A SUICIDE bomber today rushed into a crowd of police recruits in central Iraq and detonated his explosives-laden vest, killing at least 25 people and wounding 40, the local police chief said
LEBANON must improve working conditions for migrant domestic workers, who often commit suicide or die while trying to escape from their employers, a US-based rights group says
POLICE in Japan have caught a serial handbag snatcher dubbed "the chameleon" after eluding arrest for years by stripping off as he fled the scenes of his crimes
A BRITISH data processing firm has launched an urgent review after a staff member sold a computer on eBay containing personal details of a million bank customers
BRITISH author Salman Rushdie has received an apology at London`s High Court from a former police officer who libelled him in a book about his time in hiding while under threat from a fatwa
RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the foreign ministry to open talks with Abkhazia and South Ossetia on establishing diplomatic relations with Russia
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said the world must increase pressure on Iran over its nuclear program to avoid a situation where Israel feels that "its back is to the wall" and may respond
THE Atlantic hurricane season`s seventh tropical storm formed in the central Caribbean overnight and could strengthen into a hurricane before striking vulnerable Haiti, the US National Hurricane Centre said
AILING US Democrat Edward Kennedy, who is battling a brain tumor, has made a surprise appearance at the party`s convention and vowed to help elect Barack Obama president
ONE of two US Marines facing court martial for their alleged role in the slaying of unarmed civilians in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004, pleaded not guilty to charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty,
UNDIAGNOSED infections may be causing a significant number of premature births, researchers reported after finding bacteria or fungi in 15 percent of the amniotic fluid samples taken from women in pre-term labor
TWO little girls stole the hearts of diehard political activists in Denver today when Malia and Sasha Obama appeared at the Democratic convention blowing kisses to their daddy, Barack Obama
WESTS Tigers coach Tim Sheens is unconcerned about growing speculation Benji Marshall could be the latest high-profile player to make a switch to rugby union
Both princes and paupers are allowed to fly hellicopters arent they?
Posted by: Gareth Connors of NSW 2:55pm today
What better warzone to practice in than your mother-in-laws garden.This is the stuff that we guys dream of.If the RAAF would kindly deploy a helicopter to my mother-in-laws garden, it might make for a much more peaceful life for me and it would be a far quicker resolution than sorting out those in the middle east.Come to think about it, why the hell haven't I joined the RAF, oh yeah, I think they have psychiatric tests for recruits!
Posted by: Adrian of Sydney 2:51pm today
Such a nice fellow..let him in peace ,for a while !
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