Monthly Archives: September 2012
Recipe: Cheesy fondue potatoes with bacon
Try this simple dish that is baked in a single tray and will feed the whole family this weekend. INGREDIENTS 900 g (2 lbs) floury potatoes,...
Anime girl: Anastasiya Shpagina transformed herself into a living cartoon character
With her enormous, glassy eyes, purple hair and coquettish pose, Anastasiya Shpagina could have stepped from the scene of a Japanese anime film. Anime fan...
Lindsay Lohan assaulted at W Hotel in Manhattan
Lindsay Lohan was reportedly assaulted in her room at the W Hotel in Manhattan early Sunday morning. A police source tells local NBC 4 News...
US death toll in Afghanistan war reaches 2,000
A checkpoint shooting in eastern Afghanistan has taken the US military's death toll in the war past 2,000. A US soldier and contractor were killed...
Kenya: Sunday school grenade attack kills one child and hurts another three in Nairobi
One child has been killed and three seriously hurt in a grenade attack on a church's Sunday school in the Kenya capital, Nairobi. The attacker...
2018 World Cup: Russia reveals that its preliminary budget nearly doubles
Russia has revealed that its preliminary budget for holding the 2018 World Cup is almost twice what it projected when it won the bid...
Gaddafi killed by French secret serviceman on the express orders of Nicolas Sarkozy
A French secret serviceman acting on the express orders of President Nicolas Sarkozy is suspected of murdering Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, it was sensationally claimed...
Bonnie and Clyde guns up for sale in New Hampshire
The guns used by gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who died in a hail of police bullets in 1934, are up for auction. The...
George Michael cancels the Australian leg of his Symphonica tour
George Michael has cancelled the Australian leg of his tour due to "major anxiety" following his battle with pneumonia at the end of last...
Batumi: the Las Vegas of the Black Sea
Georgia's beautiful, subtropical Black Sea coast is once again drawing tourists from far and wide, and the government hopes focusing on gambling will help...
Kim Kardashian and her family prepare to compete in the Miami Dragon Boat Festival
Kim Kardashian was spotted in a park in Miami, Florida on Saturday with members from her family as they prepared to compete in the...
Noah Kagan: Why I got fired from Facebook
Noah Kagan, one of Facebook's first ever employees, was forced to leave the up-and-coming social network in 2006, and he missed out on a...
Venezuela election: two opposition politicians killed during a campaign rally
Two opposition politicians have been killed in Venezuela during a campaign rally, a week before the country's presidential election. Geison Valero belonged to the opposition...
Arnold Schwarzenegger confirms he had an affair with Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen revealed that she and Arnold Schwarzenegger had an affair in her own memoir, last year. And now Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed that he...
Anne Hathaway marries Adam Shulman in Big Sur
Anne Hathaway has married Adam Shulman in Big Sur, California, after a one year engagement. Following reports on Friday that she was set to wed...
Ancient Madina souk in Aleppo’s Old City burns as battles rage
A blaze has swept though ancient markets in Aleppo, activists say, as rebels and government forces seek to gain control of Syria's largest city. Reports...
Paolo Gabriele trial: Vatican judges refuse to admit key evidence
Vatican judges have refused to admit key evidence in the trial of Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict's former butler, charged with stealing sensitive documents. Paolo Gabriele's...
Recipe: fig, honey and almond tart
Try this simple dish baked in a single tray that will feed the whole family this weekend. INGREDIENTS 375 g packet ready-rolled puff pastry 10 ripe figs 3...Omar Khadr, the youngest prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, returns to Canada
Omar Khadr, the youngest prisoner to be held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, has been returned to his native Canada. Omar Khadr had been...Interstate 405 shutdown in Los Angeles until early Monday morning
California drivers had been long warned and now Carmageddon, the sequel, is hours underway. Ten miles of the world’s busiest freeways have been shut down...How make-up and perfume can influence your interview result
Interviewers make all sorts of snap judgments about a candidate’s character based solely on their grooming regime, according to a survey of British bosses. One...
Car chase suicide live on Fox News
Fox News has apologized for showing a man fatally shooting himself in the head on live television. Fox News on Friday was covering a high-speed...
Barack Obama and his family cost taxpayers $1.4 billion per year
US President Barack Obama and his family cost the taxpayer $1.4 billion per year, according to a recently published book. By contrast, the British Royal...
Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks of affair with maid Mildred Beana on 60 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger has revealed he regrets having an affair with his maid Mildred Beana, declaring it as “the stupidest thing” and admitting he “inflicted...
