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Shots being fired in Tivoli

24th May 2010 sandrea 0

There are reports that shots are being fired in west Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens, Jamaica, as members of the security forces prepare to move in to arrest alleged crime lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. The […] […]

West Kingston men mount more barricades

24th May 2010 sandrea 0

Men sweating as if they are working on construction sites muscled their way through sections of west Kingston, Jamaica this morning, reinforcing barricades to keep out members of the security forces. From one end of […] […]

Fugitive cleric al-Awlaki warns of future attacks

23rd May 2010 sandrea 0

Fugitive American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki warned of new attacks on Americans at home and abroad in a new video released over the weekend. Anwar al-Awlaki, who is believed to be hiding in Yemen, accused U.S. […] […]

State of emergency for Kingston and St Andrew

23rd May 2010 sandrea 0

A state of emergency is to be imposed in Kingston and St Andrew at 6pm today as as the instability of the capital continues with criminals seeking to prevent the arrest of alleged crime lord […] […]

9-year-old girl forced into sex

23rd May 2010 sandrea 0

POLICE ARE QUESTIONING a 13-year-old female secondary school student who allegedly attacked a nine-year-old girl witha knife, then forced her to unrobe and to perform oral sex on her (the older student’s) brother. Reports reaching […] […]

Orphanage ‘mass grave’ investigated

23rd May 2010 sandrea 0

Police are investigating claims that the bodies of 40 children were buried in a mass grave at an orphanage more than half a century ago. Pensioner Frank Hadley claimed the remains of the children, who […] […]

Fatal attack: football star’s mum ‘was in the way’

23rd May 2010 sandrea 0

“THE bitch was in my way.” That was the alleged justification from a cyclist who fatally attacked the elderly mother of former footballer Joe Thomas in a suburban Sydney street. Mary Touma, 71, was walking […] […]

Vietnam: Why 35 years on the suffering continues

23rd May 2010 sandrea 0

By Sandrea The article in the Mercury newspaper ‘Vietnam, US still in conflict over Agent Orange’ sickens me, and should every decent human being. Thirty five years after the Vietnam war the human suffering continues. […] […]

Move afoot in Congress to ban drop-side cribs

23rd May 2010 sandrea 0

WASHINGTON (AP) – The baby crib, usually a safe haven for little ones, became a death trap for 6-month-old Bobby Cirigliano. The side rail on his drop-side crib slid off the tracks and trapped his […] […]

UK tabloid: Duchess offered access for cash

23rd May 2010 sandrea 0

LONDON—Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson feels devastated after she was secretly recorded apparently offering to sell access to her ex-husband Prince Andrew in return for 500,000 pounds ($724,000), her spokeswoman said Sunday. The tabloid News […] […]