Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When a man shouted "greedy" and threw a blue and white shaving-cream pie at Rupert Murdoch's face, while he was being questioned before the British Parliament for a phone-hacking scandal, it evoked what Queen Marie Antoinette of France supposedly said: "Let them eat cake." The reason for this memorable, uncanny similarity is that both of them were born into privilege and the Leisure Class, both lived during an age of enormous economic...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A convoy of jeeps and policecars has left the detention unit of the Serbian warcrimescourt and may be carrying the last Balkan war-crimes suspect to the U.N tribunal. There was no immediate official confirmation that former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic was in the...
Stockmarkets have continued to rise following the eurozone's comprehensive agreement designed to resolve the Greekdebt crisis. UK, French and German markets gained more than 0.5% in early trading,...
Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somali soldiers beat back desperate families with gun butts Thursday as they fought for food supplies in front of a weeping diplomat, a day after the United Nations declared parts of the country were suffering from the worst famine in a generation. "I will knock on every door I...
A secret new anti-terror law being drawn up by the Saudi authorities would "strangle peaceful protest", Amnesty International has said. The BBC has been shown a classified copy of the draft law showing a number of measures...
Breastfeeding brings yet another benefit to children, a new report has found, it can reduce the chances of them developing asthma. By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent 6:30AM BST 22 Jul 2011 Comments Those who are not breastfed are up to 50 per cent more likely to exhibit asthmatic symptoms than...
Details of how Greece will restructure its massive debts have emerged as the eurozone braces for a likely default. The Institute of International Finance said lenders would have four options, all of them designed...
Pressure intensified on Rupert Murdoch's media empire Friday after his son James was accused of misleading British MPs, as rival newspapers became embroiled in the phone-hacking scandal. After hacking allegations forced Murdoch to close his News of the World tabloid, it emerged that police had asked...
Australia and Malaysia are set to finalise an agreement under which hundreds of boatpeople will be transferred to the Asian country in exchange for thousands of refugees, reports said. Under the one-off arrangement, 4,000 asylum seekers now in Malaysia and who have already registered with the UN...
