German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined her country's increasingly acrimonious debate about immigration over the weekend, declaring that multiculturalism in Germany had been a "total failure.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Mother sues Tyra Bank's show for $3m after her daughter, 15, was flown to New York to appear in episode on sex addiction
Chat show host Tyra Banks is being sued for $3million (£2million) by the mother of a teenage girl who appeared on her show to talk about sex addiction.
Beverley McClendon has filed a lawsuit against the former model for allowing her 15-year-old daughter Jewel to appear without her permission.
She claims her daughter was paid to fly to New York alone and take part in the studio discussion on teen sex addiction.
Beverley McClendon has filed a lawsuit against the former model for allowing her 15-year-old daughter Jewel to appear without her permission.
She claims her daughter was paid to fly to New York alone and take part in the studio discussion on teen sex addiction.
NATO official: Bin Laden, deputy hiding in northwest Pakistan
Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri are believed to be hiding close to each other in houses in northwest Pakistan, but are not together, a senior NATO official said.
"Nobody in al Qaeda is living in a cave," said the official, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the intelligence matters involved.
Rather, al Qaeda's top leadership is believed to be living in relative comfort, protected by locals and some members of the Pakistani intelligence services, the official said.
Pakistan has repeatedly denied protecting members of the al Qaeda leadership.
"Nobody in al Qaeda is living in a cave," said the official, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the intelligence matters involved.
Rather, al Qaeda's top leadership is believed to be living in relative comfort, protected by locals and some members of the Pakistani intelligence services, the official said.
Pakistan has repeatedly denied protecting members of the al Qaeda leadership.
Osama bin Laden living in luxury in northwest Pakistan, says senior Nato official
Osama bin Laden is living a comfortable life and hiding out in a house in northwest Pakistan, according to Nato officials.
The Al Qaeda leader has not been scuttled away to a network of caves, but instead is living life as the world’s most wanted man in conventional surroundings.
His deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri is also hiding out in a separate house in an area close to bin Laden under similar arrangements, the official claimed.
After 9/11 the hunt for bin Laden and the Al Qaeda leadership focused on the remote Tora Bora region of Afghanistan which is known for its huge warren of caves burrowed into the mountains.
* Al Qaeda leader alive and well in Kurram Valley region
* 'We are running out of time,' Nato official warns
* Up to 1m 'disaffected' men aged 15-25 in border review
Osama bin Laden is believed to be in north west Pakistan, and his deputy is Ayman al-Zawahiri is nearby
The Al Qaeda leader has not been scuttled away to a network of caves, but instead is living life as the world’s most wanted man in conventional surroundings.
His deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri is also hiding out in a separate house in an area close to bin Laden under similar arrangements, the official claimed.
After 9/11 the hunt for bin Laden and the Al Qaeda leadership focused on the remote Tora Bora region of Afghanistan which is known for its huge warren of caves burrowed into the mountains.
* Al Qaeda leader alive and well in Kurram Valley region
* 'We are running out of time,' Nato official warns
* Up to 1m 'disaffected' men aged 15-25 in border review
French strikes force petrol stations to shut
Police and protesters clash in Nanterre as vehicles are set on fire
About 1,500 petrol stations in France have run dry or are about to close as fuel supplies are hit by strikes over government pension reforms, officials say.
A blockade of oil refineries is into its seventh day and the body that supplies most supermarkets says one in four petrol stations is affected.
About 1,500 petrol stations in France have run dry or are about to close as fuel supplies are hit by strikes over government pension reforms, officials say.
A blockade of oil refineries is into its seventh day and the body that supplies most supermarkets says one in four petrol stations is affected.
Super typhoon Megi 'biggest in 20 years'
The roof flies off a house as super typhoon Megi hits Ilagan City, Isabela province, northern Philippines. (Reuters: Stringer ) The Philippines has declared a state of calamity in a northern province after super typhoon Megi made landfall..
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Taboo-breaking Berlin exhibition chronicles Hitler's hold over German society
The knuckle-dusters, truncheons and jackboots in the first case of a new exhibition on 'Hitler and the Germans' in Berlin sets the tone for a stark look at how German society embraced the Nazi regime in all its brutality.
While lots of memorabilia is on show, from SS and Gestapo uniforms to a sideboard from Hitler's office, the exhibition shows how all levels of German society - media, industry, the church, schools -- built up the Hitler cult in the 1930s and clung to it through World War II until defeat was imminent.
Some media have portrayed the show opening on Friday in the German Historical Museum as a taboo-breaking first exhibition on Adolf Hitler himself. But the curators are at pains to stress that their focus is on the society that created the dictator.
While lots of memorabilia is on show, from SS and Gestapo uniforms to a sideboard from Hitler's office, the exhibition shows how all levels of German society - media, industry, the church, schools -- built up the Hitler cult in the 1930s and clung to it through World War II until defeat was imminent.
Some media have portrayed the show opening on Friday in the German Historical Museum as a taboo-breaking first exhibition on Adolf Hitler himself. But the curators are at pains to stress that their focus is on the society that created the dictator.
Families of 7/7 victims shown footage of suicide ringleader pushing supermarket trolley packed with bomb-making equipment
Calmly pushing a trolley through a supermarket, the ringleader of the 7/7 attacks shops for equipment to make his deadly bombs.
Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, was caught on CCTV strolling through a branch of Asda the day before the atrocity.
With him was fellow-bomber Shehzad Tanweer, 22. He filled the trolley with icepacks, used to cool the gang’s deadly home-made explosives, the July 7 inquest was told.
The grainy pictures show the killers carrying out their final preparations for the attacks, which left 52 dead in London.
Other CCTV footage revealed for the first time yesterday showed some of the Islamic extremists shopping for bomb-making equipment at B&Q.
Khan was also caught on a hospital camera taking his pregnant wife Hasina Patel for a check. Three of the bombers were later captured on film during a ‘reconnaissance mission’ around London on June 28, a week before the 2005 bombings.
The pictures show the men surrounded by busy commuters and other innocent passers-by.
Some witnesses who saw them on their final journey into London, on July 7 itself, described how they had thought the ‘smiling and laughing’ men were going on holiday, or members of a sports team.
Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, was caught on CCTV strolling through a branch of Asda the day before the atrocity.
With him was fellow-bomber Shehzad Tanweer, 22. He filled the trolley with icepacks, used to cool the gang’s deadly home-made explosives, the July 7 inquest was told.
The grainy pictures show the killers carrying out their final preparations for the attacks, which left 52 dead in London.
Other CCTV footage revealed for the first time yesterday showed some of the Islamic extremists shopping for bomb-making equipment at B&Q.
Khan was also caught on a hospital camera taking his pregnant wife Hasina Patel for a check. Three of the bombers were later captured on film during a ‘reconnaissance mission’ around London on June 28, a week before the 2005 bombings.
The pictures show the men surrounded by busy commuters and other innocent passers-by.
Some witnesses who saw them on their final journey into London, on July 7 itself, described how they had thought the ‘smiling and laughing’ men were going on holiday, or members of a sports team.
British aid worker had ESCAPED Taliban captors and was in foetal position when elite troops detonated grenade
A British aid worker who died during a botched raid on the compound where she was being held hostage had escaped her captors and was hiding when a U.S. grenade killed her.
Linda Norgrove was cowering in a foetal position when troops detonated the deadly grenade.
Now an elite U.S. commando is facing disciplinary action over the death of the 36-year-old after it emerged he failed to tell his commanding officers he had used a grenade.
* Soldier faces disciplinary action after failing to reveal grenade was used
* Troops did not spot hostage even though they had night-vision goggles
* U.S. commanders watched the horror unfold on big screens at mission HQ
* Miss Norgrove's body arrives back in Britain on military plane
Linda Norgrove was cowering in a foetal position when troops detonated the deadly grenade.
Now an elite U.S. commando is facing disciplinary action over the death of the 36-year-old after it emerged he failed to tell his commanding officers he had used a grenade.
* Soldier faces disciplinary action after failing to reveal grenade was used
* Troops did not spot hostage even though they had night-vision goggles
* U.S. commanders watched the horror unfold on big screens at mission HQ
* Miss Norgrove's body arrives back in Britain on military plane
Private Wojtek, the 35-stone 'soldier bear' which drank, smoked and battled the Nazis, remembered with £200,000 statue
A bear which 'fought' alongside Polish soldiers during the Second World War is to be honoured with a £200,000 statue in Edinburgh.
'Private Wojtek' was a 6ft-tall 35 stone Syrian brown bear which was adopted by a Polish regiment stationed in the Middle East .
When Allied commanders issued an order that troops advancing on Rome were not to be accompanied by animals, the bear was promptly enlisted in the 22nd Transport Division (Artillery Supply) of the Polish 2nd Army Corps.
Wojtek, which means - 'he who enjoys war' or 'smiling warrior' - became a popular figure, enjoying treats of beers and cigarettes given to him by soldiers.
'Private Wojtek' was a 6ft-tall 35 stone Syrian brown bear which was adopted by a Polish regiment stationed in the Middle East .
When Allied commanders issued an order that troops advancing on Rome were not to be accompanied by animals, the bear was promptly enlisted in the 22nd Transport Division (Artillery Supply) of the Polish 2nd Army Corps.
Wojtek, which means - 'he who enjoys war' or 'smiling warrior' - became a popular figure, enjoying treats of beers and cigarettes given to him by soldiers.
Police release shocking CCTV video of officer inflicting water torture on suspect
Shocking video footage of a 'cowardly' Australian police officer abusing detainees has been released.
Ben Price is first shown throwing a 21-year-old woman to the floor, then pulling her up by her hair.
The ex-Queensland police officer is then shown committing an horrific five-minute assault on a 23-year-old man.
Price can be seen punching and kneeing a bleeding, handcuffed Timothy Steele, 23, in May 25, 2008.
He puts Mr Steele in a brutal spine lock and leaves the commercial diver with a broken nose and two blackened eyes, cuts and bruising to the face.
Other police officers look on - but none intervene - as Price stuffs a running fire hose into his victim's mouth, nearly drowning him.
Ben Price is first shown throwing a 21-year-old woman to the floor, then pulling her up by her hair.
The ex-Queensland police officer is then shown committing an horrific five-minute assault on a 23-year-old man.
Price can be seen punching and kneeing a bleeding, handcuffed Timothy Steele, 23, in May 25, 2008.
He puts Mr Steele in a brutal spine lock and leaves the commercial diver with a broken nose and two blackened eyes, cuts and bruising to the face.
Other police officers look on - but none intervene - as Price stuffs a running fire hose into his victim's mouth, nearly drowning him.
Ahmadinejad heads to Lebanon's border with Israel in 'provocative' trip as Hezbollah supporters turn out in force
Thousands of Hezbollah supporters jammed a stadium for a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel today.
Both the U.S. and Israel have described the trip as 'intentionally provocative.'
On the road heading south, schoolchildren handed out leaflets on the best route to Bint Jbeil, a border village in south Lebanon's Shiite heartland where the Iranian leader was to speak later in the afternoon.
Ahmadinejad arrived in Lebanon yesterday to a rapturous welcome organized by Hezbollah, the powerful Shiite militant group backed by Iran. The second day of his state visit demonstrates Iran's support for Hezbollah's fight against Israel.
Israel, however, has described the Iranian President's visit as a 'landlord inspecting his domain'.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes a V sign during a rally organized by Hezbollah in the southern border town of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon
Both the U.S. and Israel have described the trip as 'intentionally provocative.'
On the road heading south, schoolchildren handed out leaflets on the best route to Bint Jbeil, a border village in south Lebanon's Shiite heartland where the Iranian leader was to speak later in the afternoon.
Ahmadinejad arrived in Lebanon yesterday to a rapturous welcome organized by Hezbollah, the powerful Shiite militant group backed by Iran. The second day of his state visit demonstrates Iran's support for Hezbollah's fight against Israel.
Israel, however, has described the Iranian President's visit as a 'landlord inspecting his domain'.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes a V sign during a rally organized by Hezbollah in the southern border town of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon
Indian tycoon prepares to move into 27-storey sky palace First-ever $1bn home
This is the extravagant £630m ($1bn) home built by a billionaire Indian tycoon to house his family-of-four in Mumbai.
With 27 storeys, Antilia will be home to Mukesh Ambani and features a health club with a gym and dance studio, a ballroom, at least one swimming pool and a 50-seater cinema.
Towering above the Mumbai skyline, the 37,000sq ft property is 570ft high and also boasts three helipads on its roof, space for 160 vehicles on its lower floors and nine lifts.
Mr Ambani, 53, who owns much of oil, retail and bio-technology comglomerate Reliance Industries, paid £44million to build his dream property, but astronomical property values in the Indian city mean it is now worth 15 times that amount.
With 27 storeys, Antilia will be home to Mukesh Ambani and features a health club with a gym and dance studio, a ballroom, at least one swimming pool and a 50-seater cinema.
Towering above the Mumbai skyline, the 37,000sq ft property is 570ft high and also boasts three helipads on its roof, space for 160 vehicles on its lower floors and nine lifts.
Mr Ambani, 53, who owns much of oil, retail and bio-technology comglomerate Reliance Industries, paid £44million to build his dream property, but astronomical property values in the Indian city mean it is now worth 15 times that amount.
Indian pilot dies mid-flight
An Indian pilot working for Qatar Airwys has died mid-flight due to a massive heart attack after the plane took off from Manila, even as the aircraft landed safely at Kuala Lumpur.
Ajay Kukreja, 43, who has been working with the airline for five years, was flying QR645 with around 260 passengers on board on Thursday when the tragedy struck.
When Kukreja complained of chest pain the co-pilot requested permission from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) authorities to land and asked that a medical team be on hand, a report in The Peninsula said.
Ajay Kukreja, 43, who has been working with the airline for five years, was flying QR645 with around 260 passengers on board on Thursday when the tragedy struck.
When Kukreja complained of chest pain the co-pilot requested permission from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) authorities to land and asked that a medical team be on hand, a report in The Peninsula said.
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