Michelle Williams breaks silence on Ledger’s death
The 27-year-old actress & Ledger became a couple during filming of 2005’s “Brokeback”, in which they co-starred as husband & wife.
They later settled in New York, & had a daughter, Matilda. Williams said in a statement,”My heart is broken after the “Brokeback Mountain’s” death. I am the mother of the most tender-hearted, high-spirited, beautiful little girl Matilda who is the spitting image of her father. All that I can cling to is his presence ….
5 dead in strip mall shooting; gunman at large
Police said that a gunman who shot & killed five women in a clothing store at a suburban Chicago strip mall Saturday remains at large. Tinley Park police Sgt. T.J. Grady said that the motive for the shooting at the Lane Bryant store was a robbery that “at some point went rather poorly”. Grady said that all of the victims were found in a back room of the store. Their identities were not released. Grady ….
Read More: 5 dead in strip mall shooting; gunman at largeAfghanistan says it appreciates efforts to save student journalist
The government said in a statement, “Afghanistan praising the concern expressed on his behalf, the office of Hamid Karzai President is closely monitoring the case & working with Afghanistan’s judicial system to find a just solution in agreement with Afghan law and our nation’s international obligations”. 23 years old Parwez Kambaksh, was sentenced to death after he was tried & find guilty in a Mazar-e-Sharif court on January 22 for distributing an article that commented ….
Read More: Afghanistan says it appreciates efforts to save student journalistMayor: Sarkozy weds former model Bruni
Nicolas Sarkozy President of French married supermodel turned singer Carla Bruni at the Elysee Palace on Saturday, Two radio stations said the pair tied the knot at a low-key ceremony conducted by the mayor of the Paris district that houses the grandiose Elysee estate. “The bride wore white, she was ravishing, as usual,” Francois Lebel, mayor of Paris` eighth arrondissement, or neighborhood, told Europe-1 radio. “The groom wasn`t bad either.” Sarkozy, 53, & Bruni, 40, were ….
Bomb blast in Lanka kills 20
The military said that a bomb blasted in bus carrying civilians on Saturday in central Sri Lanka, in which 20 people killed & 50 people injured. The blast inside the bus occurred at 7 am in Dambulla, a town which is 90 miles northeast of the capital, Colombo, said military spokesman Brig Udaya Nanayakkara. Nanayakkara said that the bus traveling to the north-centeral town of Anuradhapura was stopped in Dambulla when the blast occurred.
NRI doctor gets 11 years jail
London: An NRI doctor has been jailed for 11 years in the UK who drugged & raped a prospective Indian bride & attempted to commit the same offence on another victim after inducement them through a matrimonial website.
Read More: NRI doctor gets 11 years jailTop Colombian drug Wilber Varela killed
Venezuelan authorities confirm that the top Colombian drug Wilber Varela killed. Police said Wilber Varela was the main leader of Colombian drug-trafficking groups. The underworld is awash with tales of his brutality that made him a household name in Colombia.
Colombia’s police chief, Gen. Oscar Naranjo, reminded reporters that Varela, a former police officer himself, had entered the drug underworld as a hired killer. Gen. Oscar Naranjo,”Wilber Varela in the last few years was truly ….
Britney in hospital, parents get control of estate
A pop singer Britney Spears is admitted in a medical centre in Los Angeles, her parents have won temporary control on her property by order of the LA Court Commissioner. The singer was admitted to the psychiatry ward of the UCLA medical centre late Thursday night, & reports say that Britney kept accusing her mother of trying to steal her paparrazo boyfriend Adnan Ghalib.
Read More: Britney in hospital, parents get control of estateCIA kills top al Qaeda terrorist in Pakistan: U.S. officials
A senior al Qaeda leader Al-Libi killed in Pakistan who was believed to have plotted and executed attacks against U.S. & coalition forces, including a February 2007 bombing at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney. He was a “most wanted” terrorist which was issued in October by the Combined Joint Task Force 82 an anti-terror unit in Afghanistan. Earlier, Al-Libi’s death was confirmed by a knowledgeable Western ….
Read More: CIA kills top al Qaeda terrorist in Pakistan: U.S. officialsFormer Russian model killed in carjacking
Anna Loginova, a 29 years old successful model killed in carjacking in Moscow. She ran a private security firm of female bodyguards & highly trained in martial arts. One notable client was Russian boxer Kostya Tszyu. A carjacker who was stolen her car pulled Loginova out of her Porsche Cayenne Sunday in Moscow. Loginova grabbed onto the door handle as the car picked up speed and she was dragged along the street before letting go ….
Read More: Former Russian model killed in carjackingMicrosoft bids $45 billion for Yahoo
Microsoft made an unsolicited $44.6 billion cash & stock bid for Yahoo on Friday, a deal that shakes up the competitive & lucrative market for Internet search. The deal would pay to the Yahoo shareholders about $31 a share, which represents a 62% premium from Thursday’s closing price.
Microsoft’s statement said the offer allows Yahoo (Y’HOO, Fortune 500) shareholders to elect to receive cash or a fixed number of shares of Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) common ….
Kanishka probe panel to hold special hearing on Feb 14
Toronto: The (AI) Air India public inquiry commission, which investigate the systemic failures that led to the tragic Kanishka plane bombing in 1985, will hold special hearings in mid-February before drafting its final report to be submitted to the Canadian government. The panel said in a statement that the commission, which concluded its 16-months hearings and presented an interim report to the Canadian government before the Christmas holidays, reconvenes on February 14 for a two-day ….
Read More: Kanishka probe panel to hold special hearing on Feb 145 injured in Israeli embassy attack in Mauritania: Witness
A witness told that a group of six men opened fire with automatic weapons on the Israeli embassy in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, wounding five people including a “foreign woman” on Friday. “None of the embassy staff, Israeli or Mauritanian, had been hurt”, Ambassador Booz Bismuth said.
Ambassador Booz Bismuth said,”I confirm that shots were aimed at our embassy from the street, I confirm that no one was wounded among the embassy staff or among the ….
Bombs kill over 40 in Baghdad markets
Baghdad: Powerful bombs blasts in two busy Baghdad markets on Friday, in whicht 43 people killed and 85 people injured, officials said.
One bomb hidden in a cardboard box shattered through crowds in popular al-Ghazl pet market mid-morning while a bomb exploded soon afterwards in another crowded market in the city’s southeast al-Jadida. “At least 34 bodies had been received, we have a disaster here. There are too many bodies to count. Many of them are ….
Schneider: Clinton running from the past
Schneider arguing that she supported the threat of force as a means of avoiding fight. That’s a complicated case to make & it still leaves the question why did she think President Bush had the same judgment she did? But here’s a new angle she hasn’t used before in these debates that she would never have contemplated an invasion of Iraq. It’s another way of trying to
draw a distinction between her views and the president’s. ….
Britney Spears taken to the Hospital
According to police reports Britney Spears has been taken to hospital again. Police said that Britney Spears has taken to a hospital for tests to see if she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs & for a psychological evaluation after the situation at her home, but Officer April Harding said Friday she could not confirm that or other reports that Spears was hospitalized for mental evaluation. Harding said, “For her own welfare, she was ….
Deputy governor killed in mosque blast
A suicide bomber killed the deputy governor of Helmand province Haji Pir Mohammad & five other people killed inside mosque in southern Afghanistan. Another 18 people were injured when the bomber detonated explosives among worshippers at afternoon prayers in the mosque in the Helmand province town of Lashkar Gah. Deputy provincial health director Nisar Ahmad said,”Six bodies were brought to the hospital including the deputy provincial governor, Haji Pir Mohammad”. The deputy governor Haji ….
Read More: Deputy governor killed in mosque blast17 die in Turkish fireworks building blast
17 die in Turkish fireworks building blast the authorities told DailyNews Reporter John Mathew that a blast occur in a building in an industrial neighborhood of Istanbul on Thursday, in which 17 people killed. The authorities believed that the fireworks stored in the building caused the blast. The explosion took place at 9:45 a.m. on the 3rd floor of a four story building in Davutpasa, Muammer Guler the district governor of Istanbul said that ….
Read More: 17 die in Turkish fireworks building blastOsama patrols Colombian streets to ensure peace
Osama bin Laden said to have a new mission to deter crime.Fernando Aguirre patrols the streets of Santa Fe, dressed as the al-Qaeda leader and said to be his son.On September 11, 2001, Aguirre adopted the look of Osama bin Laden in the belief his presence on the streets of Bogota would help cut crime and bring order to an area abundant with crime, prostitution and drug-dealing.While United States forces in Afghanistan remain engaged in ….
Read More: Osama patrols Colombian streets to ensure peaceMax Baer Jr.’s girlfriend dead after apparent suicide
Douglas County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Halsey said, Police was still investigating the death of 30 years old Chere Rhodes, but got no success. Son of “Beverly Hillbillies” star Max Baer Jr. Baer, 70 years old who played “Jethro” in the 1960s “Hillbillies” series, summoned authorities to his Lake Tahoe home last Thursday after he found Rhodes with a single gunshot wound to the chest, said Jim Halsey. Douglas County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Halsey said,”She was conscious ….