Sean's been nicked

Tough guy actor Sean Bean spends 6 hrs in custody after arrest on suspicion of hitting wife" The heart-throb actor was escorted to a police station after wife Georgina called cops during a row. She...

China deports British woman 'over Tibetan link'

"A British woman teaching English in China has been deported. Dechen Pemba, 30, from Tower Hamlets in London, believes she was forced to leave the country because she is from a Tibetan family and the Chinese...

'No real alternative' to Khadr handling: PM

" Explosive new documents suggest Canada was aware of the harsh treatment that Canadian terror suspect Omar Khadr was being subjected to in Guantanamo Bay at the hands of U.S. military interrogators. """This really shows the assurances the U.S. government...

Suge Knight knocked out & hospitalized

The founder of Death Row Records, Marion “Suge” Knight was beat up and knocked out last night.  Knight did not corporate with police, and stated he’d deal with the incident internally as opposed to...

Japan says no to Chinese torch guards: reports

Japan has now decided that they will not allow the Chinese Olympic flame guards to be the security team when it arrives in a Japenese city later this month. The national police of Japan want to be the security for...

Tibetan Students Enter U.N. Compound in Nepal

Some Tibetan high school children in the neighboring country of Nepal have demonstrated against a UN compound there. So far Budhist Nepal has been largely absent from this conflict, but one wonders how easily...

Schoolgirls take out Senior with Table Leg

One wonders what the world is coming to, when repeat offenders, schoolgirls get a slap on the wrist because of their age."Two wore their hair in pigtails: they looked young, more like children than teenagers. The...

You Can Dress Them Up, But You Can't Take Them Out

Jeans and t-shirt or suit and tie, people like to get smashed and run amuck in public or semi-public places. According to the article below, bad booze-fuelled behavior is by no means the domain of students and...

Boat detained as part of cocaine investigation

"Spanish police have detained a boat as part of the investigation into the discovery of €107m worth of cocaine off the coast of Cork. The boat, a catamaran, was detained at sea and escorted to the port of La...

American Imams Sue US Air

I fail to see how asking for seatbelt extensions constitutes "suspicious behavior". Also, praying before flights is fairly common; many airports even have dedicated prayer areas. These guys definitely have a case."Six Islamic religious leaders have filed suit against US...

US Soldier Charged in Killing of Italian Journalist in Iraq

This case has taken quite some time to make it through Italy's court system, but there  is a massive political element to it as well. Whilst a case could be made that the accused was just doing his job, the US Army's cover-up of the incident casts aspersions on their...

Florida Storms Kill Rare Cranes During Migration

""At least there's one bright spot," said Liz Condie, communications director for Operation Migration, a Canadian nonprofit that has been training cranes to migrate alongside aircraft for the past six...

A Closer Look At The Acts Of Lisa Ann Taylor & Nicole Probert

"In a scandal reminiscent of the Heidi Fleiss debauchery of the early 1990's, Gwinnett residents Lisa Ann Taylor, 42, and Nicole Probert, 30, were escorted away by policemen on January 3, 2007, on charges of prostitution. Talk of the arrest began to buzz shortly after the...

Teen arrested after incident at security checkpoint

"An Indianapolis teenager spent the night in jail after causing an airport security breach. The breach happened Sunday evening at Indianapolis International Airport. Airport Screeners spotted a fake gun on the teenager as he tried to get through security, but that's not all...

Spreading the Wealth in India

"That was the topic of a posh tea at the Prime Minister's house recently, as business leaders struggle with making sure that India's boom benefits more than just the urban professionals. It's not every day you get invited to the Prime Minister of India's house for tea. As...

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