Month: October 2010

KAMPALA, Uganda—The front-page newspaper story featured a list of Uganda’s 100 “top” homosexuals, with a bright yellow banner across it that read: “Hang Them.” Alongside their photos were the men’s names and addresses. In the […] […]

MADRID—Spain, a country famed for its smoke-filled bars, corner cafes and restaurants, is poised to enact a tough new anti-smoking law Wednesday, eliminating its status as Western Europe’s last country where lighting up in indoor […] […]

MANILA, Philippines—A Filipino passenger was found dead Wednesday in the toilet of a plane in which he was flying home from the Middle East and police are investigating whether it was a suicide, officials said. […] […]

LONDON—A British court has sentenced a Saudi prince to at least 20 years in prison for beating and strangling one of his servants at a swank British hotel. Justice David Bean sentenced Prince Saud Abdulaziz […] […]

THE Government today released the names of the persons who will be heading the Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the extradition request for former West Kingston strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke and the subsequent […] […]

The military is accepting openly gay recruits for the first time in US history, even as it tries in the courts to slow the movement to abolish its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. At least […] […]

LONDON—Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been admitted to the hospital following a recent bout of flu, officials said Tuesday. British Prime Minister David Cameron’s office said he wished the former leader a “speedy […] […]