Nuns Sell Honus Wagner Card for $262,000
Rare Baseball Card Bequeathed to Roman Catholic Nuns Sells at Auction; Proceeds Will Go to Order’s Ministries Worldwide
UK soldiers ‘routinely abused Iraqi civilians’
Hundreds of Iraqi civilians were ’systemically abused’ and tortured by British soldiers and interrogators, it was alleged at the High Court
Man guilty of inciting racial hatred in cross burning
A Nova Scotia man who burned a cross on the lawn of an inter-racial Nova Scotia couple earlier this year has been found guilty of inciting racial hatred.
US military is ready for a war of networks and information
The Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lane wrote in a copy of September / October issue of the journal ‘Foreign Affairs’ said, more than 100 foreign intelligence organisations are trying to sneak into the US networks.
Danish police confirm German embassy parcel was harmless
Danish bomb squad experts were called Friday to the German embassy to investigate a suspicious parcel there but quickly determined that the package was harmless.
SAP agrees to pay US$120 million to Oracle over theft case: sources
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Germany’s SAP AG has agreed to pay US$120 million to Oracle Corp in return for a promise by the US company not to seek punitive damages in its suit against SAP for software theft, according to sources familiar with the agreement.
NASA gives ‘go’ for Discovery launch as storms loom
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – NASA was set to try Thursday to launch space shuttle Discovery on its final voyage, although stormy weather could force yet another delay.
More than 20 tons of pot seized at US-Mexico border tunnel
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Federal authorities in San Diego have made one of the largest marijuana seizures in the United States, confiscating more than 20 tons of pot that was smuggled into the country through an underground tunnel connecting warehouses on …
18 dead found in Mexico mass grave shown in video
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – In another grisly turn in Mexico’s drug war, police have recovered 18 bodies from a mass grave announced in a YouTube posting — a video saying the victims were from a tourist group kidnapped in Acapulco a month ago.
Habib denied passport
FORMER Guantanamo Bay inmate Mamdouh Habib has lost his long-running fight to secure a new Australian passport.
Afghan Diggers rescue 34
While under fire, Australian special forces and their Afghan counterparts last month rescued 34 women and children, Defence said yesterday.
Asylum-seekers not criminals: Bowen
Chris Bowen has rejected claims people campaigning against detention centres being built in their communities are racists.
Website bargains no gift to retailers
RETAILERS have hit the panic button as Australian shoppers cash in on the strong dollar to buy tax-free bargains on overseas websites.
Rudd waged war on ALP: Howes
PAUL Howes has accused Kevin Rudd of being responsible for the damaging leaks against Labor during the federal election campaign.
Disguised man boarded Air Canada flight: officials
A young man is in detention in Vancouver after he allegedly boarded an Air Canada flight in Hong Kong last week disguised as an old man.