Prince William’s Tour Of The Falklands Sparks Protests Despite being branded as a ‘conqueror’, Prince William’s arrival in the disputed Falkland Islands saw him receive a warm welcome. In Argentina however, violence broke out. The Duke of Cambridge’s arrival, ahead of a tour of duty as an RAF search and rescue pilot, comes as the [...]
Compiled by Dinouk Colombage Twitter To Selectively ‘Censor’ Tweets By Country Twitter has announced that it now has the technology to selectively block tweets on a country by country basis. In its blog, Twitter said it could “reactively withhold content from users in a specific country”. But it said the removed content would be available [...]
The news that Kodak has filed for bankruptcy is rather like hearing about the death of a much-loved elderly relative. You’ve known for ages it was going to happen, but it’s still a shock when it finally does. Kodak has teetered on the brink of collapse for the best part of a decade. Despite the [...]
The Metropolitan police assistant commissioner in charge of security at the Olympics has insisted the public will take away the impression of being policed by “traditional British bobbies” despite the fact that 13,500 military personnel will be involved. After completing the latest in a series of training exercises on the river Thames with the Royal [...]
Compiled by Dinouk Colombage British Worker Faces Jail In Abu Dhabi For ‘Insulting Islam’ A British engineer is facing a month in jail after he told colleagues in a meeting, ‘when will we finish with the damn mosques?’ The worker, who has not been named, told an appeals court yesterday that he did not mean [...]
Compiled by Dinouk Colombage Iran Clamps Down On Internet Use In the lead up to Iran’s parliamentary elections in March, authorities are clamping down on the web users around the country. These steps are being taken in the lead up to the launch of a national internet. Tests for a countrywide network aimed at substituting [...]
By Dinouk Colombage Birds Crash Land By The Thousands In Utah Thousands of migratory birds were killed or injured after apparently mistaking a Wal-Mart parking lot, football fields and other snow-covered areas of southern Utah for bodies of water. The birds plummeted to the ground, resulting in a mass number of deaths. Crews went to [...]
Paramedic Refuses To Carry Dying Girl Citing Injury Concerns By Dinouk Colombage An UK paramedic refused to carry a dying schoolgirl to an ambulance for ‘health and safety’ reasons, according to her defence counsel. Cassandra Lynn allegedly said she was worried about her back during the ‘chaotic’ attempt to save 14-year-old Shannon Powell. The girl [...]
Santa Claus Reduces Girl To Tears Four-year-old Brooke Rarity was delighted when she heard Santa was coming to town and begged her mother to take her for a visit. But the little girl was left in tears after the stony-faced St Nick rolled into town on his iconic Coca-Cola truck and informed her he’d placed [...]
BY Dinouk Colombage Britain’s Drug Baron Continues Running Empire From Behind Bars Britain’s most notorious drug baron has been issued with an extraordinary warning to stop running his multi-million-pound criminal empire from behind bars. Curtis Warren, a convicted killer who once topped Interpol’s most wanted list, is currently serving 13 years in a high security [...]
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