Month: March 2011

INTERPOL has issued a global alert against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and 15 others, including members of his family and close associates. The global police organisation said overnight it issued the Orange Notice “in a […] […]

HUNDREDS of Egyptian protesters attempted to storm a building belonging to the internal security service in Alexandria today in an outpouring of anger at the agency blamed for some of the worst human rights violations […] […]

LIBYAN forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi killed and wounded rebels trying to advance on Tripoli and claimed to have recaptured a town close to the capital, rebel and government sources said. A doctor at one […] […]

THE soldier suspected of giving secret US documents to WikiLeaks is an “unparalleled hero”, according to the website’s founder, Julian Assange. Supporters of Bradley Manning, 23, claim that the army private is being held “in […] […]

A LONDON judge has jailed the ex-nanny of a British sex-shop tycoon for spiking her employer’s asparagus soup with windshield washer fluid in an attempt to get the household’s chef in trouble. Allison Cox, 33, […] […]

BARACK Obama wants US military forces ready to act swiftly in Libya, and insists a military no-fly zone remains an option. In his strongest comments on the clashes between protesters and the regime – in […] […]

KATMANDU, Nepal—Nepalese authorities have banned the sale of marijuana during a popular Hindu festival at which holy men traditionally smoke the drug and share it with young men and women, police said Thursday. About 500,000 […] […]

GERMAN prosecutors said today they suspected a deadly attack on US servicemen at Frankfurt airport by a gunman was motivated by Islamic extremism. Arid Uka, 21, who worked at the mail distribution centre at the […] […]