A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Posthumous pardon for Morrison
MIAMI – Florida’s Clemency Board has posthumously pardoned singer Jim Morrison of The Doors for his 40-year-old conviction on indecent exposure and profanity charges. Outgoing governor Charlie Crist expressed doubts that Morrison had exposed himself during a concert in 1969.
Morrison was appealing against the conviction when he was found dead in a bath in Paris in 1971. – (Reuters)
Blind man robbed in 'sick crime'
LONDON – A 61-year-old blind man was robbed of £4,000 by a group of women in a “sick and heartless” crime, police said yesterday.
The theft happened in Coventry city centre on Tuesday, shortly after the man had withdrawn the money from the Nationwide in Broadgate at around 2pm.
A police spokeswoman said: “He was possibly followed out of the bank by three women who distracted him by taking him into a number of shops.” – (PA)
Mayor sees red in row at opera
YEREVAN – The powerful mayor of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, resigned yesterday after fighting with an aide to President Serzh Sarksyan over seating at a concert by Spanish tenor Placido Domingo.
Local media said Mayor Gagik Beglaryan beat up a presidential aide because he had asked the mayor’s wife to change seats. – (Reuters)
Haiti to recheck election votes
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haiti’s electoral authorities said yesterday they would urgently recheck vote tally sheets from the country’s troubled presidential elections to try to defuse a dispute over the results that has triggered nationwide unrest. At least four people were killed in this weeks unrest. – (Reuters)