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- UK court jails man for trolling online tribute pages
- Final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery delayed another day
- First Prime Minister of Greenland Jonathan Motzfeldt dies at age 72
| UK court jails man for trolling online tribute pages Posted: Saturday, October 30, 2010 Manchester Magistrates Court in the UK yesterday jailed a self-described online troll for posting messages to Facebook tribute pages. Colm Coss, 36, was sentenced to eighteen weeks in prison after he admitted having breached the Communications Act 2003. Coss targeted a page in tribute to the late Jade Goody, who was made famous by reality TV show Big Brother, as well as a page dedicated to young Liverpool dog-attack victim John Paul Massey. Overseas deceased were also targeted, with Coss trolling tributes to a Canadian murder victim, an Australian road accident fatality and a dead US citizen. More... |
| Final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery delayed another day Posted: Saturday, October 30, 2010 The launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on its final mission, STS-133, has been delayed another day. Launch is now targeted for 3:52 PM EDT on Wednesday, November 3. Discovery's launch was originally scheduled for this Monday, but was delayed until the following day after several helium and nitrogen leaks were discovered aboard the shuttle. The initial delay was to accommodate repairs to these leaks. These repairs are taking longer than expected according to NASA officials. More... |
| First Prime Minister of Greenland Jonathan Motzfeldt dies at age 72 Posted: Saturday, October 30, 2010 Jonathan Motzfeldt, the first and third Prime Minister of Greenland has died at the age of 72. He had been admitted to the Queen Ingrid Hospital in Nuuk after being diagnosed with pneumonia. He died on Thursday of a brain hemorrhage. He started his first role as Prime Minister in 1979. Motzfeldt first trained as a teacher but later started his career in politics. At the introduction of the home land rule, he became the first Prime Minister of Greenland in 1979. He lost the post in 1991. He later became Prime Minister again in 1997 and held the post until 2002. He was also the leader of the Siumut Party on two different occasions. More... |
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