Month: June 2011

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange says his house arrest over sex allegations is hampering the work of the secret-spilling site, and his supporters accuse Britain of spying on him. The 39-year-old Australian has spent six months […] […]

AN Indonesian court has jailed radical Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for 15 years for funding a terrorist group that was planning attacks against Westerners and political leaders. The 72-year-old preacher showed little emotion as […] […]

AN al-Qa’ida-affiliated website says Egypt-born Ayman al-Zawahri has succeeded Osama bin Laden as head of the terror network. Bin Laden was killed in a US commando raid in Pakistan last month. Al-Zawahri, who will turn […] […]

A BRITISH juror was warned by a judge that she faces jail for contacting a defendant on the social networking site Facebook, causing the collapse of a major drugs trial. In what is believed to […] […]

The Commissioners of the Manatt/Dudus Commission of Enquiry have found that Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s involvement in the Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke extradition was inappropriate. At the same time, the commissioners have concluded that there is […] […]

HEZBOLLAH has strengthened its grip on Lebanon, taking the majority of cabinet positions in the new government. At a time when the Middle East is wracked with instability, the Iranian-backed “Party of God” and its […] […]

Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, says he is recovering after surgery in Cuba last week for a pelvic abscess. Mr. Chavez told the Caracas-based Telesur network that he was carrying out his duties from Havana. He […] […]

The police have charged dancehall star Mavado following an altercation at a New Kingston nightclub early Monday morning, June 13. Mavado, whose given name is David Brooks, was charged Monday evening after being questioned by […] […]

THE great might of its navy helped Brittania rule the waves. Now senior naval commanders are wondering if the UK can even defend the English Channel. Military cuts mean Britain would be hard put to […] […]