Sailing Ship Asgard II sinks off French coast

"The sail training vessel Asgard II has sunk 20 miles off the coast of France in the Bay of Biscay. The ship was lost at 8.25am local time (7.25am Irish time) 20 nautical miles from the French coast, southwest of Belle-Île-en-Mer. Asgard II had earlier been abandoned after...

Ex-NYPD detective charged in 'Bling Bandit' bank robberies

"NEW YORK (AP) -- He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer. But now Athelson Kelson is charged with bank robbery, identified by authorities as New York's so-called Bling...

Fire leads to 72 flats evacuated

A fire broke out late yesterday in West London, forcing 60 people to evacuate. There are no reports of casualties.Send in any photos or first hand accounts of the blaze."About 60 residents have spent the night away from their homes after a fire broke out at a block of flats....

Police Marksmen Shoot "Aggressive Cow"

A cow vaulted its fence and crossed a major road into a nearby garden. After residents were unable to contain the cow, police marksmen shot it. Were animal tranquilizers really out of the question? Since this took place in farmland, it's probably safe to assume some sort of...

Unprecedented UK property slump sounds big alarm bells « Peterjcooper’s We...

Prime UK commercial property prices in the South-East have slumped by around 25 per cent in the past two quarters, with yields hardening from 4.5 to six per cent, an unprecedented shift in property values estimated at a one in 15,000 year probability!

PoV: SkypePhone - The Eighteenth Day

“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” I have learned once more. Mee andI had been criticising the day we got our hands on it but I havetotally changed my point of view since I used it from 29th January 2008. Atthe beginning, the very next day we signed a contract with 3...

UN raises alarm on AIDS epidemic in Asia

"Asian governments must devote more funds to preventing AIDS or face the risk the disease could kill nearly 500,000 people each year across the continent by 2020, a United Nations report says. While the international spotlight has often focused on AIDS in Africa, the the...