Iran's Khatami urges people to attend rallies The Star | TEHRAN (Reuters) - Reformist former president Mohammad Khatami urged people on Monday to attend rallies marking the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, when the opposition is expected to revive anti-government protests. | Opposition leaders Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi earlier t...
Campaign starts at Plaza Miranda The Daily Tribune | MR. EXPOSE | 02/09/2010 | The official campaign period for national candidates starts today with the traditional proclamation rally. The venues are: Joseph “Erap” Estrada-Jojo Binay at Plaza Miranda, Manila with Mayor Lito Atienza. The Noynoy Aquino-Mar Roxas team at Concepcion, Tarlac which cover...
Questioning Crime Data, and Other Data Behind Bloomberg Policy The New York Times | Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, an engineering major in college, has never been shy about proclaiming an unerring faith in statistics. | He created 311 as a way to collate data, and improve the lives of New Yorkers. He has whipped out education data to...
Manslaughter Charge for Michael Jackson's Doctor The New York Times | LOS ANGELES - Nearly eight months after Michael Jackson died suddenly, his personal physician was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter for providing him with a powerful anesthetic that was ruled a major factor in his death. | The filing of ...
Masters of lust Hong Kong Standard The pretty teenager knew it could come to this - having to give herself to a man who looked older than her father. But her mind was on how marvellous life would be when she made it big as a model, so she peeled off her panties and awaited the master'...
Michael Jackson's Doctor Is Charged With Manslaughter The New York Times | LOS ANGELES - Nearly eight months after Michael Jackson died suddenly, his personal physician was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter for providing him with a powerful anesthetic that was ruled a major factor in his death. | The filing of ...
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Two red-tailed hawks shot on South Whidbey Seattle Post This red-tailed hawk lies wounded with birdshot in its wing at Useless Bay Animal Clinic in Freeland. It was one of two hawks that had to be euthanized after being shot. –Phot...
Polanski, Scorsese Films to Debut at Berlin Festival Syracuse | (AP) - c ()-2010, Bloomberg News | BERLIN-Roman Polanski, holed up in his Swiss ski chalet and facing possible extradition to the United States on a 30- year-old child-abuse case...
House Republican Issa Charges Obama With Lying About Tort Reform Huffington Post | President Obama's health care reform outreach to congressional Republicans got off to a bumpy start on Monday morning, when Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) blasted a statement to re...
Paralyzed CNN scribe wins $55m from UK medic Hong Kong Standard Former Hong Kong-based CNN correspondent Andrew Brown has won almost HK$55 million in damages after being paralyzed at a British hospital. | //--> Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | Former Hong Kong-based CNN correspondent Andrew Brown has won almost HK$55...
Guard accused of stealing gold bars from HSBC Hong Kong Standard A security guard appeared in court yesterday accused of stealing four gold tael bars worth about HK$1 million belonging to HSBC. | //--> Scarlett Chiang | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | A security guard appeared in court yesterday accused of stealing f...
Poverty could mitigate crime, even murder: SC The Times Of India NEW DELHI: The law is supposed to be enforced uniformly, and without sorting the guilty on the basis of their economic and social background. On Monday, however, the Supreme Court said that economic status of a murder convict needs to be taken into a...
Dubai Firm in Trouble over Hilton Shoot Khaleej Times DUABI ' The much-hyped 2009 filming of US socialite Paris Hilton's reality show in Dubai is now mired in a series of legal disputes between the bosses and the contract producers of the yet-to-be-aired show. | Reports in the US media this week said that Lionsgate Television, which gave the contract to Uniqon Emirates in Dubai for co-producing and di...
Blair's 'we're with you' letter to Bush is kept secret from Iraq inquiry The Daily Mail | Judgement Day: Tony Blair will make his long-awaited appearance infront of the Iraq inquiry today | Tony Blair is today set to dodge questions about secret letters he sent to George Bush promising to 'be with you' in the invasion of Iraq. | The Government was last night refusing to agree to the release of the letters and other key document...
