UK aid worker may have been killed by rescuers' grenade

" British aid worker Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by US forces during a rescue mission in Afghanistan, David Cameron has said. International forces there originally said the 36-year-old died on Friday when one of her captors detonated a suicide vest. But...

Peachtree Summit Federal Building in Atlanta Evacuated: All Clear

The Peachtree Summit Federal Building in Downtown Atlanta That Was Evacuated After a Grenade Was Allegedly Found Has Now Been Cleared Workers poured out on to the sidewalk outside the Peachtree Summit Federal Building on West Peachtree Street in Atlanta on Tuesday morning...

Grenade blast injures 8 in Cotabato

" COTABATO CITY (Updated) – A grenade exploded in front of a grocery store along Figueroa St. around 11:30 a.m. Monday, wounding a police officer and seven others, including an 11-year-old boy. Cotabato City...

Armed man 'in Serbian presidency'

News channels from Serbia's capital Belgrade are reporting that a man with two hand grenades has entered the presidential palace and is threatening to blow himself up.Why he is doing so is not yet clear. Police officials are trying to negotiate with that person."A man armed...

Hamas threw 'medicine grenades' at IDF

" Medicine bottles, transferred to the Gaza Strip as humanitarian aid by Israel, were used by Hamas as grenades against IDF troops during Operation Cast Lead. Pictures of the grenades were obtained exclusively by...

Attack and threats on Mexican TV channel Televisa Monterrey

A command of armed, hooded men attacked TV facilities Televisa Monterrey with open fire and a hand grenade causing damage to the building and a dozen vehicles that were parked at the zone of the attack,...

Death penalty for Bangladesh militants who attacked British envoy

A Bangladeshi court  has ruled that the three men will be hanged for the attack, which killed three people and wounded the former British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury four years ago. Three policemen were...

Grenade wounds Thai demonstrators

" A grenade blast has wounded eight anti-government protesters camped outside the Thai prime minister's office in Bangkok, emergency services say. Demonstrators from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD)...

George Cross for hero who's already got a Victoria Cross (That's his girlfrie...

I salute this guy for quick thinking, unselfishness and for surviving and being so very lucky that a piece of shratnel especial the small rod that shoots out of the top of the grenade when it explodes did not penitrate the backback as it travels...

Gunfight erupts in Mexican capital, 2 killed

Mexico is in severe grip of the drug dealers and gang fights often leads to of killing members from rivals gang. Warring gangs are involved in gun fights. There is this news coming from Mexican capital...

DOD suggests Marine didn't know what he was doing as it denied Medal of Honor...

Did he throw himself on the grenade or unknowingly cover it with his body before it exploded?  That is at the heart of the matter."SAN DIEGO, California (AP) -- A California congressional delegation asked President Bush on Friday to posthumously award the Medal of Honor...

Man arrested in D.C. with weapons

"WASHINGTON (CNN) — Capitol Police arrested a man Friday after an officer spotted a rifle in his car when he stopped the officer to ask for directions two blocks from the Capitol building. Christopher Shelton Timmons, 27, has been charged with carrying a deadly weapon,...

9 hurt in Zambo grenade explosion

"ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Nine people were injured when an MK2 grenade exploded Wednesday night in downtown Zamboanga City, a police official said. The blast took place around 6:55 p.m. in front of a hotel beside the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) headquarters along Climaco Avenue...

Five killed in Kashmir explosion

Why can't India and Pakistan live in harmony? How many do they have to sacrifice just for a silly action? In my point of view, India and Pakistan have something in common."At least five people have been killed in...

School Days: Distorted, PC Readings About Muslims and Islam Required in Some...

This news does not bode well for the future of education. The PC crowd now has education so twisted around the flavor of the day that little education actually happens these days. "A new report issued by the American Textbook Council says books approved for use in local...

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