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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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According to the state-run Isalmic Republic News Agency chief, it’s “liberals, rent-seeking sanctimonious people and economically corrupt persons” who have united against the reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 vote. From IRNA: “Addressing a gathering of sympathizers of the incumbent government, Mohammad Jafar Behdad added that although some [...]
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I tend to agree with most of Mo Ryan’s assessment of the comprehensively excruciating opening night of “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here.” Read more
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6:37pm UK, Tuesday June 02, 2009 Brazilian jets searching for an Air France airliner that vanished over the Atlantic Ocean have spotted plane wreckage. A spotter plane searching for the airliner that [...]
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Christina Aguilera has revealed that her upcoming album will have a “futuristic” feeling. Read more
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An Air France jet with 228 people on a flight to Paris vanished over the Atlantic Ocean after flying into towering thunderstorms and sending an automated message that the electrical system had failed. A vast search began Monday, but all aboard were feared killed. Read full story from news.yahoo.com Read more
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THE SUN TODAY’S HOT TOPICS ADAM LAMBERT JILL ZARIN PATTI SCIALFA more topics FARRAH FAWCETT AMY FISHER JOHN GOTTI LIAM NEESON SACHA BARON COHEN VICTORIA GOTTI HIDEKI MATSUI hide topics THIS WEEK’S HOT TOPICS JILL ZARIN AMY FISHER VICTORIA GOTTI more topics JOHN [...]
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom — who is also the only officially declared 2010 candidate for governor — is honing his pitch for the state’s top spot even as he talks up his city’s budget challenges. Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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Another school very evident at Chelsea Flower show was Writhlington School. Pupils embarked in March 2009 on a trip to Sikkim in the Himalayas to take part in the Gangtok Schools’ Orchid project. This has furthered the work of the botanical team at the school and resulted in a stand in the Continuous Learning area [...]
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WASHINGTON — Cualquiera que haya intentado descifrar quién representa más sinceramente los intereses de Colombia en torno al polémico acuerdo de libre comercio entre Estados Unidos y Colombia corría el riesgo de quedar aturdido, la semana pasada, con los sucesos en Washington y las reacciones en Colombia. Read more
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The North Korean launch of its Taeopodong-2 missile and its second nuclear test have laid bare the paucity of President Obama’s policy options. They have exposed the futility of the six-party talks and, in particular, the much-hyped myth of China’s value as a partner on strategic matters. The Obama administration claims that it wants to [...]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has told top officials to pledge loyalty to his youngest son, signaling his anointment as heir to the family dynasty that has ruled since the state’s founding, a lawmaker and South Korean media said Tuesday. Read more
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SAN SALVADOR, June 1 — Nearly two decades after the end of a U.S.-backed war against El Salvador’s rebels, a representative of the former guerrilla movement took power on Monday — with a top American official applauding. Read more
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The Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are developing contingency plans to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border under a $350 million initiative that would expand the U.S. military’s role in the drug war, according to Obama administration officials. Read more
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PARIS, June 1 — The last transmission was received about 4:15 a.m. Then, nothing. Read more
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PARIS, June 1 — The last transmission was received about 4:15 a.m. Then, nothing. This Story Airliner Leaves Mystery in Its Wake A look at world’s deadliest air disasters Plane Vanishes Off Brazil; 228 Aboard Air France Flight 447 was an Airbus 330-200, a big, modern jetliner designed, as its name implies, to ride through [...]
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has asked his country’s overseas missions to pledge loyalty to his youngest son, signaling he has been anointed as next leader of the communist dynasty, a newspaper report said on Tuesday. Read more
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PARIS/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – An Air France jet disappeared after hitting stormy weather over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday and all 228 people on board were feared dead. Read more
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France and Brazil are searching waters deep in the Atlantic for an airliner carrying 228 passengers and crew which disappeared in a storm on Monday. Read more