Full text of the Joseph Fritzl statement 2008-05-10 06:01 - “I grew up in a poor family. My father was a no-good scoundrel who always
cheated on her and my mother threw him out of the house when I was four –
and she was quite right to do so.
Emo on the web: exploring a subculture 2008-05-10 06:01 - The suicide of a schoolgirl who had apparently become obsessed with ‘emo’
culture has, once again, drawn attention to the movement and its teen
followers. Recording a verdict of suicide after Hannah Bond, 13, had hanged
herself, the coroner noted that she had “become an aficionado of the emo
fad.”
Algarve couple were ‘affected by illness, not alcohol’ 2008-05-10 06:01 - A British couple whose three children were taken into protective custody while
they were on holiday in Portugal denied yesterday that they had been
drinking excessively.
Wars between worlds 2008-05-10 06:01 - As Ed O’Loughlin’s five years as Middle East correspondent come to an end, he reflects on his time covering one of the world’s most intractable conflicts.
Hezbollah tightens grip on Beirut 2008-05-10 05:10 - Hezbollah gunmen take control of large areas of Beirut, tightening their grip on the city in a major confrontation with the US-backed Government.
Killer Wiliam Earl Lynd is executed 2008-05-09 06:01 - A convicted killer has become the first death row inmate to be executed in
America since the Supreme Court upheld the use of lethal injection, ending a
seven-month moratorium.
Duck-billed platypus is dismissed by Oxford scientists as daffy 2008-05-09 06:01 - When the first duck-billed platypus specimens were sent from Australia to
Europe at the end of the 18th century, the bizarre combination of mammal,
bird and reptile features led many zoologists to consider them a hoax.
