Month: July 2011

A man opened fire inside a Wyoming mobile home, killing his three sons and a brother and injuring his wife, authorities said Friday. One neighbor said the wounded woman ran from the home screaming, “He […] […]

LIBYAN rebels say they’re preparing to push forward in their drive on Tripoli from the south and west in a bid to isolate Muammar Gaddafi in the capital. But the embattled leader remains defiant, telling […] […]

BRITISH author Alan Shadrake was freed to from a Singapore prison after serving time for contempt of court related to his book on the death penalty, an AFP photographer saw. Shadrake was whisked away from […] […]

THE chief executive of News International has told staff of The News of the World further revelations of criminality were coming and they would understand in time why publication of the tabloid had to cease. […] […]

AN Afghan guard opened fire and shot dead two NATO troops accompanying a reconstruction convoy travelling in a northern province today, the Afghan police said. The shooting took place in the Darah district of Panjshir […] […]

BETTY Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Centre, has died, a family friend said yesterday. […] […]

SYRIA’S government accused the US ambassador to Damascus, Robert Ford, of meeting “saboteurs” in the flashpoint city of Hama and inciting protests against President Bashar al-Assad today. “The US ambassador met with saboteurs in Hama […] […]

THE United States violated international law by executing a Mexican national who was denied his consular rights, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says. Texas carried out the controversial execution of Leal Garcia yesterday, despite […] […]

PAKISTAN has ordered 1000 extra troops to deploy in Karachi with instructions to shoot-to-kill in attempt to stem the growing bloodshed from months of political violence. Another 65 people have been killed since Tuesday in […] […]