Month: September 2010

News – POLICE shot dead a gunman and freed three people he had taken hostage on today in a dramatic four-hour standoff at the Discovery Channel headquarters outside Washington. “Our tactical units moved in” when […] […]

News – AN ARMED man is holding a small number of people hostage at the Discovery Channel’s headquarters building in Maryland, in the United States. The man, in possession of an apparent explosive device, had concerns with […] […]

News – PARIS Hilton was banned today from two Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, and her boyfriend was dismissed as a nightclub partner following their arrests in a vehicle that police said reeked […] […]

Mygripe THE decomposing body of British code-breaker Gareth Williams was found padlocked shut in a holdall in a bath in his London flat, an inquest was told. The cause of Mr Williams’ death has yet […] […]

Mygripe BRITISH Foreign Secretary William Hague said that his special adviser Christopher Myers had resigned because of “untrue and malicious” allegations about the pair supposedly having a relationship. The announcement came after Mr Hague had […] […]

Mygripe FOR years, most Iraqis viewed US soldiers as unwelcome occupiers and suspected them of trying to steal their oil. But public opinion has undergone a dramatic change in the run-up to the departure of […] […]

Mygripe RUSSIA’S finance minister Alexei Kudrin has urged his fellow citizens to smoke and drink more, explaining that higher consumption would help lift tax revenues for spending on social services. “If you smoke a pack […] […]