Month: December 2010

A decade ago, Winston Salandy proposed to Jennifer Malcolm at York County Hospital with the question, “Will you marry me?” formed on a Scrabble board. On Christmas Day, at 3:15 a.m., Salandy said farewell to […] […]

DEFENCE lawyers for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death can have half the residue left in syringes and other medical items found in the star’s bedroom for testing by a private laboratory, prosecutors say. […] […]

BRITISH music star Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish have welcomed their first child, Us Magazine reported. Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John was born on Christmas day in California via a surrogate. “We are […] […]

WHILE Israeli troops and Palestinian militants traded threats over the Gaza border, surprising messages of conciliation were issued from the Middle East. The new head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency reportedly apologised to British officials […] […]

THE White House has joined European criticism of the conviction of jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on new fraud charges, calling the action a “selective application of justice”. Khodorkovsky and co-accused Platon Lebedev, already in […] […]

JERUSALEM—Israel says it won’t participate in the 10th anniversary commemoration of a U.N. conference on racism that singled out Israel for criticism and likened Zionism to racism. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said the […] […]

ROME—A package bomb was found at the Greek Embassy in Rome Monday, three days after mail bombs exploded at two other embassies injuring two people. Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Gregoris Delavekouras said from Athens that […] […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A treacherous East Coast storm bringing lashing winds, heavy snow and low visibility buffetted workers trying to return to their post-Christmas routines Monday and left thousands of holiday travelers stranded away from […] […]

BRITONS are pessimistic about the year ahead, with dwindling disposable income and signs that up to five million households could fall behind with mortgage or rent payments, according to a poll published today. With nine […] […]