Month: November 2010

ACCUSED arms dealer Viktor Bout arrived in New York from Thailand today as his wife claimed he was a pawn in a political game between the US and Russia. The Russian, who was extradited aboard […] […]

THE longest-serving prisoner on death row in Texas has died in his cell while awaiting a fourth sentencing trial. Ronald Curtis Chambers, 55, died after collapsing in his cell at a Dallas county jail. He […] […]

STUDENTS at a Gold Coast primary school are being warned against hugging a move some parents say is political correctness gone mad. They say children at the William Duncan State School in Nerang are being […] […]

IRANIAN security agents struck French diplomats in scuffles at a Tehran embassy residence, prompting France to summon Iran’s ambassador and complain of “unacceptable violence”, officials said overnight. “On November 14, particularly serious incidents took place […] […]

A SINGAPORE court has sentenced a 76-year-old British author to six weeks in jail for contempt of court over a book deemed critical of the city-state’s judiciary. Alan Shadrake had offered a qualified apology during […] […]