Month: May 2011

Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s first mother-in-law died of a stroke after hearing the news that US forces killed him in Pakistan, a London-based Arabic newspaper says. Nabih al-Ghanem, the mother of bin Laden’s […] […]

Almost half a century ago, Nelson Mandela walked 20 paces from the farmhouse kitchen of his hideout north of Johannesburg and dug a pit where he buried a pistol. The gun is now the target […] […]

ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has arrived in court for his corruption trial on charges he bribed a witness to lie in another trial. It is the premier’s fourth court appearance in recent months. He […] […]

THE mysterious death of a 17-year-old New Zealand girl in England, two days after she told friends she had a stalker, was being investigated by police today. The body of Emily Longley was found Saturday […] […]

THE death toll from a string of Taliban attacks on government buildings in the Afghan city of Kandahar has risen to four as militants held out into a second day. The violence in the Taliban’s […] […]

THE accused mastermind of last year’s bloody Baghdad church siege grabbed a policeman’s gun mid-interrogation today and led a jail mutiny that left eight police, including a general, and 10 inmates dead. The daring incident […] […]

MUAMMAR Gaddafi’s troops have unleashed a salvo of Grad rockets on towns in Libya’s western mountains, and destroyed key fuel supplies in Misrata, aggravating a desperate humanitarian crisis in the besieged city. The rebels, meanwhile, […] […]

TORRANCE, CALIF. — Authorities say soccer star David Beckham was behind the wheel of a car that rear-ended another vehicle on a Southern California freeway. The California Highway Patrol said Saturday the soccer great was […] […]