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- Pichilemu, Chile's Wastewater Treatment Plant to be inaugurated
- Korean Peninsula on the 'brink of war': DPRK
- English jury returns mix of verdicts in policeman's serial rape trial
- UK students protest for second time this month
- Guyanese shadow finance minister Winston Murray dies aged 69
| Pichilemu, Chile's Wastewater Treatment Plant to be inaugurated Posted: Thursday, November 25, 2010 The Pichilemu, Chile Wastewater Treatment Plant, which has been already working for months, was announced to be officially inaugurated today, according to Pichilemu News. The plant is located in the eastern side of the city, near Puente de Fierro. More...   |
| Korean Peninsula on the 'brink of war': DPRK Posted: Thursday, November 25, 2010 Tensions continue to rise between North Korea and South Korea following the shelling of South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island by the North Korean Navy, and return fire by South Korean forces. Both sides have issued statements of increasingly hostile language, and South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak put the military on its highest alert. On his website, the President warned North Korea that "indiscriminate attack on civilians can never be tolerated" and promised "enormous retaliation" if North Korea should attack again. The state-controlled North Korean Central News Agency issued its own statement, threatening more strikes if South Korean naval forces cross the maritime border by "even 0.001 millimetre". More... |
| English jury returns mix of verdicts in policeman's serial rape trial Posted: Thursday, November 25, 2010 A jury in Newcastle Crown Court, northeast England has cleared a police officer of some charges in a trial over serial rapes and related offences, and convicted him of others. Northumbria Police's Police Constable Stephen Mitchell faced five counts of rape, six of indecent assault and 15 of misconduct in public office. He is guilty of two rapes, three indecent assaults and six counts of misconduct, with most of the sex charge convictions coming yesterday. In all the case involved 16 women aged from 17 to 48, all of whom were arrested on drugs charges or shoplifting thefts between 1999 and 2006; the prosecution said Mitchell picked his victims based on vulnerability. The prosecution claimed Mitchell used blackmail to demand sex in exchange for favours; Mitchell described a conspiracy to frame him involving "...a very small-knit community in Newcastle city centre's criminal fraternity." Mitchell's defence dismissed the claims as driven by one woman motivated by "self-preservation;" he refused to explain this further in open court. More... |
| UK students protest for second time this month Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 Mass-walkouts took place today in cities throughout the United Kingdom today, as students campaigned against rising tuition fees and government cuts. Protests took place for the second time in as many weeks in places such as Aberystwyth, Cambridge, Southampton, Liverpool, and Brighton. Events included a 'study-in' at the Edinburgh Liberal Democrat headquarters, a 10am protest in Trafalgar Square attended by thousands, and a 'dress in red' march in Manchester. More... |
| Guyanese shadow finance minister Winston Murray dies aged 69 Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 The Guyanese shadow minister of finance Winston Murray has died at the age of 69. Murray died on Monday at Georgetown Public Hospital after collapsing on November 11th. His death was announced by Ronald Austin, one of Murray's colleagues. Murray was also the former Deputy Prime Minister of Guyana. More... |
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