Four F3 Tornado fighter jets were launched by the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force to intercept Russian military planes. The eight Russian jets were flying in airspace patrolled by Nato, officials from the UK claimed. The long-range bombers were initially followed by Norwegian F16 jets, after Russia's recent decision to reinstate Cold War-style long-range patrols.
14 strategic bombers were flying on long-range patrol, according to Russia's Defence Ministry. They also confirmed that none had approached a foreign state and had been shadowed by
82-year-old Jewish Bowmanville, Ontario woman Ms. Marion Schwarz's house has been found vandalized with graffiti showing neo-Nazism expressions, as well as swastikas. Broken windows and walls were found ripped open.
The terms "Kike", "Fuck Jews," and "White Power" were written in white around the house, as well as a large green swastika.
The woman's husband Mr. Allan Schwarz, was returning home to their house on King Street East, the town's center, to bring home a present for their 40th wedding anniversary when he found the house not the way
San Diego Zoo veterinarians are still not ready to say whether the baby panda, born August 3rd, is a boy or a girl. The delay in identifying the gender of the cub is unusual (past babies have been gender identified by their second week of life). Zoo veterinarian, Geoff Pye D.V.M., says that it is just too early to tell in this cub and they hope to be able to say something definitive after a routine medical exam this week.
The baby cub can usually be seen with its mother through the San Diego Zoo's live panda cam. Unfortunately the cam was n
Written in his new book "Brian Mulroney: Memoirs 1939-1993", a 1,100-page to-be-released book, former Progressive-Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who was PM of Canada from 1984 to 1993, has revealed that he called former Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau a "coward" and criticised his decisions on the Meech Lake Accord, questions Trudeau's moral leadership, his refusal to fight against Nazis, his admiration for leaders such as Adolf Hitler, anti-Semitic and anti-immigration views, and his belief in the independe
Yankees blast the Mariners for 20 hits, 12 runs
Yankees 12, Mariners 3: The Yankees pounded Mariners pitching to increase their lead in the AL Wild Card. Bobby Abreu had four hits, including a double and a solo homer (16), Jorge Posada went 4-4 with two solo homers (17, 18) and four runs, and Robinson Cano went 4-4 with 3 RBI. Chien-Ming Wang pitched 7 1/3 innings, giving up one run and getting the win. Horacio Ramirez pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up only three of the runs, but receiving the loss. The Yankees now lead the Mariners in the
Freelance journalist, Gabriel Pollard, spoke to Joe Stewart and David Farrar about the new anti-spam legislation in New Zealand that comes into effect today. Joe Stewart is the Unit Manager of the Department of Internal Affairs new Anti-Spam Compliance Unit, and David Farrar is Chair of InternetNZ’s Public Policy Committee, who also had significant input into the final bill.
Keith Norris, CEO of the New Zealand Marketing Association, didn't respond to multiple requests for an interview.
The anti-spam legislation, or the Unsolicited Electroni
Three Islamic militants were arrested by German police in Oberschloedorn, Germany, a remote village located north of Frankfurt. The suspects who had been trained in Pakistan belong to the so-called Jihad-Union. They are also reported as having strong links to Al Qaeda.
Two of the suspects were German citizens and one was a Turkish resident of Germany. They were found in possession of 1,500 pounds of hydrogen peroxide, which was the main chemical used in suicide bombings in London in July of 2005. One of the suspects was supposedly willing t
Police hunting for the missing 4-year old Madeleine McCann finally receive the forensic results of samples taken of blood, saliva and hair found in the apartment she was abducted from on May 3 2007. It is expected to lead to a "significant development" in the case and may bring up new leads. Robert Murat, the only official suspect in the case, denies all allegations that he took the girl.
India have beaten England by two wickets in the sixth One-Day International of the series at The Oval, London, England.
England suffered early setbacks when Alastair Cook was caught behind for a duck in the first over, followed by Matt Prior falling lbw to Ajit Agarkar soon afterwards. Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen shared a partnership of 59 runs before Bell was bowled by Piyush Chawla just short of 50 runs. Paul Collingwood made just one run before being run out to leave England on 83-4. Kevin Pietersen and ODI debutant Luke Wright both record
The source of a recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey, UK has been discovered by investigators at the Pirbright laboratory where investigations began in August. The Health and Safety Executive informed the BBC that they had pinpointed the source to possible biosecurity lapses in a pipe near the laboratory. It is thought that the pipe, which runs between the site and a government-run laboratory, may have been damaged by tree roots.
Recent flooding in the area may have brought the virus to the surface, but it is not yet known how t
Apple have released several re-designs of their popular iPod range. In addition to the iPod Classic, Nano and Shuffle, they have announced the brand new iPod touch, a media player which mimics the iPhone's touch-screen capabilities.
The new iPod Classic design features a larger memory space of up to 160GB or 40,000 songs, and has a new all-metal design. The iPod nano is now smaller and squarer, adding video playback to its features for the first time. The 4GB model is cheaper than its predecessor at $149/£99, but the 8GB is available in five c
Representative Paul Gillmor was found dead in his Arlington, Virginia, apartment this Wednesday at the age of 68. Gillmor, a Republican, represented Ohio's fifth district in the United States House of Representatives. The investigation is ongoing, however, some report he had suffered a heart attack.
Born in Ohio, he graduated from the University of Michigan, and later joined the US Air Force as a Judge Advocate. In 1967, he was elected as a senator, where he stayed until 1988. He was the Republican leader during two of his terms. Since 1988, h
