Christopher Hill, the U.S. ambassador to Baghdad narrowly escaped a bomb attack near his convoy in southern Iraq yesterday, as reported by the U.S. embassy in Iraq. The attack happened yesterday in Nassriyah, the capital city of Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province, where Hill was on a visit. The U.S....
According to the official reports, Nicole John, the daughter of US Ambassador to Thailand fell 22 storeys to her death today. Nicole John is said to have taken off her shoes, stepped onto the ledge of her top-floor apartment in Manhattan, and plummeted to her death 22 storeys below with her camera....
Isabelle Caro, a French model who battled anorexia since the age of 12, has died as a result of a lung infection after a two week hospitalization in Tokyo, Japan. Caro's family released news of her mid-November death on December 29, 2010. Caro was a self proclaimed "ambassador for anorexia."...
Wikileaks just released a fresh cache of cables entitled "Sex abuse scandal strains Irish-Vatican relatons, shakes up Irish church, and poses challenges for the Holy See." The cables suggest the Vatican refused cooperation in the 320 victims who filed sex abuse lawsuits against the Church from...
A package delivered to the mail room of the Swiss Embassay exploded on around 12:)) p.m. local time on Thursday. Officials report one man was injured as a result of the explosion. The embassy employee suffered serious wounds to his hands upon opening a parcel containing a bomb. Authorities...
Politics is a dirty business and politicians don't come any dirtier than Dick Cheney. He's a man who delights in operating on the 'dark side' and is the Darth Vader of American politics. However, is it going too far to accuse him of "crimes against humanity"? That term has quite a narrow and specific...
Aesop's FablesBy Aesop Translated by George Fyler Townsend The Wolf and the Lamb Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you...
Iceland is reportedly "displeased" over the U.S. demand for Wikileaks' Twitter information per a recent Reuters report. On Saturday during a state radio address, Icelandic Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson declared the U.S. Attorney's demand "unacceptable" and is determined to protect Bridgette...
The UK's royal Prince Andrew and the U.S. are the hardest hit by the Wikileaks latest cache release. It seems that included in the 271,000 international diplomatic disclosure is revealing information regarding a profanity filled tirade by Andrew. The Duke of York presented "unmitigated patriotism,"...
A top official in Bosnia said on Saturday that Angelina Jolie is interested in supporting education and other projects to help young Bosnians and people who return to homes they left during the war.Haris Silajdzic, the chairman of Bosnia's three-member Presidency, said after meeting the actress...
