Man who had sex with girl, 12, admits rape but is freed after woman judge say...

She should go to a juvenile detention facility, she should get counselling as should her family"A barman who admitted having sex with a 12-year-old girl walked free from court after convincing a judge she had tricked him into believing she was an adult. Michael Graham, 25,...

Canoe couple are sentenced

CANOE wife Anne Darwin has been jailed for six and half years after she was found guilty of being in on her husband's £250,000 fake death scam. " Anne Darwin was convicted of all 15 charges against her, six of...

Female circumcision: a tradition steeped in blood

Culturally sensitive or not this practice has to be controlled as does the practice of 'forced marriage' and so called honour killings."Police are to stage high-profile checks on flights to a number of African states...

Don't forget to Pay-it-Forward today

This morning on my way to work I got on to the train at my usual station, and there were no seats available. I thought 'oh great, I have to stand for the next 30 minutes and it's 6am' but then a man offered his seat...

Has Muqtada al-Sadr assumed RT?

(*room temperature)"Muqtada Al-Sadr Announces He’s Retiring From Leadership Of Sadrist Movement, Sequestering Himself The leader of the Shi'ite Sadrists in Iraq, Muqtada Al-Sadr, has announced in a letter to his...

Tick, Tick, Tick – Bird Flu Brings Bali "Low" :: MAXINE

"Indonesia has become the country to watch as it relates to bird flu crossover deaths. Human infection and deaths attributed to Avian Flu virus contracted directly from the raising of birds for food have now claimed...

Mind over matter

Come New Year, thousands of people try to quit smoking. Some fail, some succeed. Having tried giving up with will power, nicotine gum and reading lots of books, feature writer Amy Thurston gives it one last shot with hypnotherapy. CONCERNED I might leave the room clucking...

The Improbability of God

"By way of attacking his position, the atheist often hears the line from theists that, “You can’t prove there’s no such thing as god.” The wholly logical response, of course, is to admit the theist’s point. However, it is important to note that the...

Prison for Asian sex slave gang

"Six men who made up a human trafficking gang that forced Malaysian women to work as prostitutes in the UK have been sentenced to 17 years in prison. The men, of Malaysian or Vietnamese nationality, were handed the jail terms at Southwark crown court after pleading guilty to...

Evolutionism can explain it, but can Creationism?

The four-legged chick.  See photograph.

Warning: Internet Explorer 7 Spoofing Bug Pops-Up

Security researchers have identified a pop-up address bar spoofing weakness in Microsoft's newly released Internet Explorer 7 browser. The flaw, first reported by security notification firm Secunia, might lend itself...

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