http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7883752.stm A Berlin bartender has gone on trial accused of having served a 16-year-old boy 45 tequila shots, which killed him. The barman is charged with having "fatally injured" the boy in his bar in February 2007 .The 28-year-old barman, ident...
WASHINGTON - A Pentagon spokesman said Friday the military must tighten its budget belt by looking at ways to share equipment and services instead of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines each paying for its own. To that end, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell signaled that requests to build more F-22...
On Easter Sunday of 2008, 11-year-old Kara Neumann of Weston, Wisconsin, suffered waves of nausea as she lay motionless on her deathbed, too weak to walk or speak. Kara's parents both followers of the Unleavened Bread Ministries, an online church that shuns medical intervention knelt in prayer be...
Abuse Trails Central American Girls Into Gangs (first page) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/world/americas/11guatemala.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/world/americas/11guatemala.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1What are your th...
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) on Tuesday morning opened fire on civilians crossing to the safety of government controlled areas from the uncleared areas in Puthukuduiruppu, killing 19 and injuring 69, including children.Military sources said "The Tigers were chasing behin...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has picked his party's secretary-general to hold the difficult and important post of finance minister, he said Tuesday. Tendai Biti will be in charge of fixing Zimbabwe's broken economy. The announcement came as Tsvangi...
Victoria's DSE defends burn-off managementAs victims of the Victorian bushfires try to grasp what has happened, Victoria's Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) has defended how it manages burn-offs in fire prone areas. Many of those affected by the bushfires have laid some of the...
The Obama administration has taken note of remarks both by Cuban President Raul Castro and by his brother, former President Fidel Castro, expressing, in part, positive sentiments about Barack Obama and the significance of his presidency, according to a senior State Department official. Both Ca...
Lords give hope in battle to force BBC to publish Middle East reportOliver Luft and Leigh Holmwoodguardian.co.uk, Wednesday 11 February 2009 11.00 GMT The law lords have today ruled that a freedom of information campaigner can continue his legal battle to force the BBC to publish an internal repor...
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