HARRY Nicolaides, the Melbourne writer arrested on a charge of insulting Thailand`s royal family, has described his appalling prison conditions and his fear of contracting tuberculosis, and pleaded to be allowed to apologise
THE freeze in relations between Russia and the West has cast its shadow across NASA which may be forced to keep the space shuttle flying for five years past its 2010 retirement date
TROPICAL Storm Hanna is closing in on the US east coast after leaving 136 dead in Haiti, as powerful Hurricane Ike threatens Caribbean islands and the US
A BRITISH MP trekking in Colombia was held at gunpoint in the jungle and forced to eat coffee whitener from a jar in his backpack after soldiers mistook it for cocaine