Month: May 2011

A US judge ruled Wednesday that Jared Loughner was mentally unfit to stand trial over charges he tried to assassinate a US congresswoman and killed six other people in Arizona, US media reported. Jared Loughner […] […]

A TEENAGER thought to be Britain’s youngest hitman was jailed for life overnight for shooting dead a young mother in a contract killing when he was just 15 years old. Santre Sanchez Gayle, now 16, […] […]

He downed a pint of Guinness with a distant cousin and checked out centuries-old parish records tracing his family to Ireland. From the tiny village of Moneygall to a huge, cheering crowd in Dublin, President […] […]

Forget “get out of jail free” cards. Prosecutors said Monday they have detained 16 policemen who allegedly took bribes to protect members of a drug gang who carried specially marked cards to avoid detention. Authorities […] […]

A dense ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano blew into Scotland, western Norway and Denmark last night, causing airlines to cancel flights and raising fears of travel disruptions. Norwegian airport operator Avinor said the ash […] […]

A BRITISH prosecutor says he will bring a manslaughter charge against a police officer following the death of a newspaper vendor during the G20 demonstrations in London in 2009. Keir Starmer QC, the director of […] […]

ACCOUNTANTS chasing a new job should beware – your potential new boss may have already checked you out on Facebook. A new survey by recruitment firm Robert Half has found that more than a third […] […]

THE young Libyan soldier showed almost no emotion as he described how his unit had raped four sisters, the youngest about 16, after breaking into a home in the besieged port of Misratah. “My officer […] […]

EGYPT’S former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons will stand trial over the killing of protesters, the public prosecutor said today. The prosecutor referred Mubarak – who has been detained for several weeks pending […] […]

US states braced for more storms yesterday after a tornado in Missouri killed 116 people, putting it on course to be the deadliest single twister to strike the US in modern history. Forecasters warned that […] […]