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The three Duke Lacrosse players accused of rape will speak out for the first time this Sunday on ‘60 Minutes.’

Ed Bradley speaks with defendants Collin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann and David Evans, who are free on bail pending their trials in the racially charged case that made national headlines. All three of the accused are white; their accuser is black.

Bradley also speaks to the accuser’s dancing partner the night of the alleged rape, Kim Roberts.

The 61-year-old Iranian-born President is not the first Israeli leader to come under suspicion. The previous president, Ezer Weizman, quit over allegations of improperly accepting gifts worth hundreds…

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AFTER a lengthy investigation in which President Katsav of Israel endured days of questioning over a sex scandal, the police recommended last night that he faces charges of raping and assaulting women.

The final decision on whether the President should stand trial on the charges of rape, sexual assault and fraud the most serious ever laid against an Israeli leader falls to Menachem Mazuz, the Attorney-General.

He is expected to reach a conclusion within two weeks on whether to indict President Katsav, who would almost certainly be forced to resign if the charges were laid against him.

Even though the President has relatively little power and his role is largely ceremonial, if he were forced from office the sensation would add further to the woes of Ehud Olmert, the Prime Minister, already under pressure for his handling of the 34-day conflict with Hezbollah.

The 61-year-old Iranian-born President is not the first Israeli leader to come under suspicion. The previous president, Ezer Weizman, quit over allegations of improperly accepting gifts worth hundreds of thousand of pounds.

The crash that killed New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and another person Wednesday in Manhattan marks one of the most spectacular in a lengthy string of aviation-related accidents that over the years have claimed the lives of prominent athletes.

As authorities began sifting late Wednesday for clues to the cause of the crash, aviation experts suggested the investigation may ultimately focus on issues related to the plane’s control mechanisms even as they noted that athletes always have been, and always will be, drawn to flying.