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Rabbits to be culled at Mandela's former prison
Thousands of rabbits on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, will be culled to prevent them from overrunning the site and destroying its fragile ecology, authorities have said.
ABC News : World - 9:01 a.m. Thursday 16th October 2008
ABC News : World - 9:01 a.m. Thursday 16th October 2008
Hathaway Ex Looks for Leniency
Anne Hathaway's ex is hoping the Manhattan District Court is a little more forgiving than his former love.Raffaello Follieri is looking for leniency in his forthcoming sentence, seeking no more ...
Celebrity FIX - 1:58 a.m. Thursday 16th October 2008
Celebrity FIX - 1:58 a.m. Thursday 16th October 2008
Mandela's former prison hit by rabbit infestation (AP)
AP - Robben Island, the wind-swept site where Nelson Mandela spent so many years in jail, has been home to thousands of lepers and political prisoners. But now it's struggling ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 1:40 a.m. Thursday 16th October 2008
Yahoo! News: World News - 1:40 a.m. Thursday 16th October 2008
14 hours, 2 minutes ago
North Korea's seductress spy sent to prison
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Wednesday convicted a North Korean woman defector charged with extracting state secrets from military officers in return for sexual favors and sentenced ...
Reuters: International News - 9:52 p.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Reuters: International News - 9:52 p.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
N.Korean sentenced to 5 years in prison for spying (AP)
AP - A North Korean woman accused of using sex to elicit sensitive information from a South Korean military officer was sentenced Wednesday by a court in the South to ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 6:40 p.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Yahoo! News: World News - 6:40 p.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Eight monks imprisoned for bomb blast in Tibet: judge (AFP)
AFP - Eight monks convicted of staging a bomb attack in Tibet at the height of anti-China protests nearly seven months ago have been sentenced to prison, one of them ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:35 p.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:35 p.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Vietnam court jails journalist for corruption reports (AFP)
AFP - A court in communist Vietnam on Wednesday sentenced a journalist to two years in prison for his coverage of a major state corruption scandal and also jailed his ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:18 p.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:18 p.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Cousins' friend in court over drug bust
A LONG-time friend of former AFL footballer Ben Cousins has appeared in court via a prison videolink to face charges arising from one of Australia's biggest ecstasy busts.
NEWS.com.au National Breaking News - 1:52 p.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
NEWS.com.au National Breaking News - 1:52 p.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
U.S. brings Iraq prison camp out of legal black hole
CAMP BUCCA, Iraq (Reuters) - In the visiting hall of the U.S. prison camp, Delal Hashem, 25, sat opposite her husband Abbas Daoud Salman with the children she had brought ...
Reuters: International News - 10:11 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Reuters: International News - 10:11 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
North Korean 'sex for secrets' spy jailed in SKorea -
by Park Chan-Kyong 1 hour, 36 minutes ago SUWEON, South Korea (AFP) - A North Korean woman spy who came to South Korea claiming to be a defector and allegedly ...
World News Network - 10 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
World News Network - 10 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Lawyer for Hathaway's ex calls for less jail time (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Italian businessman who dated Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway and admitted to a fraudulent real estate scheme based on links to the Vatican should get three ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 9:37 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 9:37 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Jealous woman bludgeoned toddlers to death
STOCKHOLM - A Swedish court has sentenced a German woman to life in prison for bludgeoning two toddlers to death and trying to kill their mother.
The Brisbane Times World Headlines - 7:32 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
The Brisbane Times World Headlines - 7:32 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Thousands stage sit-in protest in Venezuela prisons
CARACAS (Reuters) - Thousands of relatives of inmates staged sit-in protests on Tuesday in prisons across Venezuela to protest abuse and poor conditions in one of the nation's largest such ...
Reuters: International News - 4:30 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Reuters: International News - 4:30 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Doctors left spatula in patient
A GYNAECOLOGIST and two trainee doctors in northern Greece have been handed suspended prison sentences after forgetting a 22-centimetre medical spatula in a patient's abdomen.
News.com.au | Europe - 4:27 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
News.com.au | Europe - 4:27 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Turkey apologizes for inmate beating death (AP)
AP - In a rare gesture, Turkey's justice minister apologized Tuesday to the family of an inmate who was allegedly beaten to death in Istanbul and said 19 prison workers ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 1:03 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
Yahoo! News: World News - 1:03 a.m. Wednesday 15th October 2008
