Category: News

The Colombian authorities say they have rescued Ingrid Betancourt and three American hostages held by Farc rebels. Good news, for a change.

It looks like it might be the biggest haul in over a decade, at as much as €100m.

The media coverage is too much, ease off just a bit!

From the desperate for a fag department: A French woman has admitted attempting to open an aeroplane door mid-flight so that she could smoke a cigarette. Sandrine Helene Sellies, 34, who has a fear of flying, had drunk alcohol and taken sleeping tablets ahead of the flight from Hong Kong to Brisbane. She was seen…

This could turn into an even bigger trial than the ones Daniel Horowitz is involved with. The wife of prominent defense attorney and TV legal analyst Daniel Horowitz was found slain in the entryway of the couple’s San Francisco Bay area home, authorities said Sunday. Horowitz, currently leading the defense in a sensational murder trial,…

I am looking forward to seeing next Conan O’Brien, that featured U2 only. I am sure it will appear on BitTorrent downloads fairly soon after. I, for one, will be watching on CNBC Europe next Tuesday.

The IAEA and Mohamed ElBaradei have won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to limit the spread of atomic weapons. I can’t see a problem with that. Bono would have been a more controversial winner.

An interesting development to happen after IRA arms decomissioning.

Jaysus these things do seem to come in threes, first the Air France crash in Toronto, then Greece, now Venezuela… A Colombian airliner has crashed in a remote mountainous area of Venezuela killing all 160 people on board. The 152 passengers were from the French Caribbean island of Martinique – the eight crew members were…