Last Updated Stories in 2002

Military Attorney: Waterboarding is “tip of the iceberg”

"A military attorney who represented a now-freed Guantanamo detainee told CNN on Wednesday that waterboarding is only “the tip of the iceberg” Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Yvonne Bradley was the lawyer for...

Heath Ledger's uncle Hayden seen as dark but no knight

Hope he really rest in peace.... " HEATH Ledger's uncle Hayden has been accused of fraud and standover tactics after A Current Affair last night said it had found more than 30 "victims".Charged with receiving...

India on High Alert

Indian cities are on "high alert" today as police seek the bombers responsible for yesterday's campaign that left 45 dead.   " Ahmedabad was the scene of sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims in...

Dad sues eloped daughter for $1M

Mustering pilot runs off with cattle baron's daughter in 1986, parents suing daughter and soon to be ex son-in-law. The case involved $1m and whether it was a loan or gift. " AN AUSTRALIAN cattle baron is suing...

wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist,"put on great act" fooling police and own...

Emails allegedly sent back and forth between back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin and his wife have been read out in court. " CANOE wife Anne Darwin sent husband John an email as he flew back to Britain to...

SAS soldier Sean McCarthy killed in Afghanistan

"FALLEN Digger Sean McCarthy spoke of his fears about serving in Afghanistan in emails to his high school formal partner in Australia. Jane Alexander, who accompanied the then 17-year-old to his school formal on...

Born too soon: Can tiny fighters make it home?

" DALLAS - Seventeen weeks premature, our twin sons were so small, so fragile. And already they'd been through so much.Josh had had heart surgery, Jake a life-threatening bowel operation -- and that was just in their first week. They'd received blood transfusions, endured...

The Royal Cornwall Show – A Charity? – For Whose Benefit ?

Is the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association (Reg. Ch. No 250312), the organisation that runs the annual ' Royal 'Cornwall Show still, in this 21st Century, a forelock tugging non-egalitarian feudal relic,...

Bush Gang Cuts Down Sheriff of Wall Street

"The big news story of the past week was that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer had been patronizing prostitutes, and, in the glare of the media spotlight, quickly gave up his office.x40 But evidence points to a...

Want to see Clinton Memo? About Last Night 1/22/07

To: Interested Parties From: The Clinton Campaign Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 RE: About Last Night While much of this campaign has focused on Senator Obama's rhetoric, there has not been much attention...

Back to the Future with 'How to Brew Beer in a Coffee Pot'

Today is a rainy day so I had to mention How to Brew Beer in a Coffee Pot, one of these fun stories that puts a smile on your face besides it does seem to work.

Doomsday Clock advances due to nuclear and climate change

"In Washington, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who made the Doomsday Clock way back in 1947 advanced the clock to five minutes until midnight." Full Story

Anna Politkovskaya - Index on Censorship

". By Anna Politkovskaya Slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a 2002 Index on Censorship award winner. In 2002 Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist with the Moscow bi-weekly Novaya Gazeta explained to Index on Censorship why, even though her enemies were almost queuing up...

Karr 'Fanatical' About JonBenet Case - CBS News

" Aug. 19, 2006 Quote "Let's face it. He's fanatical about it, whether he did it or not." Michael Sandrock freelance journalist who met John Mark Karr WHAT DO YOU THINK? Go To Comments (CBS/AP) The main suspect in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey was "fanatical" about details...

The Seattle Times: Books:

"Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and Beyond"by Pankaj MishraFarrar, Straus and Giroux,336 pp., $25On Feb. 27, 2002, Hindu activists were returning from a pilgrimage to Ayodhya, the site Hindu nationalists claim marks the...

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