Articles by sandrea

ABOUT 400 anti-Wall Street protesters have been arrested in New York when they blocked traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, forcing authorities to shut it down for hours, police said. Anti-Wall Street activists first occupied a […] […]

FIERCE fighting is raging in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown Sirte as new regime forces press their campaign to capture it from determined loyalists of Libya’s former leader. As military casualties mount, a rocket has killed two […] […]

POLICE in Northern Ireland say a live bomb has been found in a busy part of Belfast. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said ys the bomb was “capable of causing death or serious injury”. […] […]

BAGHDAD—A car bomb exploded Friday near a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad where mourners had gathered for a funeral, killing 17 people, Iraqi officials said. The explosion triggered new anger at Iraq’s leaders and their […] […]

LONDON—A judge says an Islamic activist who entered Britain despite being banned is entitled to damages for wrongful detention. Islamic Movement in Israel leader Sheikh Raed Salah flew to Britain in June, despite an order […] […]

TYPHOON Nalgae slammed into the northern Philippines, packing gusts up to 195km/h and threatening victims still trapped by previous storm floods, officials said. Nalgae made landfall in Luzon at 9:00am local time and was tearing […] […]

A MAN who faked his own death in an attempt to claim over $810,000 was jailed for six years today by a British court. Anthony McErlean staged a fictitious car wreck in Honduras, then posed […] […]

THE estranged wife of a British lawmaker has been convicted of stealing a kitten from the house of her husband’s lover. A jury deliberated for five hours on Friday before convicting Christine Hemming, 53, of […] […]