World/nation briefs

Ex-cargo handler gets life for JFK plotRussell DeFreitas, a former cargo handler, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a foiled terror plot at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Federal authorities said DeFreitas was part of a terror cell that plotted to blow up fuel tanks at JFK. He was arrested in 2007 after an informant infiltrated the group.

111 are charged in Medicare scamsFederal authorities charged more than 100 doctors, nurses and physical therapists in nine cities with Medicare fraud, a nationwide bust that was the largest of its kind. More than 700 law enforcement agents fanned out to arrest 111 people accused of illegally billing Medicare more than $225 million. The indictments were for suspects in Miami, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Detroit, Chicago, New York City, Tampa, Fla., and Ohio

Neo-Nazi who killed 3 at college is executedOhio executed a neo-Nazi who killed two men and a teen at Cleveland State University in 1982 shootings that targeted blacks. Frank Spisak, 59, who read Bible verses in German for a final statement, was pronounced dead after an injection of sodium thiopental at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.

Obama state visit set for the end of MayPresident Obama will make a state visit to Britain in May at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth, officials said. Obama, accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama, will visit from May 24 to 26 -- just before a Group of Eight summit in France -- and stay at Buckingham Palace.

Government discards plan to sell woodlandsFaced with a public outcry, government officials struggling to overcome a devastating budget deficit canceled plans to sell about 1,000 square miles of British woodlands worth an estimated $1.1 billion. Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman, announcing the reversal, told Parliament: "I am sorry. We got this one wrong." A petition against the plan was signed by more than half a million people.

Court delays ruling on jailed U.S. officialA provincial court gave the Pakistani government three weeks to decide whether Raymond A. Davis, 36, a U.S. Embassy employee in custody for killing two Pakistanis, has diplomatic immunity, a delay that is likely to intensify a standoff with the United States. Davis was arrested after fatally shooting two motorcyclists he said were trying to rob him in Lahore.

Ammunition depot blows up; 25 killedThousands of people sought shelter in a stadium in Dar es Salaam after a military ammunition depot exploded in a series of blasts overnight and showered the city with debris, killing at least 25 and prompting a stampede that separated dozens of children from their families. President Jakaya Kikwete promised an investigation into the explosions.