Month: September 2011

TWO Los Angeles firefighters were injured in a blaze at a house owned by legendary film star Jack Nicholson in the Hollywood Hills, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. Eighty firefighters responded to the blaze […] […]

LIBYA’S s interim leader says he’s given battlefield commanders the authority to attack towns loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, after a deadline passed for the strongman’s supporters to lay down arms. After a series of spluttering, […] […]

THREE soldiers, a policeman and a journalist were among eight people killed Saturday in attacks in Iraq, security officials said. In the capital’s Palestine Street, unidentified gunmen opened fire with guns equipped with silenders, killing […] […]

A BRITISH man was left dazed and wandering the streets in his singed underwear after almost blowing himself up brewing home-made vodka. Ten neighbouring dwellings had to be evacuated after Lawrence Toms, 43, had a […] […]

US investigators searched for three people today in connection with a possible al-Qa’ida bomb plot timed to the days surrounding the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Authorities identified the individuals after searching through […] […]

EGYPTIAN soldiers and military vehicles have massed near the Israeli embassy in Cairo following violent protests in front of the Jewish state’s mission that left more than 200 people injured. One demonstrator died of a […] […]

A 22-YEAR-old mother is facing child abuse charges after police say she glued her toddler daughter’s hands to a wall, kicked her in the stomach and beat her over a potty training issue. Joselyn Cedillo, […] […]