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....
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...
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...
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...
Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
In a controversial photo that may have helped end the Vietnam War, 9-year-old Kim Phuc Phan Thai ran naked through a street after suffering napalm burns over much of her body. The photo was taken in 1972 by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut. At 46 years old, Kim Phuc Phan is now a public...
Angelina Jolie revealed after a surprise visit to Sarajevo on Saturday she would soon start work on a love story set during the 1992-95 Bosnian War.In a statement issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Jolie said that shooting for the movie would begin in autumn on...
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it” - William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister from 1766 to 1778. Our nations’ leaders are supposed to be paragons of virtue and strength, ever striving to better the populace’s lot in life and aid their country’s economic,...
