Articles by sandrea

An unidentified man burst into flames while waiting outside a train station in Sweden. Witnesses said the man was standing outside a music shop at the Gothenberg central train station around 10.30pm, when he suddenly […] […]

Hollywood star Hugh Grant has let rip at Britain’s tabloid press, telling an inquiry that a burglary at his flat led to stories and that phone-hacking was used by non-Rupert Murdoch newspapers. On a dramatic […] […]

Bradley Manning, the US soldier alleged to have passed to WikiLeaks a trove of military and diplomatic documents, will have a first hearing before a military court next month, the Pentagon says. Manning, who has […] […]

HOMICIDE detectives have re-opened their investigation of Natalie Wood’s death nearly 30 years after the actress drowned in the waters off Southern California in one of Hollywood’s most alluring mysteries. The renewed look at Wood’s […] […]

TRIPOLI, Libya—Moammar Gadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam—the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large—was captured as he traveled with aides in a convoy in Libya’s southern desert, Libyan officials said Saturday. […] […]

MOSCOW—Russia will seek tougher punishment for an American couple convicted in the U.S. of the involuntary manslaughter of a 7-year-old boy they adopted from the country, authorities said Saturday. Michael and Nanette Craver of York […] […]

THE extent of phone hacking by British journalists was yesterday shown to be much wider than previously known, with evidence suggesting The Sun and Daily Mirror tabloids were involved as well as the News of […] […]

AN explosion ripped through a fast food restaurant in China today, killing at least eight people, including a child, and shattering windows up to 3km away, officials and state media said. Among the victims were […] […]

A SUSPECTED suicide bomber carrying a bag of explosives was shot dead in Afghanistan last night near the site of a major elders’ meeting set to discuss relations with the US, officials said. The man […] […]