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Wim van den Burg of the Federation of Military Personnel said it was highly unlikely the Taliban deliberately picked off the defense chief’s son. He said high-profile troops should be no problem so long as their presence is not widely known. Read more
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Barack Obama was badly rattled after being subjected to a barrage of hostile questions combined with strident attacks from Hillary Clinton during a televised debate on Wednesday night. Read more
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A revolutionary form of cloning is to be used as part of a last-ditch effort to save one of the world’s rarest animals – the northern white rhino – which is on the brink of extinction with only a few individuals left in the wild. British scientists are to spearhead an attempt to preserve [...]
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NEW YORK (April 18) – The tragic sinking of the Titanic nearly a century ago can be blamed on low-grade rivets that the ship’s builders used on some parts of the ill-fated liner, two experts on metals conclude in a new book. Read more
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They believe it may have taken root in around 7,542 BC on Fulu mountain in Dalarna province, according to Leif Kullmann, professor of Physical Geography at Sweden’s Umeaa University. Read more
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Two elderly women face dying in prison after being convicted of hatching a plot to befriend homeless men, insure their lives for millions and then murder them. Read more
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This list, though hardly exhaustive, provides an overview of some of Africa’s major contemporary civil conflicts. Read more
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Saira Sharif head of Khost women’s Affairs Department says she has long way to over come cultural impediments for ensuring women’s rights in her province. Read more
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By Bridget Johnson, your guide to Journalism More than 45,000 people packed Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, a capacity crowd eager to hear Pope Benedict XVI say Mass. And for a career theologian who last led the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and had to follow in the footsteps of [...]
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They obey the law, keeping and bearing objects that are demonstrably useful for self-defense, hunting and other hobbies. And every time they turn around, some legislator somewhere is trying to make life more difficult for them—trying to restrict the kind and number of guns they can buy, suffocating them with paperwork and otherwise treating them [...]
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We’ll show the best of the popular web videos on Sky.Com News tonight – unless a big breaking news story happens right on cue again. Here’s a nail-biting little taster of what will be in store. I’m pretty sure this isn’t supposed to happen during a bungee jump… Jason De La Pena will be in [...]
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“Down with the British. Down with thieves who want to steal our country,” he told supporters. Read more
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Rex Features Halle Berry is to play a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder in psychological drama Frankie And Alice. The Oscar-winning actress will also produce the movie for indie company Access Motion Pictures, reports Variety. The film sees her character torn between her real self and a racist white alter-ego who is angry at [...]
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Marking the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, al Qaeda’s media arm released an audio recording, purportedly from the group’s second-in-command, saying U.S. troops there have failed. Read more
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April 18, 2008 — CAIRO – Former President Jimmy Carter met a Hamas delegation from Gaza yesterday, part of a series of talks with the Islamic militant group that has drawn sharp criticism from US and Israeli officials. Read more
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For viewers upset that the first half of last night’s Philly debate was all about flag pins and cookie baking, take a second look at all that second-half red meat on taxes. Obama supporters should be squirming. Read more
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With the official results of Zimbabwe’s March 29 presidential election still not known – the government-controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission reportedly is still tabulating the polling data – long-ruling dictator-president Robert Mugabe (of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotc Front) appears desperate to hold onto power in the face of a possible – or likely? – victory [...]
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On my first trip to Iraq four years ago my driver told me off for trying to put on a seatbelt when I sat in the car because such a move – aside from the blonde hair and blue eyes – would clearly mark me out as a foreigner and a potential target. “Iraqis don’t [...]
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From Kyodo News this morning. If anyone has more informatioin about the circumstances of this case, or the victim, please contact us on Tokyo 03-3270-3480 (from outside Japan +81-3-3270-3480) or richardlloydparry@compuserve.com. All information will be treated in confidence. Body believed to be English woman’s found in Chiba apartment CHIBA, Japan, March 27 KYODO    [...]
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Interesting comments from the Ministry of Defence, which has sprung to the defence of Prince William for using a £10 million Chinook helicopter to go to a stag party on the Isle of Wight for his cousin, Peter Phillips. The Prince borrowed the aircraft last Friday only a few hours after receiving his “wings” from [...]