Month: October 2010

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Police in Jamaica say a bus has plunged over a cliff on the Caribbean island’s north coast, killing a teenage girl and injuring 39 people. Police Constable Yanique Matthews says the bus driver fled […] […]

The history of Harlem, the troubled inner-city New York neighbourhood, is often overshadowed by its poverty, drug crime and social problems. But Sheryl Ragland’s Promise Academy II is no ordinary school. While other public schools […] […]

Several people have been taken into custody over an alleged plot to kill Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani. Police said the suspects claimed to be getting orders from a militant in the country’s volatile […] […]

Couples will be able to get married at McDonald’s restaurants in Hong Kong from next year. McDonald’s says it has decided to offer the service because of public demand. The idea first came about after […] […]

North Korea’s media on Saturday threatened a “1,000-fold” military buildup as the United States ruled out lifting sanctions to try to coax Pyongyang into resuming talks aimed at its nuclear weapons programs. Last year, North […] […]