Wednesday, December 15, 2010 The Metropolitan Police Service has confirmed that a police officer and a police community support officer were stabbed in the west of London, England. The officers were stabbed at a bus stop in the Ealing Broadway region of the city about 1505 UTC while examining bus tickets. The man stabbed the two in an attempt to […]
Fish Of The Bahamas
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Retail Research Brand Strategies By Omar Isaacs The Bahamas is famous for its wide variety of tropical fish – and the huge number of them. With so many on offer, the islands are likened to a fisherman’s paradise, and Bahamas fishing can be some of the most rewarding sport fishing on the planet. […]
US Supreme Court considers appeal from foreign terrorist suspects
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 The United States Supreme Court has heard a plea that terrorism suspects being held at the U.S. Naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, should be given the opportunity to challenge their detention in American courts. Demonstrators outside the court chanted and waved signs calling on the nine high court justices to grant the detainees habeus corpus, […]
Curious death befalls collaborator days before movie release
Saturday, February 11, 2006 Alan Shalleck, 76, associate in the children’s book series Curious George, was found dead in his driveway 8 February 2006. Covered in black garbage bags, his body had been disregarded by neighbors and passersby who presumably mistook it for a collection of refuse. Speculation has risen around the case due to the seemingly odd coincidence of […]
South African apartheid assassin Eugene de Kock granted parole
Saturday, January 31, 2015 South African Justice Minister Michael Masutha yesterday announced he is granting parole to Eugene de Kock, an apartheid-era assassin who has spent twenty years in prison. After South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994 de Kock was arrested and subsequently detailed his actions to the nation’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). As head of a police […]
Investing In Residential Real Estate In Redmond As A Long Term Goal
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Brisbane Property Value Melbourne Property Value byAlma Abell Investing in real estate in Redmond, Oregon, especially residential real estate, is a great way to start building for your financial future. There are several big factors to consider to know if this is a good option for you given your current financial state, but […]
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Sweden’s Crown Princess marries long-time boyfriend
Monday, June 21, 2010 Sweden’s first royal wedding since 1976 took place Saturday when Crown Princess Victoria, 32, married her long-time boyfriend and former personal trainer, Daniel Westling, 36. The ceremony took place at Stockholm Cathedral. Over 1,200 guests, including many rulers, politicians, royals and other dignitaries from across the world, attended the wedding, which cost an estimated 20 million […]
New Zealand man sentenced to life in prison for murder
Tuesday, August 22, 2006 James Junior Lawrie, 26-year-old, has been sentenced to life in prison at the Auckland High Court for a minimum of 16 years after he killed the Uptown Mini Mart owner 58-year-old Bhagubhai Vaghela on 19 June, 2005. Vaghela was found dead at the scene by ambulance officers. Lawrie had entered the store planning on stealing phone […]
Ben Shephard announces departure from GMTV
Friday, April 23, 2010 Ben Shephard has announced his departure from GMTV, the current television breakfast programme on ITV in the United Kingdom, having been a presenter on the programme for ten years. His current contract ends in April 2010, but he is expected to leave by the end of the Summer of 2010, according to the Press Association. Initially, […]