Daily Archives: Aug 19, 2012
Mark David Chapman, John Lennon’s killer, faces his seventh parole hearing
John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, faces his seventh parole hearing later this week. Mark David Chapman, now 57, was jailed for 20 years to...
Bashar al-Assad in rare public appearance at al-Hamad mosque
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has made his first appearance in public since a bomb attack in Damascus last month killed several senior officials. State TV...
World Humanitarian Day: Beyoncé launches video for her single I Was Here
Beyoncé's new video shows the 30-year-old singer slipping into a gorgeous white sequinned gown to perform her 2011 track I Was Here for World...
Pink impersonator Zoe Alexander’s violent outbreak as she is rejected from UK X Factor
Pink impersonator Zoe Alexander took the rejection a little too personally, resulting in what turned out to be the most shocking audition ever to...
How to cure different forms of headaches
A headache or cephalalgia is a pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. It can be a symptom of a number...
Heineken buys Tiger beer maker’s controlling stake in a $4.5 billion deal
Heineken has agreed to buy Fraser and Neave's controlling stake in the maker of Tiger beer in a deal worth 5.6 billion Singapore dollars...
Typhoon Kai-Tak kills at least 27 people in Vietnam
Typhoon Kai-Tak has killed at least 27 people as it swept across northern provinces of Vietnam over the weekend, officials have said. Typhoon Kai-Tak made...
Julian Assange makes his first public statement since entering Ecuador’s embassy in London
Julian Assange has urged the US to end its "witch-hunt" against WikiLeaks, in his first public statement since entering Ecuador's London embassy. Julian Assange also...
China: anti-Japanese protests across the country over disputed islands
Anti-Japanese protests took place in cities across China after Japan's nationalists raised their country's flag on disputed islands. Thousands of people took to the streets...
A Good Man by Mark Shriver reveals Kennedy clan secrets
Mark Shriver, who is a prominent member of the Kennedy clan, has pulled the curtain on some family secrets in his new book about...
Kristen Stewart cheating scandal turns into Skreened T-shirt business
The backlash against Kristen Stewart has taken a strange turn with a T-shirt company selling tops with “Kristen Stewart Is A Trampire” splashed across...
Is it legal to hide in an embassy?
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has left the US embassy in Beijing after taking refuge there for a week and Chinese officials have accused the...
Nemo 33: the world’s deepest indoor pool descends 113 feet
Located in Brussels in Belgium, Nemo 33, the world's deepest swimming pool, contains a whopping 660,500 gallons (2.5 million litres) of non-chlorinated, highly filtered...
Kim Kardashian tweets pictures of herself posing as an alien
Kim Kardashian has seized the limelight again by posting pictures of what she would look like... as an alien. Kim Kardashian, 31, took some time...
Miss World 2012: Miss China Yu Wenxia wins beauty crown
Miss China Yu Wenxia was crowned as Miss World 2012 at the Dongsheng stadium in China on Saturday. According to the Straitstimes, last year’s winner...
Rare Picasso glass artwork found in Evansville Museum of Art storage
A rare piece of art believed to have been inspired by Pablo Picasso in an Evansville museum, actually turned out to be an original...
Why is Ecuador protecting Julian Assange?
The Ecuadorean government said it had granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asylum because it shared his fears of political persecution and the possible consequences...
V Festival 2012 Staffordshire: young man found dead inside a Weston Park tent
A 20-year-old man has died at the V Festival in Staffordshire in UK. Police said security staff at Weston Park was called to a tent...