International Law

Shannon Matthews' mother 'may have copied TV kidnap plot'

Posted on April 08, 2008
Shannon Matthews' mother 'may have copied TV kidnap plot'"The mother of Shannon Matthews has been accused of knowing her daughter's whereabouts from the start of the £5 million search for her, sources have disclosed.Karen Matthews, 32, was being questioned by detectives on Monday night on suspicion of perverting the course of justice after allegedly breaking down in tears in front of a police family liaison officer...

Police want McCann childkillers to return to Portugal

Posted on April 08, 2008
Police want McCann childkillers to return to PortugalWhen the police wanted to further question the McCanns in Portugal, they fled back to Britain. When the Portuguese police travelled to Britain to question the Tapas 9, Gerry and Kate McCann conveniently flew to Brussels...

Labour's racist rules are unlawful

Posted on April 08, 2008
Labour's racist rules are unlawful"The Government's tough line on migrant workers has been dealt a blow after new rules for skilled immigrants who want to remain in the UK were declared unfair and unlawful by the High Court".

Drug dog suspended for duck death

Posted on April 07, 2008
Drug dog suspended for duck death"A prison sniffer dog has been suspended from his post after allegedly killing a group of ducks at a Lancashire jail".I suppose to a dog, crack and quack sound the same?

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A life is only worth half as much as money

Posted on April 07, 2008
A life is only worth half as much as moneyA solicitor who stole more than £1m from a disabled client has been jailed for 10 years.Meanwhile...A lawyer who stabbed his wife to death after she told him she was leaving him has been released after serving less than half of his sentence...

Will hedgehog hurling become an Olympic sport?

Posted on April 07, 2008
Will hedgehog hurling become an Olympic sport?NZ man 'used hedgehog as weapon'A man in New Zealand has been charged with using a hedgehog as a weapon, the New Zealand Herald has reported.Police said William Singalargh, 27, had hurled the hedgehog about 5m (16ft) at a 15-year-old boy...

Starwars the court battle: Sword of Truth replaced by lightsabre

Posted on April 07, 2008
Starwars the court battle: Sword of Truth replaced by lightsabre"It is a David and Goliath battle that would make even Luke Skywalker think twice about reaching for his lightsabre.A British prop designer who created the armour for the Star Wars characters is being sued for £10 million in the High Court by the film's director, George Lucas...

China as popular as the 1936 Olymics under Hitler

Posted on April 07, 2008
China as popular as the 1936 Olymics under HitlerAccording to the Daily Telegraph "The Chinese ambassador to Britain was forced into an unscheduled change to the location of her leg". It is understood that Heather Mills is not the Chinese ambassador. There are no further details as to which part of the Chinese ambassador's anatomy her leg will be located...

Prince discharged from hospital

Posted on April 07, 2008
Prince discharged from hospital"The Duke of Edinburgh has been discharged from hospital and is recuperating at Windsor Castle after being treated for a chest infection".Put the obituary and state funeral on hold...

Shannon Matthews' mother held over kidnap

Posted on April 07, 2008
Shannon Matthews' mother held over kidnap"The mother of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews was arrested last night in connection with the alleged kidnap of her nine year old daughter. Karen Matthews, 32, was being held for questioning at an undisclosed police station in West Yorkshire on suspicion of perverting the course of justice"...

Love and Asperger's syndrome

Posted on April 06, 2008
Love and Asperger's syndrome"He's gentle, unworldly, highly attentive and charmingly old-fashioned. The catch? The very things that make Keith so attractive to Sarah are symptoms of Asperger's. Anna Moore meets the couples living with this surprisingly common condition".

McCanns to evade police questions yet again

Posted on April 06, 2008
McCanns to evade police questions yet againClarence Mitchell, the McCanns spin doctor, goes to great lengths to assure us that the McCanns are only too willing to assist the police with their inquiries into the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine...

Army faces new torture claims over arrest of Shia leader

Posted on April 06, 2008
Army faces new torture claims over arrest of Shia leaderThe testament of a respected Shia elder, aged 70, suggests brutal treatment of civilians is still continuing, writes Robert Verkaik"The British Army faces new allegations of torture and abuse over the arrest and detention of a Shia tribal leader and his family who claim they were hooded and beaten by soldiers based at Basra airport last year".

Rocky and the Big stick

Posted on April 06, 2008
Rocky and the Big stick

MP couple claimed £40,000 without receipts

Posted on April 06, 2008
MP couple claimed £40,000 without receipts"A married couple, both Labour MPs, claimed almost £40,000 of household expenses in a year without submitting one receipt. Alan and Ann Keen were paid the money from the public purse even though they gave no explanation of why they needed it"...

'Ministers put Olympics ahead of human rights'

Posted on April 06, 2008
'Ministers put Olympics ahead of human rights'"Ministers have been accused of putting the Olympics ahead of human rights after summoning campaigners to a secret Westminster meeting before the torch relay through London's streets".In an ideal world politics and sport should remain totally separate issues...

Shannon case women freed on bail

Posted on April 05, 2008
Shannon case women freed on bail"Two women relatives of Shannon Matthews' stepfather arrested in connection with her alleged abduction have been released on police bail.Shannon's stepfather's mother Alice Meehan, 49, and sister Amanda Hyett, 25, were held earlier on Friday".

Briton reprieved from death sentence in Vietnam

Posted on April 05, 2008
Briton reprieved from death sentence in Vietnam"A brain-damaged London man who faced death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of heroin smuggling has had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment, it emerged yesterday".

Man cleared in suicide rape case

Posted on April 05, 2008
Man cleared in suicide rape case"A man accused of raping a woman who later killed herself on a beach has had the case against him dropped.Kim Corner, 34, of Billingham, Teesside, was found dead with a bottle of vodka and tablets at Seaton Carew.Michael Nicholson, 39, from Berkley Court, Billingham, was formally cleared of rape at Teesside Crown Court on Friday after no evidence was submitted".

Biggs' bid for Christmas release

Posted on April 05, 2008
Biggs' bid for Christmas release"Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs should be released from prison by Christmas as he will have served one third of his sentence, his lawyers have claimed.Biggs, 78, in Norwich Prison, has previously suffered strokes and heart attacks which left him seriously ill".

Man jailed over 'horrific abuse'

Posted on April 05, 2008
Man jailed over 'horrific abuse'"A Kent man has been jailed for carrying out 30 sex offences on a young girl.Michael Tully, 58, who admitted nine counts of rape, 11 counts of indecent assault, and six counts of indecency, was sentenced to 12 years in prison".

Women arrested over Shannon case

Posted on April 04, 2008
Women arrested over Shannon case"Police investigating the alleged abduction of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews have arrested two women".The plot thickens.

Duke of Edinburgh is admitted to hospital

Posted on April 04, 2008
Duke of Edinburgh is admitted to hospital"The Duke of Edinburgh has been admitted to hospital with a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said today".Obituary and State funeral to follow.

Blair declares his faith: I want to awaken world's conscience

Posted on April 04, 2008
Blair declares his faith: I want to awaken world's conscienceThis from the man who had faith in his decision to follow Bush into an illegal war with Iraq. Where was the war criminal's conscience then?

Gordon Brown the drug runner...

Posted on April 04, 2008
Gordon Brown the drug runner...Gordon Brown is preparing to overrule the advice of the Government?s drug advisory body and upgrade cannabis to a Class B drug, carrying tougher penalties for its possession.Psssst Gordon! Think of all the taxes if you legalised cannabis...

Taxi for Kitty Spencer

Posted on April 04, 2008
Taxi for Kitty SpencerLady Kitty Spencer has been named by Tatler as the most eligible girl in Britain. And yet, the thick cunt is unable to tell the difference between the North and South of England.Having been brought up for many years in Yorkshire, approximately 20 miles from York, and having read about King Harold and 1066 in history at school, I am aware of the Stamford Bridge connection...

Can I have 50-50 please Chris?

Posted on April 04, 2008
Can I have 50-50 please Chris?Who wants to be a millionaire £12.5M times over? Ingrid Tarrant asked her former husband, Chris Tarrant the presenter of the ITV game show, for 50-50 of his total worth.

Leading MPs' expenses to be released today

Posted on April 04, 2008
Leading MPs' expenses to be released today"Speaker Michael Martin will release details today of expenses claimed by MPs including Prime Minister Gordon Brown, after the House of Commons authorities decided not to challenge a ruling under freedom of information laws...

Senior Conservative MP Simon Burns 'knocks down cyclist'

Posted on April 04, 2008
Senior Conservative MP Simon Burns 'knocks down cyclist'"Conservative MP Simon Burns hit a cyclist as he drove out of the House of Commons tonight, sources said".I hope the idiot gets charged, at the very least, with failing to pay due care and attention...

Iain Dale is sleazy enough to become a Tory MP

Posted on April 03, 2008
Iain Dale is sleazy enough to become a Tory MPThe twice failed Tory candidate and failed internet TV presenter at 18DS, Iain Dale, in the small print states "Just by way of declaring an interest, they have now asked me to join the panel too".It is of interest that the usually gobby Iain Dale was very silent on Derek Conway's fraudulent expenses claims, only for it to emerge that the disgraced Tory MP Derek Conway is a friend of Iain Dale's...

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