Daily Archives: Dec 10, 2014
Princess Charlene of Monaco gives birth to twin babies
Princess Charlene of Monaco has given birth to twin babies, Gabriella and Jacques, the palace has announced. Prince Jacques is next in line to the...
Sinead O’Connor to join Sinn Fein party
Sinead O'Connor has applied to become a member of the Irish political party, Sinn Féin. Writing in her blog, Sinead O'Connor said she wanted to...
Pirate Bay taken offline after Swedish police raid
The Pirate Bay website has been taken offline following a police raid in Sweden. Swedish police seized servers in Stockholm after a complaint was filed...
Ziad Abu Ein: Palestinian minister dies after confrontation with IDF at West Bank protest
Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein has died after a confrontation with Israeli troops at a protest in the West Bank. Ziad Abu Ein had died...
CIA torture: Aleksander Kwasniewski admits Poland hosted CIA secret prison
Former President Aleksander Kwasniewski has acknowledged Poland let the CIA run a secret prison on its territory following 9/11. Aleksander Kwasniewski insisted he had not...
Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi receive Nobel Peace Prize awards
Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi have received the Nobel Peace Prize awards. The Nobel committee described both laureates as "champions of...
CIA torture report: UN and human rights groups call for prosecution of US officials
Human rights groups and the United Nations have called for the prosecution of US officials involved in what a Senate report called the "brutal"...
Oscar Pistorius prosecutors granted appeal
South African Judge Thokozile Masipa has ruled that prosecutors can appeal against the "culpable homicide" conviction of double amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius. Oscar Pistorius, 27,...
James Watson to get back auctioned Nobel Prize medal from Alisher Usmanov
Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov has revealed that he bought James Watson's Nobel Prize gold medal, and intends to return it to him. Steel and telecoms...