:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60953/confession-isnt-therapy-church-warns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Vatican plans a campaign to remind priests that the confessional isn't a psychiatrist's couch, the Guardian reports. A handbook will be issued to emphasize that sinners are in confession to be given penance, not counseling sessions. The number of Catholics going to confession has slumped in recent years and...http://www.newser.com/story/60953/confession-isnt-therapy-church-warns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 4:12:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57905/iranian-female-artist-hanged-amid-uproar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInternational supporters yesterday criticized the execution of an Iranian woman for a murder allegedly committed when she was a juvenile, despite a 2-month stay of execution ordered less than 3 weeks ago, the Telegraph reports. Her lawyer wasn’t notified 48 hours before the hanging, as is required. Delara Darabi’s paintings,...http://www.newser.com/story/57905/iranian-female-artist-hanged-amid-uproar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 8:21:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56639/confession-in-140-characters-or-less.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat to do if a secret is eating you up inside? If you can phrase it concisely, digital absolution is close at hand via SecretTweet.com, writes the Guardian . Anonymous users twitter their hidden sadness and shame, for example: "My wife asks why I am moody. My secret mistress of...http://www.newser.com/story/56639/confession-in-140-characters-or-less.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 11:51:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56014/parenting-for-dummies-what-not-to-do.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMove over, arguments about organic baby food. A new set of books celebrates a less perfect kind of parenting—stories from moms and dads who mess up, and don't mind copping to it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Parents who let their toddlers watch too much TV or have read...http://www.newser.com/story/56014/parenting-for-dummies-what-not-to-do.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 8:59:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55440/supreme-court-suspects-must-go-before-judge-within-6-hours.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court today threw out the confession of Johnnie Corley, a Pennsylvania robbery suspect, saying that the 29½ hours federal authorities waited before bringing him to court was too long, the AP reports. In a 5-4 decision, the court said any confessions federal authorities elicited before a prisoner’s first...http://www.newser.com/story/55440/supreme-court-suspects-must-go-before-judge-within-6-hours.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 10:36:32 CDT