Month: January 2011

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is recovering from a collapsed lung and could be released from hospital tomorrow, according to reports. Mandela, 92, was admitted to Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg yesterday for what his […] […]

Police say they have discovered a second explosive device planted along a busy Belfast road, part of a bomb alert which has forced dozens of families from the area and highlighted the staying power of […] […]

About a half-hour past midnight Friday morning in Egypt, the internet went dead. Almost simultaneously, the handful of companies that pipe the internet into and out of Egypt went dark as protesters were gearing up […] […]

A Ugandan gay rights activist whose name and picture were published in a homophobic tabloid has been murdered at his home, sparking international concern. David Kato, 43, was killed on Wednesday with initial investigations showing […] […]

THE world’s Muslim population will grow twice as fast as the non-Muslim population in the next 20 years, when Muslims are expected to make up more than a quarter of the global population, a study […] […]

BRITAIN’S Supreme Court has ruled that shouting constitutes as domestic violence and anyone who raises their voice at their partner could be thrown out of their home, the Daily Mail reported Thursday. Leading a bench […] […]

A FORMER public schoolgirl who kicked and stamped on a gay civil servant in a deadly homophobic attack has been jailed for seven years for manslaughter. Ruby Thomas, 19, hurled homophobic obscene abuse at on […] […]

A NEW York City firefighter was sentenced to five years in prison for growing more than $500,000 worth of marijuana plants in a Queens basement, the New York Post reported Tuesday. Patrick Murray was convicted […] […]