…safety zone from the Somali border recommended by the Foreign Office. A statement posted on the FCO travel advice website said: “We continue to advise against all but essential travel to within 30 kilometres of Kenya’s border with Somalia. There have been previous attacks by Somali militia into Kenya. Three aid workers were kidnapped in July 2009, and two western nuns in November 2008.̶…
…in 18 miles (30km) of the Kenya-Somalia border, reminding travellers that there had been earlier attacks in Kenya carried out by Somali militia. Two nuns from Western Europe were kidnapped in November 2008 and three aid workers were abducted in July 2009. Accordind to Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere said the couple had come from a trip to the Masai Mara reserve and were the resort’s only g…
…the photographs, which were taken from a road some distance from the French chateau where the duke and duchess were staying for a short break. Chi, the Italian magazine, said it would print a special 26-page edition featuring the photographs on Monday. Closer, the French magazine which first published the photographs, and Chi are both part of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’…
Katia Zatuliveter, an alleged Russian spy admitted a 4-year relationship with married British Liberal Democrat MP, Mike Hancock, but denied she deliberately targeted him during yesterday hearing. Katia Zatuliveter, 26, also had a string of affairs or “flirtations” with other political figures including a Nato official and a Dutch diplomat. The alleged Russian spy is accused of trying to access se…
…y day.” She said Eva Rausing didn’t stay very long because she returned to her husband. “I last spoke to my daughter at Christmas. I don’t text and I don’t know how to email. The last we heard was May 3 when she texted my husband. “She said something about them getting ready to go back to California. Things were starting to take a more positive turn. We had high hopes.” Wearing a navy blue trouser…
…g and alcohol problems, will struggle to communicate with her kidnappers because she relies on battery-operated hearing aids. According to a friend of the couple, Judith Tebbutt is deaf, having around 30-40% hearing, and wears double hearing aid. Monday night a local man was reportedly being held by police in Lamu, 30 miles from the murder scene, in connection with the kidnapping. It is presumed t…
…ther magazines or papers in France • The photographs cannot be sold by them to anyone else in the world • Closer would get a 10,000 euro daily fine each time they sell them on or publish them • Within 24 hours the offending pictures must be handed over to the Palace • Legal fees of 2,000 euros handed to the Duke and Duchess At the start of the unprecedented court case in Paris, barrister Aurelien…
Emma West, a 34-year-old British woman from New Addington, London, has been charged with racial harassment after video showing her allegedly abusing passengers aboard a tram while balancing a toddler on her knee appeared on the internet. Emma West appeared before magistrates today charged with racially aggravated harassment following an appeal by the British Transport Police. The woman was remand…
…station and presented their efforts in the lush gardens surrounded by bunting. Great British Bake Off has sent demand for baking products soaring. Marks & Spencer reports sales increases of up to 20% in ingredients, while John Lewis has seen a 46% rise in sales of three-tier cake stands and cake tins and muffin trays….
…with their single parents near the towns of Nelspruit and Bushbuckbridge, which lie 50 miles apart in South Africa’s eastern Mpumalanga province. The couple reportedly met again at university in 2006 and fell in love. Their families did not meet throughout their five-year relationship, until they were brought together last week to discuss wedding arrangements. In many African cultures it is…
The new British Airways campaign cost £20 million ($30 million) and was supposed to usher in a new, mistake-free era. But British Airways found a rival Virgin Atlantic plane in the company’s new TV advert, “Aviators”. Luckily an eagle-eyed BA engineer spotted the error during a screening of the film to thousands of staff just a day before its official launch. British Airways’ advertis…
Shawn Sullivan, one of the world’s most wanted paedophiles, and a senior British Ministry of Justice official have married in a secret ceremony behind bars. Shawn Sullivan, 42, and Sarah Smith, 34, wed while the man was fighting extradition to the United States on rape charges. It is feared Shawn Sullivan will use their union to dodge extradition by proving he has a family life in Britain under A…
…e made a rude gesture Adele added her Brits to the six Grammy Awards she won last weekend, capping a year of huge global success. According to her record label, the London singer’s second album 21 has sold 17 million copies around the world and hit number one in 24 countries. Accepting the best album prize – the final and most prestigious of the night – Adele said: “Nothin…
nation. Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has called on the UK government to hand over the Falkland Islands, in an open letter printed in British newspapers Last year marked 30 years since the Falklands War, when the islands were occupied by Argentine forces for 74 days. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says her letter is published on the same date – January 3 –…
…England as you’ve never seen her before… and as you will never see her again!” The pictures are said to show the couple smearing sun cream over their bodies in between taking a dip in plus 30 degree temperatures, the magazine explains. A spokesman for the Duchess declined to comment last night in advance of publication. A source said: “It is impossible to tell at this stage whether the…
Australia: Surfer Torn In Half In A Deadly Shark Attack. Seychelles shark attack: victim’s widow heartfelt tribute at the funeral. A British honeymooner was killed in a suspected shark attack in the idyllic honeymoon island Seychelles yesterday – as the horrified bride he wed 11 days ago looked on. Ian Redmond, 30, was attacked in shallow water 100ft off a Seychelles beach. Ian s…
…ake the pictures I want and let the publication decide whether to print them. “What they choose to print is not the photographer’s problem, but the editor’s.” There are thought to be up to 200 photos taken of Kate and Prince William at the time – many of them much more explicit. Closer magazine’s editor Laurence Pieau defended her decision to publish 13 of the photos, insis…
…han $1,200 in public housing vouchers, plus state and government disability cheques and even food stamps. Prosecutors are demanding they pay back more than $135,000 in federal housing assistance since 2003 and are seeking tens of thousands of dollars in fines. It is thought the couple has spent some of the money they claimed over the last eight years flying to Moscow, Paris, Israel, Turkey, Mexico…
Indian couple Karam, 107, and his wife Katari Chand, 100, who have eight children and twenty eight grandchildren together, have lived in wedded bliss for 87 years making them the world’s longest married couple. Karam and Katari Chand say that the key to success is looking after each other in every way possible. “My trick is to make Katari laugh. I like to tell jokes and make her smile. Bein…
Many people especially in the UK will have heard and read about 24yr old Sheffield Hallam University student Richard O’Dwyer’s fight against extradition to the USA on a charge of copyright infringement over a linking site he made (TVShack.net) even though he has not been to America since he was 5 years old! His mum Julia describes this as “The Fight of Our Lives” Richard if convicted in a US cou…
…l minutes later. There were no immediate reports of major damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit the Queen Charlotte Islands just after 8:00 p.m. local time Saturday at a depth of about 3 miles (5 kilometers) and was centered 96 miles (155 kilometers) south of Masset, British Columbia. It was one of the biggest earthquakes around Canada in decades and was felt across a wide area aro…
…Prince Harry cavorting with girls in a Las Vegas hotel online By last night, a Google search for “Prince Harry Naked” produced 68,300,000 results. A search for “Prince Harry Naked Pictures” generated 25,800,000 results. Once Prince Harry had returned to the UK, lawyers for Prince Charles issued threats of legal action. Meanwhile, the pictures continued to be available online, making a mockery of…
Dominick Chilcott, the British ambassador in Iran claims the ruling regime at Tehran is likely to have supported an attack on the UK’s embassy in the country. Dominick Chilcott told the BBC Iran is a country in which such action is only taken “with the acquiescence and the support of the state”. Hundreds of protesters attacked the UK embassy in Tehran on Tuesday. Diplomats worki…
…te photos not yet published. Italian magazine Chi – along with Closer, part of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Mondadori media group – printed a special edition featuring 26 pages of the photographs. Chi magazine carries a picture of the duchess, topless, on its front cover with a headline that reads: “The Queen is Nude!” In an editorial the magazine’…
New reports claim that Katie Holmes’s fears that daughter Suri was set to be inducted into a hardcore Scientology organization were the driving force behind the end of her marriage to Tom Cruise. Katie Holmes, 33, was allegedly convinced husband Tom Cruise was planning to send Suri, 6, away to Sea Organisation – an association of Scientologists established in 1968 by L. Ron Hubbard, t…
Zahra Shahid Hussain funeral: Murdered PTI's vice-president buried in KarachiThe funeral of the murdered vice-president of Pakistan's PTI party, Zahra Shahid Hussain, has been held at a mosque in the country’s capital, Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain…
Imran Khan blames MQM's Altaf Hussain for Zahra Shahid Hussain's killing in KarachiFormer cricketer Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan's PTI party, has blamed one of his political rivals for the killing of PTI vice-president Zahra Shahid Hussain. Zahra…
Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in KarachiSenior Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's…
North Korea fires short-range missiles from its east coastNorth Korea has launched three short-range missiles from its east coast, South Korea's defence ministry said. Two missiles were fired on Saturday morning and one in the…
Cyclone Mahasen hits Bangladesh's southern coast killing at least two peopleCyclone Mahasen has stricken Bangladesh's southern coast, as people packed into evacuation shelters. The storm hit Patuakhali district on Thursday with winds of up to 100…
Cyclone Mahasen prompts massive evacuation from Bangladesh coastal areasBangladesh has ordered the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from its coastal areas threatened by Cyclone Mahasen. The Bangladeshi authorities have raised the…
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