Migrant children 'held too long'

"An immigration removal centre has wrongfully detained disabled children and transports families in metal cages, the prisons' inspectorate has found. HM Inspectorate of Prisons said children were detained for too long and left distressed and scared at the Yarl's Wood centre...

Stamps mark Olympic Flag handover

"A special set of four stamps is being jointly issued by the Royal Mail and China Post to mark the handover of the Olympic Flag from Beijing to London. The 1st class stamps feature landmarks from the two cities, including Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium where the track and...

China's Bao back on top of the world

"DEFINITIVE publication "Guinness World Records" has returned the title of world's tallest man to China's Bao Xishun after Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines. Bao, 2.36 meters, held the title for a year before losing it in 2006 to Stadnyk,...

Protest Rally of United Trade Union Is Being Held outside of Checkpoint of Ru...

"A protest rally of about 100 representatives of Georgian United Trade Union is being held at Igoeti village, where the first checkpoint of Russian occupation armies is located. ‘You cannot make Georgia to bring to its knees with bombing’; ‘There is no place for...

Maldives presidential candidate Ibra To “Throw Away The Curriculum”

"Presidential candidate Ibrahim Ismail (Ibra) on Sunday attacked the current administration over what he said was a series of education “failures”. Noting a 5 per cent pass rate in GCSE O-level English in...

Anti-terrorism police arrest two men at airport

Two men have been arrested at Manchester Airport in the UK on suspicion of terrorist activities. There isn't much detail being released by the authorities at this time, and it is unknown whether they were about to carry out an attack, or were just planning one."Two men have...

Newly released files show Julia Child was a spy

"By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and RANDY HERSCHAFT, Associated Press Writers 1 hour, 51 minutes ago ...

Gary Glitter 'returns to UK next week'

Former glam rocker Gary Glitter, who has been in prison in Vietnam for child molestation, is apparently being released early under a national amnesty and returned to the UK, where he is a citizen."Gary Glitter...

US plans aid to Georgia as Russia rolls into city

"Georgia - Russian troops and paramilitaries rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, apparently violating a truce designed to end the conflict that has uprooted tens of thousands and scarred the Georgian landscape.In Washington, President Bush said the...

Brown faces fresh by-election as Labour MP John MacDougall dies

It's safe to say that the last thing UK prime minister Gordon Brown needs tight now is another by-election, but it looks like that's exactly what he's getting. Labour MP John MacDougall, who represented...

Peace bid as Ossetia crisis rages

"A delegation including envoys from the US, EU and OSCE is heading to Georgia as its conflict with Russia over the breakaway South Ossetia region deepens. The envoys hope to broker a truce after three days of...

Suspect Confesses to Killing Lil Kim Partygoer

"All didn't end well at Lil Kim's 34th birthday party. An employee at a New York karaoke bar where a B-day blowout for the rapper was held Sunday night has been arrested after confessing that he beat a 24-year-old woman to death on the roof of the club while the party was...

Caught on camera: The horrific moment a mother and baby were hit by a car... ...

Lucky but dumb, that for sure. The woman definitely breaking a rule by not walking on zebra cross."A baby girl was flung 10ft through the air after her mother was hit by a car as she held the child in a carrier...

Man held in Fla. for threatening Obama's life

The scary thing about this story is that for most people who are Obama supporters - this is one of their largest unspoken fears. "MIAMI - A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in...

Peru: Lima woman kills mother with liquid cocaine

"A teenage woman was arrested early Wednesday morning in the Limean district of Comas after she was held responsible for her mother's death. According to police reports, 18-year-old Julia Anda Reynaldo hid liquid...

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