Month: December 2010

AMANDA Knox, the American woman convicted of killing a British student in Italy, broke down in tears at her appeal today as her lawyers questioned the DNA evidence in the case. “I am unjustly convicted,” […] […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery confessed to helping a man kill her husband and re-enacted the alleged crime in an interview broadcast Friday by Iranian state television – […] […]

The Lockerbie bomber is in a coma and may have only days to live, says Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The health of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has “deteriorated badly”, says the Libyan dictator. Megrahi was given three […] […]

THE DJ had the dance floor rocking. The bartender served up a special vodka punch. The host was a prince – complete with his own entourage. An A-list LA party? Fashion week in Paris? Try […] […]

A 71-YEAR-OLD terminally ill man has been sentenced to 21 years in a California prison for rolling his wheelchair into a San Diego bank and holding it up with a replica BB gun. Judge Jeffrey […] […]

WIKILEAKS chief Julian Assange was in a segregation unit of a London jail today for his safety, as new secret US diplomatic cables were made public, increasing the embarrassment to Washington. The 39-year-old Australian has […] […]

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN—A roadside bomb planted by the Taliban has killed 15 civilians in a dangerous and remote region of southern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. The attack happened Friday afternoon as a pickup truck carrying villagers […] […]

HAVANA—A Cuban opposition group held three small marches in Havana in support of jailed dissidents Friday without meeting the kind of vehement pro-government response that has characterized past protests. Members of the Ladies in White […] […]

PESHAWAR, Pakistan—A suicide attacker drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a hospital for Shiite Muslims that was under construction in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 10 people, police said. Several people were […] […]