Apr 21 2008
At the southern entrance to Sadr City several Iraqi men on the US military’s payroll are sweeping the street in the latest attempt to stop al-Mahdi Army militia from recruiting new fighters. The number of people working on such US-funded projects is...
Apr 20 2008
The old man stepped onto our boat out of the utter blackness that falls between the abrupt fall of twilight, at five o’clock, and the rising of the full moon. His name was Phani Gayen, and he was employed at the Saznekhali Wildlife Sanctuary, in the...
Apr 19 2008
A solid majority of Brazilians consulted in a recent poll think marijuana smoking should remain a criminal offense, the Angus Reid Global Monitor reported Tuesday. The poll was done by Datafolha and published in the newspaper Folha de São...
Apr 19 2008
For George Bush, the March 1 anti-terror strike by the Colombian air force under U.S. guidance on a FARC guerrilla camp deep in the Ecuadorian jungle had everything to do with legacy. During eight years in the White House, Bush’s war on Iraq so...
Apr 18 2008
This is the kind of question Mrs Merton might ask: ‘So, Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, what do you see in a 24-year-old, sensationally beautiful gymnast with a penchant for posing semi-naked that you don’t see in your lovely,...
Apr 16 2008
A MAN wandering down a Madrid street allegedly carrying the decapitated head of his mother has been arrested by police. Angelo Carotenuto Macanas, 34, reportedly told police he had cut off his mother’s head with a large knife, Spanish authorities...
Apr 16 2008
Do you need relationship counseling? Are the sparks of your relationship slowly becoming dying embers? My relationship advice to you is try pissing off your mate. Yup, I mean it!
Apr 16 2008
The man accused of shooting his pregnant girlfriend Monday and holding a child while threatening to kill himself in a Coventry parking lot told police he shot her during an argument, according to court papers.
Apr 15 2008
NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony was arrested early Monday on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, hours after his worst game of the season.
Apr 15 2008
After 76 years of accident-free motoring, Jack Higgs lost his no-claims bonus in spectacularly unfortunate style, smashing up two Porsches outside a showroom in a few seconds of mayhem. ‘Something’ went wrong as the 93-year-old parked his...