Month: September 2011

HUNDREDS of mourners have gathered for the funeral of a man whose death at the hands of armed police sparked riots across London and other cities in England in the worst unrest for decades. The […] […]

AMERICANS today began sombre ceremonies to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks under the shadow of a new terror threat, as armed police patrolled New York still scarred by al-Qaeda’s assault. US officials […] […]

A SUBSTITUTE teacher in Britain stunned colleagues by announcing that he was taking up a new post – as deputy prime minister of anarchic Somalia, the Willesden and Brent Times reported yesterday. Mohamed Ibrahim, a […] […]

“Serious and gratuitous” violence by British soldiers caused the death of an Iraqi hotel worker and injuries to nine other innocent civilians, a landmark public inquiry ruled yesterday. Baha Mousa, 26, a widower and father […] […]

US security officials say they are investigating a credible terror threat to the nation ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. “In this instance, it’s accurate that there is specific, credible but unconfirmed […] […]

BRITAIN’s army said today that the death of an Iraqi detainee in Basra had cast a “dark shadow” over its reputation, after an inquiry found he suffered “gratuitous violence” at the hands of soldiers. Hotel […] […]

A US judge has sentenced a New York man to 25 years for plotting to blow up synagogues and shoot down American military planes. Laguerre Payen, 29, was convicted in October along with three other […] […]

AMERICAN student Amanda Knox won another battle in her quest to overturn a conviction for murdering her British roommate in Italy when an appeals court rejected a prosecutor’s request for more DNA testing. The decision […] […]

BRITISH police investigating phone hacking at a British newspaper said today they had made a fresh arrest, as another newspaper said one of its journalists had been quizzed over leaks in the case. A 35-year-old […] […]

FRANCE has accused Syria of ‘crimes against humanity’, as activists said regime forces killed at least 23 people, 21 of them in a tank-backed raid on the flashpoint central city of Homs. “The Syrian regime […] […]