Monthly Archives: August 2010
A private Ryan causes public complaint
By Calvin Palmer When your boyfriend is called Andrew Ryan, it makes sense to announce the fact to the world with a personalized license plate containing his initial and surname. But for others ARYAN1 has a different connotation and the … Continue reading
Double-decker bus flips over on M40 as passenger ‘tried to grab the wheel’
By Calvin Palmer A double-decker bus flipped over on an English motorway in the early hours this morning as the driver battled with a passenger who had allegedly grabbed the steering wheel. Police later arrested a 21-year-old man in connection … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, News, Transport, United Kingdom
Car bombs rock Mexican city in wake of migrant massacre
By Calvin Palmer Two car bombs early today rocked Ciudad Victoria in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, where authorities are investigating the killing of 72 migrants. The explosions occurred less than 45 minutes apart, the Attorney General’s Office said. … Continue reading
Nazi death camp doctor’s instruments found in home near Auschwitz
By Calvin Palmer More than 150 gynecological and surgical instruments have been found in a house near the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland. “This is one of the greatest discoveries in recent years,” Auschwitz museum spokesman Bartosz Bartyzel said … Continue reading
Filed under Europe, History, News, Second World War, World War Two
72 migrants found dead at ranch in northeast Mexico
By Calvin Palmer The 72 people found dead yesterday at a ranch near the Mexican border with Texas were migrants kidnapped by an armed group, authorities in Mexico said today. One man survived and made it to a checkpoint manned … Continue reading
Man unaware of bullet in his head for five years
By Calvin Palmer A Polish man living in Germany has spent the last five years with a bullet in the back of his head without ever realizing it. The 35-year-old construction worker, of Herne, in the Ruhr, went to see … Continue reading
Estonian Navy finds British warships sunk by mines in Baltic Sea
By Calvin Palmer The wrecks of three British warships sunk after hitting mines in the Baltic Sea after the end of the First World War have been found by the Estonian Navy. An Estonian minesweeper using new sonar equipment has … Continue reading
Family dispute over piece of property led to fatal shootings
By Calvin Palmer An ongoing family dispute over a piece of property in rural central Virginia was the reason for three people being shot and killed yesterday and four others wounded, authorities disclosed today. The dispute over a 1.5-acre lot in … Continue reading
Son kept mother’s bones in backpack for nine years
By Calvin Palmer Tokyo police searching for the whereabouts of a 104-year-old woman found her bones yesterday stuffed inside her son’s backpack. The dead woman’s 64-year-old son told police that his mother had died nine years ago but he had … Continue reading
