Rebel leader, 56 inmates escape from East Timorese jail

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 East Timorese rebel leader Alfredo Reinado and other 56 inmates escaped last night from Dili‘s mail jail. Australian and Portuguese forces initiated a massive manhunt for the escapees, which with their escape, created a new crisis for international security forces in East Timor. Australian SAS troopers using Black Hawk helicopters and …

Sex-for-aid spreads in war-torn Liberia

Monday, May 8, 2006 The aid agency Save the Children says an alarming number of girls in Liberia, as young as eight, were having sex with UN peacekeepers, policemen, teachers and humanitarian aid workers in exchange for money, food or favours. “People don’t really accept it but because of the financial constraints, people just have …

Police report drug haul seizure worth up to £30 million in Brownhills, England

Monday, December 2, 2013 Police in the West Midlands in England today said nearly 200 kilograms worth of drugs with value possibly as great as £30 million (about US$49 million or €36 million) has been seized from a unit in the town of Brownhills. In what an officer described as “one of the largest [seizures] …

Japanese tsunami impacts California coastal town

Sunday, March 13, 2011 The tsunami caused by Japan’s magnitude 8.9 quake on Friday destroyed the commercial fishing harbor of Crescent City, California, a coastal town still recovering from a devastating tsunami in 1964. Although most of the fishing boats were removed in advance, the 198 docking slips that the harbor had provided for boats, …

Become A Pilates Instructor Through Pilates Teacher Training

See More About: Adult Dance Classes Submitted by: John Arthur Pilates training is an effective workout regimen that was developed and refined over the years to build up the core body muscles and improve flexibility at the same time. People who want to get in top physical condition value Pilates workout sessions because they can …

Animal rights activists demand British coffee chain withdraw advertising campaign

Sunday, October 10, 2010 Animal rights activists have demanded that the largest coffee chain in the United Kingdom pull a new advertising campaign because they fear that it will encourage viewers to buy monkeys as pets. The demands are likely to irritate Costa Coffee, who are determined to turn over a larger profit that their …