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13-Year-Old Boy Named as Arson Suspect in California Wildfires

A 13-year-old boy has been named as a suspect in the California wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains that burned 2,1000 acres, but luckily no homes. "Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. David Infante says his...

LA Wildfires: Station Fire, Morris Fire, Tujunga Fire: Arson

Investigators have concluded that the LA wildfires were the result of arson and will now be investigated as a homicide since two firefighters lost their lives battling the main fire. Evidence of arson has been...

Execution of an Innocent Man in Texas, USA

The unimaginable has happened and it could happen to anyone in the barbaric United States justice system where justice is a myth, Wild West attitudes remain, and the courts are used for political gain, instead of as a fact finder of the truth. The argument for the...

Ex-Wife Admits Arson At Kuwait Wedding: Death Toll Rises To 45

[UPDATE -- August 18, 2009] The death toll for the Kuwait wedding fire has now risen to 45. "Fire department chief Brig. Gen. Jassem al-Mansouri said four more victims died in hospital and six remained in critical condition."The fire that killed 43 women and children at a...

Firefighters Battle Wildfire Near Athens, Greece, Arson Suspected

Wildfires are burning near the Greek capital of Athens. Over a hundred firefighters are battling the wildfires that started on Saturday when temperatures approached 30 degrees Celsius. Evacuations are in effect for farmers and residents to clear the dangerous area. Homes and...

Grandview topless coffee shop in Maine burned by arsonist

The famous Grandview topless Coffee Shop in Maine has been burnt to the ground by an arsonist.  At about 1am this morning flames could be seen coming from the coffee shop and lasted for about five hours. It was a three alarm blaze. Fire Chief Eric Rowe said:""There is...

Black Saturday: Follow-up to the 2009 Raging Inferno in Australia

An inquiry begins today on the causes of the fires and performance of the fire fighters who fought the inferno that was Melbourne in Australia. I sincerely hope that the fire fighters will be glowing with all the...

G20: RBS raided by protesters, windows smashed and fire started

An attack on a branch of RBS in London is one of many things that you could see today watching the news on television. As 4000 protesters walked about the streets of London, images and videos on websites and TV...

Suspect charged with arson and child porn in Australian wildfire

A man has been charged with arson in the case of the Australian Wildfires, but he has also been charged with one count of child pornography.  Police have put him in protective custody as firefighters are still...

Man arrested in connection to arson fires in Australia

A man has been arrested in connection to the arson fires in Australia, but police are not releasing any more details yet. Previously: The suspicion that some of the Australia Wildfires that killed about 180 people...

Alaskan Gov. Palin's Home Church Damaged by Arson

Burning a church is a reprehensible act at any time.  If it was done because of political partisanship, from hatred of Gov. Palin because of her VP campaign, it is even worse.  But it is possible this was...

Turkish Embassy in Helsinki Defaced

"The front door of the Turkish Embassy located in the Kaivopuisto area of Helsinki was set on fire around 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Police say it's possible the arson was politically motivated.[...]A Kurdish demonstration was staged by the Turkish Embassy on Monday. Four...

Mohammed book arson: Three men in court

Three men are in court today over an attack on a publisher who was going to publish a book about Mohammed."Ali Beheshti, 40, Abrar Mirza, 22, and Abbas Taj, 30, will appear in custody at City of Westminster Magistrates Court charged over the attack last weekend on the home in...

Police 'anti terror raids' in Cornwall, Britain

Government and official interference ensures that Cornwall, the fifth and apparently repressed and oft hidden Celtic nation at the toe of Great Britain  is subject to strict media and press control but occasionally a story does slip out to the centralist, mainly...

Arson millionaire Christopher Foster built network of pipes to fuel blaze

The British millionaire who killed his family and burned his house down appears to have planned the crime well beforehand. Rather than it being due to a snap rage, it appears he was planning it for a long while,...

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