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U.S. Olympic shooter misses training camp because ‘my dog ate my ticket’
History-chasing US shooter Kim Rhode has had a rough and lonely build-up to her Olympic bid after flight cancellations forced her to miss her team training camp… before her puppy ate her ticket. Rhode, seeking to become the first American to win individual medals at five Summer Games in a…
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un married ‘mystery woman’
North Korea’s youthful leader Kim Jong-un has married, state broadcasters announced late on Wednesday. The statement followed extensive speculation about the identity of a young woman repeatedly pictured with Kim in recent weeks – who had been variously identified as his wife, sister or possibly a married singer he was…
German court wants fugitive activist Paul Watson extradited
A German court Wednesday called for the extradition to Costa Rica of Paul Watson, the founder of marine conservation group Sea Shepherd, as he had skipped bail and apparently left the country. The higher regional court in Frankfurt said Watson’s lawyer had informed it that he had left Germany “for…
Mystery lady ‘likely North Korea leader’s wife’
A mystery woman who has accompanied North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-Un to recent public events appears to be his wife, South Korea’s top official on cross-border affairs said Wednesday. Unification Minister Yu Woo-Ik said that “in my judgement she appears to be his wife”, in response to a question…
Tony Blair denies praying with George Bush
Former PM said he never prayed with Bush before the invasion of Iraq, but he did pray with the Salvation Army Tony Blair never did pray with George Bush before the invasion of Iraq, he said on Tuesday. “It wouldn’t have been a wrong thing, but it didn’t happen”, he…
WHO launches action plan against ‘hidden epidemic’ of hepatitis
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday measures to fight the “hidden epidemic” of hepatitis which kills more than one million people a year. The virus, which settles in the liver causing inflammation, affects 500 million people worldwide but can go unnoticed for years and even decades, the UN…
UN arms treaty gives too many ‘loopholes’: NGOs
The International Red Cross has joined opponents of a draft arms trade treaty out Tuesday that critics said contains only “ambiguities and loopholes.” Following the release of the first draft, the 193 UN members must now race to agree on a text to regulate the $70 billion a year arms…
Celebrated Spanish human rights investigator Baltasar Garzon to head Julian Assange’s legal team
Famous Spanish human rights investigator Baltasar Garzon will lead the legal team representing WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, the whistleblower website announced on Tuesday. Assange is currently at the Ecuadoran embassy in London, seeking political asylum in the Latin American country, after losing his legal battle to avoid extradition…
British PM’s ex-aide charged with hacking, Angelina Jolie targeted
Police have charged Prime Minister David Cameron’s ex-media chief Andy Coulson with phone hacking as a long-running press scandal lapped at the door of Downing Street. Former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks will also be charged at a later date, police confirmed. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said eight current or…
Canada says suspected spy may have sold U.S. secrets
A Canadian naval officer arrested this year for allegedly leaking secrets may also have compromised top level Australian, British and American intelligence, a report said Wednesday. Jeffrey Delisle, a naval intelligence officer, was charged in Canada in January with communicating over the past five years “with a foreign entity, information…
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