LIMA, Peru (AP) — Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, long the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of a U.S. teen in Aruba, has confessed to killing a young Peruvian woman in his Lima hotel room, a police spokesman said. Peru’s chief police spokesman, Col. Abel Gamarra, told The Associated Press that Van der Sloot…
Other, more open systems will catch up soon enough. Meanwhile, digital networks can’t handle all the cool features By Dan Gillmor Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds the new iPhone 4 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday. It does look like a nice piece of gear, the new iPhone. The chances…
In the worst of several attacks, five US soldiers died in an improvised bomb blast in east Afghanistan, the US said. Five other Nato troops were killed in a spate of attacks across the country’s restive South and East, where Isaf is battling the Taliban. The militants have been waging a battle to overthrow the…
At least 80 people were killed during the latest clashes in Thailand. But the confusion and danger that are present in various parts of Bangkok do not explain why several Thai and foreign journalists have been shot since April. Two are dead. The tense political situation also doesn’t justify the leadership’s blocking of more than…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS * Archeological dig finds bodies showing teeth marks, injuries from weapons * Experts say clues point to gladiators buried in cemetery * ‘Highly unlikely that this individual was attacked by a tiger as he was walking home from the pub’ * Israeli archeologists announced the discovery of a huge cache of religious objects…
Florida coast suffers first impact from oil spill Jane Ross PENSACOLA BEACH Fri Jun 4, 2010 A Great Blue Heron flies past protective booms at Gulf Islands National Seashore in Florida, June 3, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Celano A Great Blue Heron flies past protective booms at Gulf Islands National Seashore in Florida, June 3, 2010. Credit:…
Jihad in Humanitarian Clothing By Brigitte Gabriel As world organizations, nations and international media rally together in their favorite cause célèbre of vilifying Israel the Gaza flotilla attack, the country finds itself again on the defensive, trying to explain to the world why it instituted the blockade of Gaza and what part the terrorist organization…
A detailed computer modeling study released today indicates that oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico might soon extend along thousands of miles of the Atlantic coast and open ocean as early as this summer. The modeling results are captured in a series of dramatic animations produced by the National Center for…
Splash! Could that be the sound of Lord Mandelson hitting one of the Dolce hotel’s four pools? Or Robert Zoellick of the World Bank? Paul Volcker of the US Economic Recovery Advisory Board? Or merely the euro taking another dive? That is the thing about the Bilderberg group’s top secret meetings: you never know quite…
Never underestimate the costume power of Lady Gaga. She can dress like a character from “Where the Wild Things Are” one week; the next she’s Larry King? As part of CNN’s 30th birthday celebration, Gaga appeared as a guest Tuesday on “Larry King Live” … and she seemed to take it very seriously. The 24-year-old…