41 extra lives could have been saved at Hillsborough

- Expert says 41 of 96 could have survived if 999 services acted more quickly - Police statements changed to remove failings of those in charge - Report found 'huge failures of leadership' and errors by emergency...

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the WALL - (09/11/09 : Which anniversary)? - Double Standards!

http://www.pbase.com/image/119240901 1989: Berliners celebrate the fall of the WallThe Berlin Wall has been breached after nearly three decades keeping East and West Berliners apart. At midnight East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be...

Srikkanth appointed as chief selector of indian cricket team

" Former India batsman Kris Srikkanth, who was dropped as captain after seeking better payments for his peers in his playing days, was named chief selector by the Indian cricket board on Saturday. Srikkanth,...

Free At Last, Burmese Democrat Released

79 year old Win Tin, one of the founders of the National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi has at last been released from prison after serving 19 years for committing no crime. He was released today among some 9002 prisoners some of whome are believed to...

Beijing paper in hot water for 1989 crackdown photo -report

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre  still haunts Chinese authorities. The incident in which Several hundred civilians were shot dead by the Chinese army...

Beasts from the East, Pests from the West

Reunification may have been almost 16 years ago, but Germany is still just as divided as ever. The lazy easterners hate the arrogant westerners -- and the feeling is mutual.
 

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