Tweet BEIRUT — Syrian security forces stormed student dorms at a northwestern university to break up anti-government protests there, killing at least four students and wounding several others with tear gas and live ammunition, activists and opposition groups said Thursday. Around 1,500 students had been protesting in student quarters next to Aleppo University’s main campus [...]
Tweet MONTERREY, Mexico — Two dozen gunmen burst into a casino in northern Mexico on Thursday, doused it with gasoline and started a fire that trapped gamblers inside, killing 40 people and injuring a dozen more, authorities said. The fire at the Casino Royale in Monterrey, a city that has seen a surge in drug [...]
Tweet By now, you’ve heard all about the Kansas legislator who said it was a fine idea to hire gunmen to fly around in helicopters and shoot undocumented immigrants. Republican Virgil Peck made what he calls a “joke” during a public hearing on how to control the feral-pig population (like you, I was unaware that [...]
Tweet CASTRIES, St. Lucia — A robbery and assault on three gay American tourists at their vacation cottage has St. Lucia officials scrambling to assure visitors that the southern Caribbean island is safe and welcoming for homosexuals. Tourism Minister Allen Chastanet issued an apology Monday to three men from Atlanta after masked bandits broke into [...]
Tweet A British man’s newlywed bliss turned to horror when his wife was killed in a carjacking while on their South African honeymoon, the AFP is reporting. Shrien and Anni Dewani had been married for just two weeks when their shuttle service car was targeted in Gugulethu township, just outside of Cape Town, on Saturday [...]
Tweet SHIKARPUR, Pakistan — Suspected militants in southern Pakistan set ablaze more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel for foreign troops in Afghanistan on Friday, highlighting the vulnerability of the U.S.-led mission a day after Pakistan closed a major border crossing. The Pakistani government shut the Torkham border in the northwest in apparent protest at [...]
Tweet Gold stolen during valuables store in Iraq ; insurgents suspected Gunmen raided the valuables emporium yesterday sunrise in horse opera Iraq , murdering 4 people prior to journey with the vast volume of gold, officials said. Read some-more upon Winston-Salem Journal More at TopJewelryNews
Tweet Author: By Michael McHugh The danger from gunmen has increased and individual wardens have been threatened, admitted the director of the province’s prison service, Robin Masefield. Some officers even had protection built into their homes, he told the new justice committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Mr Masefield said: “There are a number of [...]
Tweet Author: By Zeeshan Haider, Reuters Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and senior military officials watched the test-firing of the Ghaznavi ballistic missile, which can travel up to 185 miles, and the Shaheen-I, with a range of 400 miles. “Both missiles successfully hit the target areas,” the military said in a statement. It did not [...]
Tweet Author: Associated Press Thomas Hagan was the last man still serving time in the 1965 killing, part of the skein of violence that wound through the cultural and political upheaval of the 1960s. He was freed from a Manhattan prison where he spent two days a week under a work-release programme. Hagan, 69, has [...]
