December 2009
(December 29, 2009)
A soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence as Rifleman Aidan Howell. Rfn Howell, 19, from 3rd Battalion, The Rifles, was born in Sidcup, Kent. He was killed in a
(December 29, 2009)
China executed Akmal Shaikh, a British man, convicted of smuggling a suitcase with almost 9 pounds (4 kilograms) of heroin into China on a flight from Tajikistan. Shaikh become the first EU national to be executed in China
(December 28, 2009)
A shopping centre in China has opened a car park that offers women drivers bigger-than-normal parking spaces to accommodate what it sees as their special needs. Wang Zheng, an official at the Wanxiang Tiancheng shopping centre in Hebei
(December 28, 2009)
British actor Stephen Fry is teaming with Reprieve to plead for the life of Akmal Shaikhis.
(December 28, 2009)
China may give Briton day’s notice of execution, say campaigners Two cousins of Londoner Akmal Shaikh due to arrive in Urumqi to make final plea for clemency A British man condemned to die in China on Tuesday morning
(December 28, 2009)
J.K. Rowlings’s character ‘Harry Potter’ has beaten every TV show, film, song and social networking site like Facebook or video site like YouTube to win the greatest ‘entertainer’ of the decade award. US magazine Entertainment Weekly had come
(December 28, 2009)
The Nigerian man who tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight this week was so clean he was nicknamed the Pope, his former British teacher said. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, who has been charged with attempting to bomb
(December 27, 2009)
Are we doing the right thing or not with out troops in Afghanistan? I really don’t know the answer, in some ways I agree that we need to fight this war on terror and provide stability and training
(December 27, 2009)
North West Leicestershire MP David Taylor has died after suffering a heart attack while out walking in Derbyshire. The Labour backbencher was walking with his family at Calke Abbey on Boxing Day when he was taken ill. A
(December 27, 2009)
Many employers have taken the stance to block their employees from accessing Facebook to help prevent blatant time wasting and idle chit chat. But is this a good move if the company is promoting itself on Facebook
(December 27, 2009)
X Factor judge Dannii Minogue has poured cold water on rumours that she is leaving the X Factor. Word on the street was that Ms Minogue was to step down in order to start a family, and there
(December 27, 2009)
McElderry’s single sold more than two-and-a-half times more copies in the past week than the song which beat him the previous week following a high profile internet campaign. The Climb sold 196,000 copies in its second week, compared
(December 27, 2009)
Susan Boyle has not taken over the world just yet. She still has Japan to go. That shall all change on New Year’s Eve when Susan Boyle whips over to Japan to appear on the nation’s biggest music
(December 27, 2009)
U2 fans only will be able to get their hands on the album `Artificial Horizon`. U2 is releasing the album for fan club members only. ‘Artificial Horizon’ is a compilation of remixes with some unreleased tracks. It includes
(December 26, 2009)
Five years ago, the second largest earthquake ever recorded, and a subsequent tsunami, hit the Indian Ocean killing more than 220,000 people. The world came together in the days following Christmas in 2004 and rallied to provide $7
(December 26, 2009)
Calming audio downloads and a “tangle” stress toy designed to occupy hands longing to hold a cigarette are to be issued in a kit for smokers hoping to kick the habit. The NHS Stop Smoking Quit Kit, issued
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