Greek Prisoners Escape in Helicopter

    In a Hollywood like prison escape two of Greece's most notorious criminals flew out of the Korydallos prison in Athens, for the second time in three years. Paleokostas and Rizai were days away...

Spain arrests 10 Pakistanis in terror swoop

Police in Barcelona early Tuesday arrested at least 10 Pakistani nationals in connection with "falsifying identity documents in connection with Islamist terrorism," Spanish radio reported. Police in the northeastern city were not immediately available to confirm the report....

Bush shoe-thrower in good health

He is no hero but he is also nota dangerous criminal,  He should spend time in jail but certainlynot 15 years. ""Muntadhar was in a good shape ... and his morale was high. Yesterday was his birthday and some...

Taliban Burning, Beheading Its Way Thru SWAT - Now want the women

"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Taliban militants are beheading and burning their way through Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, and residents say the insurgents now control most of the mountainous region far from the lawless tribal areas where jihadists thrive. The deteriorating...

Turkish jets hit PKK targets in N.Iraq-army sources

This is becoming routine.  Itwill be interesting to see ifthere is as much of an uproarin the Arab world about this as there was about Israeli strikesin Gaza, for the same reasons. " Turkish warplanes bombed...

Blackwater Guards Charged with Manslaughter

Five Blackwater employees were charged with manslaughter on Monday following an investigation of the security guards who had reportedly killed 17 people after opening fire on a crowd of surrendering Iraqis, and...

Five Blackwater Guards To Face Massacre Charges Next Week

"Law enforcement officials say the grand jury hearing the case was in session Thursday in Washington, D.C. and was expected to have voted on the indictments. The federal investigation revealed that two of the...

132nd birthday of the Poet of the East being observed

Although the country is not what the great thinker, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, had dreamt about Pakistan, the 132nd birthday of the Poet of the East is being observed across the country on Sunday (November 9). "...

Charles Sobhraj ties the knot with his 20 yrs old Nepali Girlfriend

Charles Sobhraj, once known as the “Bikini Killer” and “Serpent” is behind bar but that has not stopped him in falling in love with a 20-year-old Nepali girl Nihita Biswas and he even tied the knot with her on the very pious day of Hindus. However his marries has been...

Brazil poll result mixed for Lula

" Brazil's local elections have brought mixed results for President Luiz Ignacio da Silva's Workers' Party. Almost 130 million Brazilian voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors and councillors. ...

Saif 'assaults' photo journalists, arrest likely

"Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan on Sunday night found himself in trouble after a tiff with photo journalists in Patiala during the shoot of a film. The journalists have lodged a complaint against him and his security guards on the charge of manhandling them.The incident took...

Sword maniac on the run in capital

Edinburgh Scotland, where you thought assault with the deadly bagpipes was enough."AVIOLENT criminal who was jailed for slashing a man with a samurai sword is on the run after absconding from an Edinburgh clinic....

Suicide bomber kills 15 in Baghdad

The carnage continues with another community gaurded checkpoint targetted by suicide bombers in Baghadad. There seems to be no end in sight to this war while ever the occupation continues but what happens if the troops leave right now? " A suicide bomber on a motorcycle...

Detained activist Hua Huiqi escapes from sleeping Chinese guards

Hua Huiqi, a prominent Chinese Christian activist and 'underground pastor,' escaped from Chinese police after being detained on his way to the Kuanjie Protestant Church in Beijing. Huiqi is now in hiding. "Human Rights in China says underground pastor and religious dissident...

Solzhenitsyn laid to rest in Moscow

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has been laid to rest today in Donskoy monastery, closing an epoch in Russian literature and history. "It was the funeral Solzhenitsyn wanted - to be laid to rest at Moscow’s Donskoy...

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