Month: September 2011

A FRENCH police court today issued its first fines against two women charged in May with wearing the full-face covering Islamic niqab, an AFP correspondent reported. Police have issued several on-the-spot fines since the ban […] […]

A LONDON couple were rescued from a ravine in the Amazon in Brazil after calling relatives thousands of miles away back in England, according to British media reports Thursday. Lesley Norris and Bruce Scott, both […] […]

THE NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan said today it had killed a Taliban commander who was the target of an operation in which 30 US troops died when their helicopter crashed last month. Qari Tahir was […] […]

A 20-year-old NASA satellite the size of a bus that is heading for Earth is expected to hit tomorrow. NASA and the US Department of Defense are tracking the 35ft spacecraft, the Upper Atmosphere Research […] […]

IT is one of the world’s most iconic sights. But for local residents, the huge “Hollywood” sign on their hillside overlooking Los Angeles is a source of growing anger. Travellers have long flocked to have […] […]

THE autobiography of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was to go on sale later today despite efforts by the Australian anti-secrecy campaigner to suppress the book, its British publisher said. The book – Julian Assange: The […] […]

CONVICTED murderer Troy Davis has been executed after the US Supreme Court rejected an eleventh-hour appeal to prevent Georgia authorities from executing him for the murder of an off-duty police officer. The court did not […] […]

MASKED gunmen disguised as police have raided a safe deposit centre near Paris, killing a guard and wounding two others before taking a hostage and shooting at police during their getaway. The guard was killed […] […]