Huge soccer match-fixing trial begins in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Thousands of soccer fans shouted slogans outside a Turkish courthouse Tuesday in support of 93 suspects, including the jailed president of the country’s top soccer team, who went on trial in a massive match-fixing scandal. Aziz…
The Editor Speaks: Prison and rehabilitation
It was with some dismay, but not shock, to read the newly published report from the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) that found the rehabilitation programmes we believed were in place were completely neglected. The report was commissioned…
Double dose of fun at Books & Books
Young booklovers and their parents can meet New York Times bestselling children’s author Nancy Krulik at Books & Books, Camana Bay on Saturday, February 25 at 5pm. This special event will offer something for both boys and girls. First, Nancy…
Pretty in pink to help vets
Looking a pretty picture all dressed in pink, red or white, kids at George Town Primary School and their parents were celebrating Valentine’s Day by giving back to the community, and to their own school as well. “The first thing…
iThought for February 15, 2012
The prosperity of a man is in the hand of God, and he will place his honor above the face of the scribe. Ecclesiaticus 10:5
Brazil editor killed in rough border town
SAO PAULO (AP) — The editor-in-chief of a newspaper that crusaded against corruption in Brazil’s rough border region with Paraguay was shot dead, police said Monday, just days after another slain journalist’s body was found in a different state. Paulo…
Prosecutors seek to reinstate Knox conviction
MILAN (AP) — Italian prosecutors appealed Tuesday to Italy’s highest criminal court against the overturning of the murder convictions of American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend in the brutal slaying of a British student. Perugia prosecutors filed the 111-page…
Hamilton says he’s in a “good place”
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton says he is “in a good place” mentally after a winter spent analysing his mistakes from 2011. The Englishman is aiming to create an environment in which he can perform more consistently than last year. “I feel…