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German billionaire kills self, family says

Posted by: praveen_kumarh

Frankfurt :: Germany | about 7 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

German billionaire Adolf Merckle, one of the richest men in the world, committed suicide Monday after his business empire got into trouble in the wake of the international financial crisis, Merckle's family said Tuesday in a statement. Merckle, 74, was...

Travolta to be questioned over son's medication

Posted by: praveen_kumarh

London :: United Kingdom | about 8 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Devastated John Travolta, who recently lost his son Jett following a seizure , will reportedly be quizzed over the 16-year-old's medication. The Pulp Fiction actor and his wife Kelly Preston will purportedly face questions following claims that they suspended their...

Britain's Terror Threat Reduced

Source: Sky News

London :: United Kingdom | about 2 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

UK, Wednesday January 07, 2009 Britain's terror threat has been reduced following a slew of successful prosecutions and relentless surveillance by security services, says MI5's new chief. Global terror strikes...Mumbai, London, and New York Jonathan Evans said extremists had been...

4 y.o boy in Ohio (USA) from the cupboard out a gun and shot several ...

Posted by: pauloresh

Moscow :: Russia | about 19 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

4 y.o boy in Ohio (USA) from the cupboard out a gun and shot several times in its incoming babysitter. The incident occurred on the night of Monday in the town of Jackson. The speaker in the role babysitter 18-year-old...

Video of police shooting spurs inquiry

Source: CNN

Bart :: France | about 20 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

TV in Oakland, California, that the officer is presumed innocent and describes him as devastated. Tuesday, alleging wrongful death and violation of civil rights by use of excessive force. Burris said. "It's a clear shooting in the back that should...

German Muslim Convert Denies Tunisia Bomb Charge

Source: Al Sharq Al Awsat

Paris :: France | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Three men, including one of the principal figures linked to the September 11 attacks in the United States, went on trial in Paris on Monday for their alleged role in a truck bomb attack on a synagogue in Tunisia in...

Gunmen attack Greek riot police

Source: United Press International

Athens :: Greece | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Gunmen shot and wounded a police officer Monday in a continuation of violence that broke out in Greece last month after the police shooting of a teenager. At least two masked gunmen sprayed more than 20 rounds of bullets at...

Maxim Staviski to serve his sentence behind bars, court says

Source: Sofia Echo

Burgas :: Bulgaria | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Two-time world champion ice skater Maxim Staviski will have to serve his two-and-a-half year sentence in jail, the Bourgas Appellative Court has ruled, Bulgarian news agency Focus said on January 5 2009. Staviski was given a suspended sentence of two...

Terror suspect called victim of geopolitics

Source: Dawn

London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

A refugee in Britain accused of calling for terrorist attacks on Pakistan was a casualty of geopolitics due to the West's backing for former president Pervez Musharraf, a London court heard on Monday. Faiz Baloch, 27, was not a terrorist...

24 die in Volga fires, traffic accidents

Source: United Press International

Moscow :: Russia | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

A series of unrelated fires and traffic accidents have killed 24 people in a 24-hour period in Russia's Volga Federal District, officials said Monday. Regional emergency workers said 94 fires were reported Sunday, resulting in the deaths of 13 people...