One of the UK's "golden age" piers was destroyed by a fire in the early hours of this morning. The pier in Lancashire was one of the first to be built in the golden age of pier building in Britain, which lasted from...
A retired American couple who make their home in Anchorage Alaska were met with violence in Guatemala while resupplying their sailboat. Reports say 4 men boarded the boat with machetes that "seemed liked curved...
In a deplorable incident an Indian woman was thrown out of running train because she was travelling without ticket. "In a shocking incident, a 35-year-old woman died after being allegedly thrown out of 2003 Delhi-bound Shatabdi Express by the catering and ticket-checking on...
"An alleged brothel-on-wheels that authorities said they busted over the weekend gives a whole new meaning to keeping the party moving.Miami Beach undercover detectives who paid a $40 entry fee and boarded a stretch...
"British supermodel Naomi Campbell has been charged with a string of offences after allegedly assaulting a police officer at London's Heathrow airport, her lawyer said on Thursday. Campbell (37) was taken off a...
In a scene reminescent of the first installment of Macaulay Culkin film "Home Alone", a Filipino family leaves behind the youngest brood in haste to catch a flight at a Canadian airport." A family boarded a flight on Monday in westernmost Canada, and forgot their tot at the...
"Kerala (ABC News): An autorickshaw driver and his associate has been arrested for allegedly molesting a UK tourist at Kozhikode in Kerala on Thursday night."
Police car chases are unheard of in this archipelagic nation that is the Philippines--not because of low criminality but because of..."Four robbers who victimized a passenger jeep driver in Marikina City managed to escape arrest before dawn Tuesday, after their police...
Two members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society were bailed out of jail yesterday by anti-sealing advocate Paul Watson, who paid the $10,000 bond partly in toonies! "Watson posted the bail at the Cape Breton...
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Heathrow's new Terminal 5 is set to open in less than 24 hours from now. But their plans to fingerprint all passengers travelling through or from the new terminal were suspended today. "
Airport operator BAA claims...
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JUST 24 hours after two pilots were stabbed in their cockpit over Christchurch, I boarded a plane at our largest airport with a knife and a fake revolver
Nervously arriving at Auckland Airport yesterday for the 10.30am Air New Zealand flight to Napier, I expected to...
High drama on the high seas continues: "Japanese whalers are holding two anti-whaling activists who leapt aboard a Japanese ship near Antarctica. The Japanese fleet is being followed by environmental campaigners, who...
"The Irish Human Rights Commission has called for flights to be inspected where there is a chance that terrorist suspects are being transported to secret detention.
The practice known as extraordinary rendition has been a contentious issue for some time.
It has been alleged...
"David Beckham is flying back to England today to be with his father, who is seriously ill in hospital.
Ted Beckham was admitted to Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone, east London, last night suffering from a heart attack. He was then transferred to another hospital in the...
"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico --
Islanders went door to door Thursday to warn neighbors of Hurricane Dean, which spun toward the Caribbean packing 100 mph winds and threatens to strengthen into an extremely dangerous storm by next week.
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season is...