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A Bali court has sentenced Australian Schapelle Corby to 20 years in prison for trying to smuggle 4.1kgs of marijuana into Indonesia. Judges also fined Corby 100 million rupiah ($A13,000). Her lawyers immediately said they would appeal. The Australian government has offered assistance to Corby's defence team to launch a legal challenge, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said. Prosecutors had sought a life sentence and also said they would appeal. Earlier, Corby, 27, broke down in tears as the panel of three judges in the Denpasar District Court said the charges against her of smuggling marijuana had been "convincingly" proven. Soon...

The Air Force, saying it must secure space to protect the nation from attack, is seeking President Bush's approval of a national-security directive that could move the United States closer to fielding offensive and defensive space weapons, according to White House and Air Force officials. The proposed change would be a substantial shift in American policy. It would almost certainly be opposed by many American allies and potential enemies, who have said it may create an arms race in space. A senior administration official said that a new presidential directive would replace a 1996 Clinton administration policy that emphasized a...

According to the site, Carter was not at practice this morning and was "driven away". The Cowboys will address the issue this afternoon but ESPN radio report he will be released by the Cowboys today.