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UK sends 11,000 Mugabe refugees back
Britain is asking for tougher sanctions against Mugabe's corrupt rule in Zimbabwe but at the same time sending back thousands of refugees to who knows what imprisonment and torture. These are failed asylum seekers...Gurkhas lose pensions battle
A brigade of Gurkhas has lost a legal challenge to a pension scheme plan being offered to them by the UK government. Gurkhas are Nepalese soldiers serving in a group of units of the British army. They were one of the...14 kids, two adults hurt in bus crash
"SIXTEEN people, including 14 children on a school holiday program, were taken to hospital after a bus and car collided in Melbourne's south today. An ambulance spokeswoman said 14 children, aged six to 10, and two adults were been taken to hospital with minor...Popularity drop sends 'a yellow light' to President
No body is perfect nor the president... It's not easy to rule a country with economic problems and the only way to regain people trust is to implement good governance..ode/173517"]The latest survey showing a steep...Mass. regulators file fraud charges against UBS
"Massachusetts regulators filed civil fraud charges Thursday against UBS Financial Services for allegedly selling investments it knew were extremely risky, but portrayed as safe. The complaint by the...
Trader banned from selling '1mm too small' kiwi fruit
"A market trader has been banned from selling a batch of kiwi fruits because they failed to make the EU grade by just one millimetre, it was revealed today Tim Down, 53, was stunned to be told his wares did not... Lawsuit over Murakami-Louis Vuitton prints
"A luxury boutique in the middle of an art exhibition was supposed to be controversial -- but not a legal matter.The temporary retail space allowed in October by the Museum of Contemporary Art has become the center of litigation, though. A class action suit brought Monday by...Wheeler to appeal over referendum
The millionaire Stuart Wheeler's Quixotic quest to force a referendum on the Lisbon reform treaty has been dealt a blow today as the High Court has rejected his legal challenge. His argument is that because the... Teacher Burns Students In The Name Of The Lord
"Sara - NYUSooo, the other day a teacher got in some mild trouble for burning crosses on his students’ arms. Just another day in the American public school system. No, but really, this happened. Apparently, a science teacher in Ohio had a high frequency generator, which he... Everyone has an Everest...Karen's is losing weight.
"Everyone has an Everest...Karen's is losing weight. (I planned to write, well, finish and post, my thoughts on Mallory & Irvine's summit day today, but it needs a bit more work, and frankly I've been swamped. So, that'll have to wait till next week. But, in the...Why the military keep this ageing dictator in power
" President Mugabe has not acted alone in bringing Zimbabwe to its knees. He has a band of willing accomplices, many of whom fought alongside him in the guerrilla war against white rule and have benefited enormously...Ronaldo staying put, say Man Utd
£50 - £80 million for Ronaldo, says who?"Ronaldo staying put, say Man Utd Ronaldo scored 42 goals for... UK fuel drivers offered 14% pay rise
UK fuel tanker drivers have been offered a 14% pay increase by Shell to be given over two years. This comes after their four-day strike has affected the UK fuel supplies.A second round of strikes was expected to... Russian Planes Rain Cement Sack on House While Seeding Clouds to Prevent Rain
We've all heard of seeding clouds to make it rain. In Russia, they seed clouds to prevent it from raining--and this time, military planes unleashed a whale of a cement bag on someone's house.The homeowner might have preferred the rain."Russian air force planes dropped a... 9/11 victims pursue bin Laden family fortune
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThough it will never bring back loved ones lost during 9-11, Bin Laden's family members who made the USA their home before and during 9-11 before being...
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