"The matriarch of one of Hong Kong's richest corporate dynasties sat down with the city's most notorious crime bosses and negotiated the payment of a HK$600 million ransom for the release of her eldest son, The...
More fuel to the Madonna divorce story as it's revealed A-Rod is hung up on Madge." BASEBALL star ALEX RODRIGUEZ “emotionally abandoned his wife and children”, divorce papers have claimed. The 32-year-old New...
"The war of words or rather the war of pictures between the MNS and Amitabh Bachchan continues, with a latest rather tongue-in-cheek poster hung oustide the Big B's Juhu residence. The Big B was recently in the news...
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Nearly 150 graves of French Muslim soldiers were defaced by vandals at the Notre Dame de Lorette cemetery."A pig's head was hung from one headstone and slogans insulting Islam and France's Muslim justice minister were daubed on other graves.President Nicolas Sarkozy...
"Christmas Tree
Legend has it that he used the triangular shape of the Fir Tree to describe the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The converted people began to revere the Fir tree as God’s Tree, as they had previously revered the Oak. By the 12th century...
The tiny country of Switzerland, a peaceful country, home to the land of chocolate, fine swiss watches, scenic Alps ,the International Red Cross, and Banks where people can squirrel away their money, safe from the...
This is the statement Barack Obama made about the Jena case, He later was accused of acting "White" by Jessie Jackson. Does "acting white" mean not running on a racial divide platform? What more did Jackson...
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Since the United Nations has been an inept, feckless
instrument thus far, it's worth considering this option says
co-director Nick Bicanic of the "Shadow Company" Hot Zone's Documentary
feature series. "BICANIC:...
"LOS ANGELES -- Judge Larry Paul Fiddler said Tuesday afternoon that jurors in the Phil Spector murder trial "believe they are hung."
Fiddler made the announcement at 1:40 p.m. after meeting with jurors.
The...
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"Rape Victim Sues Judge Over R-Word Ban
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By Martha Neil
An alleged acquaintance-rape victim has sued the Nebraska judge who banned her from using the word "rape" in testimony, in what her lawyer describes as a troubling trend.
A federal lawsuit...
" Wanna know what it feels like to go insane? Try working 40 hours in 5 days, quitting smoking, and having 15 hours total sleep in 5 days. It's weird. Start smoking for about a year, drink alot of booze and just relax. Then in one week quit smoking, sleeping and relaxing....
"Jim Crow Justice in Louisiana
By PreparationG - Jul 21st, 2007 at 6:06 pm EDT
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"Tied to a lamppost, he stands with his head and upper body covered in tar and feathers. A makeshift placard hung around his neck with a piece of string announces the reason for his treatment.
It is a very public...
"Gordon Brown announced an urgent review of NHS recruitment after news that all eight suspects arrested after failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow were either doctors or in related medical jobs.
The issue of terrorism hung heavily over Mr Brown's first appearance at...