IDP Camps in terrible conditions

Sri Lankan government claimed that most to the detainees would be resettled within six months. However, senior military officials told that 80% of the people will be there in a year time. Further, permanent...

Stocks plunge anew as recession worries resurface

"Wall Street falls sharply as investors, worrying about recess, ponder Obama impact on economy NEW YORK (AP) -- A case of postelection nerves sent Wall Street plunging Wednesday as investors, looking past Barack Obama's presidential victory, returned to their fears of a deep...

McCain's new campaign slogan: "Lies, lies, lies, yeeeah!"

Any American who had any notion that a McCain presidency would be any different than the Bush years should put those doubts aside. With the Bush hatchet men fully in control of his campaign (and tutoring Palin) it should come as not surprise that they're ramping up the lies....

Woman charged in death of eviscerated pregnant teen

"A Pennsylvania woman has been charged in the slaying of an 18-year-old woman who was found with her uterus cut open and her fetus removed, authorities said Sunday. ...

Single Mother Wins $108,000 Against RIAA

Every nerd's personal hero, Tanya Anderson, was awarded $108,000 by an Oregon federal magistrate who succesfully fought a lawsuit filed by the recording industry against her. Accusing the (Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) of using threats and intimidation to...

Conrad Black 'Serene' as He Makes Federal Jail Home

Defiant to the last, former media mogul Conrad Black started his 6 and a half year sentence today at the Coleman-Low Federal Correction Complex in Florida. Black still insists he is innocent of all charges and...

Tiger Woods' wife settles Dubliner libel case

"The wife of golfer Tiger Woods has settled her libel action against The Dubliner magazine. The magazine must pay Elin Nordegren Woods €125,000. Ms Nordegren Woods is donating all the money to cancer support...

Huge waves inundate Philippines' western coast, thousands flee

"Many were puzzled by the waves because Typhoon Mitag, which lashed the northern Philippines on Monday, had weakened into a storm and then blew out of the country toward southern Japan, causing the weather to...

Unrecognized American Indian tribe prohibited from selling tribal memberships

 "A Texas judge ruled to prohibit an unrecognized American Indian tribe and its self-proclaimed chief from selling tribal memberships, thus falsely claiming the documents would provide protection from deportation. American Indian...

Ex-Lacrosse Players File Sweeping Federal Lawsuit Against Durham

The Duke saga continues, as the former lacrosse players file a lawsuit that also demands administration changes. The lawsuit calls the criminal case against Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and Dave Evans "one of the most chilling episodes of premeditated police,...

Corrupt civil servant jailed

"Corrupt civil servant Charles Myton has been jailed for two years having been found guilty of seven counts of forgery, after knowingly countersigning seven fraudulent passport applications. Myton's conviction follows that of another former civil servant, Valentina Costley,...

Fake Tribal Chief of Fake "Tribe" Charged For Scamming Immigrants

About time they shut this well-known fraud and con man down."The leader of an unrecognized American Indian tribe is facing charges including trying to defraud the federal government and harboring illegal immigrants. Prosecutors say he offered to sell tribal memberships to...

MEP is jailed for benefit fraud

Between February 1996 and September 2002 Mote fraudulently claimed thousands in income support and benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions. The unemployed business man failed to notify the benefits agency when he began earning money again in 1996. How is he going...

Pro War Ads Falsely Link 9/11 To Iraq

"A newly formed non-profit organisation made up of former Bush administration officials is to spend $15 million to run pro-war television and radio ads in more than 20 states which falsely link the 9/11 attacks to...

"Branded Man"

What exactly does Freedom mean to you you? Freedom is much more than just another word for nothing left to loose. I have reached out to the people of the United States on the behave of Onis M. Kelley, A Prisonor...

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