Taylor conviction sends warning to tyrants
(AP) — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday became the first head of state since World War II convicted by an international war crimes court, a legal landmark observers say sent a clear message to tyrants around the world…
Pakistan deports bin Laden family to Saudi Arabia
(AP) — Pakistani authorities deported Osama bin Laden’s three widows and his children to Saudi Arabia early Friday, less than a week before the first anniversary of the unilateral American raid that killed the al-Qaida leader in his hideout in…
UK couple cleared of son’s murder calls for probe
AP) — A young British couple has been reunited with their infant daughter after a long legal battle that dragged on even after they were cleared of murdering their 4-month-old son. Rohan Wray, 22, and Chana Al-Alas, 19, were charged…
Fireball remnants likely in Calif.
(AP) — Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills of Northern California likely were part of a giant fireball that exploded in daylight with about one-third the explosive force of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World…
I’m not that powerful, Rupert Murdoch tells judge
(AP) — News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said Wednesday that his globe-spanning TV and newspaper empire doesn’t carry as much political sway as is often believed, telling a British inquiry into media ethics that he wasn’t the power behind the…
Gingrich to end presidential campaign next week
AP) — Newt Gingrich began taking steps Wednesday to shut down his debt-laden White House bid, setting the stage to endorse one-time rival Mitt Romney next week and rally Republicans behind their apparent nominee. Gingrich had a friendly telephone conversation…
Here’s what Apple is going to do next
Fundamentally change the form factor of their mobile devices from backlit LCD to see-through OLED. How do I know that? Because it’s the obvious thing to do to solve a basic irritation. Let me give you a little background. In…
Unauthorised biography spills Simon Cowell secrets
(AP) — He gets colonic irrigations, Botox injections and vitamin drips, and insists on black toilet paper in his home. A revealing new biography offers intimate – some might say too intimate – details about Simon Cowell, along with a…
Cayman Islands Chinese Corp sued for fraud
LAKE CHARLES, La. (CN) – Sinotech Energy, a Chinese oil-services company, and two of its top officers misled investors about its assets and how it would use $120 million from its IPO, and Sinotech’s chairman of the board, in a…
Jamaica forms gov’t task force to battle scams
(AP) — Jamaica announced a new government task force Thursday to fight proliferating lottery scams that have made the Caribbean country a centre for international telemarketing fraud. The Jamaican and U.S. governments already have a 3-year-old joint task force that…
