Month: August 2011

A BRITISH woman accused of smothering her two young children to get revenge on their father was found guilty overnight of two counts of murder. Fiona Donnison, 45, was facing a life sentence after jurors […] […]

THE destruction in dozens of parts of London began to look like the first “BlackBerry riots” yesterday, with gangs using the smartphones to co-ordinate some of their targets for looting and burning. Instant messages sent […] […]

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron last night vowed that an extra 10,000 police would be sent on to the streets of London as three nights of rioting and looting claimed their first life. As a […] […]

HANOI, Vietnam—A Vietnam War-era artillery shell has exploded in central Vietnam, killing two people who were cutting it up for scrap metal. Police officer Nguyen Thanh Phong says the men died at the scene following […] […]

BAGHDAD—A powerful anti-American Shiite cleric in Iraq with thousands of loyal followers threatened on Sunday that U.S. forces who stay past the Dec. 31 withdrawal deadline are fair game to attack. Iraqi officials, worried about […] […]

PARACHINAR, Pakistan—A Pakistani official says security forces have killed more than 200 militants over the past month in a tribal area near Afghanistan where the military is waging an anti-Taliban offensive. Javed Ullah says four […] […]