The Editor Speaks: The devil you know or the one you don’t
David Marchant’s OffshoreAlert is the unofficial eye on the offshore financial industry and its very name can strike like a lightning bolt into an offshore finance manager’s heart. It concentrates in writing about multi-jurisdictional, white-collar crime that includes money laundering,…
Clippers outlast Heat 95-89 in overtime
BETH HARRIS,AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers couldn’t hit a basket in the final four minutes of regulation. The Miami Heat could barely make free throws. Two tired teams coming off road losses the night…
Two bodies left at Mexico mall; drug toll at 47,500
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two decapitated bodies were found inside a burning SUV early Wednesday at the entrance to one of Mexico’s most luxurious malls, feeding fears drug violence is infiltrating privileged realms previously thought safe. Police recovered the mutilated…
Video remand facility a reality
Persons detained at HMP Northward and Fairbanks while on remand will soon address the courts, and consult with their lawyers, from the confines of the penal system, following the introduction of CCTV links. This development is another component of the…
AIRPORT DELAYS
New plan needs to raise money, say Canadians The head of the Canadian company looking at modernising Owen Roberts Airport said yesterday it could begin work on the three-year project almost immediately, but would only focus on improving retail profits. Any long-term…
‘Eternal leader’ Kim’s body to be enshrined
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday it will enshrine Kim Jong Il’s body in the palace housing his father, the national founder, deepening its veneration of the Kim dynasty as the country transfers power to a third…
Milan scrap Tevez talks
AC Milan have abandoned talks with Manchester City over the transfer of Carlos Tevez. It is thought the negotiations for the forward ended after the decision of Milan’s Alexandre Pato to stay in Italy and not move to Paris Saint-Germain….
Bullfighting
Bullfighting is one of the most famous customs upheld by the Spanish. It draws attention worldwide from people who just love the sport, and also from many others who are against this barbaric onslaught. I happened to attend this barbaric…
Perry’s father apologises for remarks about Jews
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A suburban Cleveland church where the father of pop star Katy Perry delivered a sermon that drew accusations of anti-Semitism has released an apology in which he says he regrets his “hurtful and ugly language.” Pastor…
