Watergate scandal: US reopens probe
Washington, 20 November 2009: The US is said to have reopened the investigation into the Watergate saga, more than 35 years after the biggest political scandal in the country’s history forced the then President Richard Nixon to step down.
Forensic investigators have now been called in to investigate exactly what Nixon knew about the Watergate break-in, particularly the extent of his knowledge of the raids on the Democratic National Committee’s offices in Washington.
Drug May Boost Women’s Sexual Desire
Cairo, 20 November 2009: An investigational drug that didn’t perform well as an antidepressant appears to slightly boost sexual desire as well as the number of satisfying sexual encounters in women with lagging libidos, a study shows.
The research was presented this week at the 12th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine in Lyon, France.
Football protests continue in Egypt
Cairo, 20 November 2009: Demonstrators have gathered for a second day near the Algerian embassy in Cairo, protesting against attacks on Egyptians during an Algeria-Egypt qualifying match for football’s World Cup finals.
The protest on Friday follows Cairo’s decision to recall its ambassador to Algeria, accusing Algerian fans of thuggery during the match in Sudan on Wednesday – which Algeria won 1-0 to qualify for next year’s World Cup.
Peruvian Gang Killed Victims to Get Body Fat, El Comercio Says
Lima, 20 November 2009: Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics.
Three suspects confessed to killing five people, but the gang may have been involved in dozens more, said Colonel Jorge Mejia,
Arrests in Chicago drive home global nature of terrorism threat
CHICAGO , 20 November 2009: David C. Headley, a peripatetic Chicagoan accused of scouting potential terrorism targets in India and plotting to kill two Danish journalists, was not always David C. Headley.
Until 2006, he was Daood Gilani, but he told investigators he had changed his name to raise less suspicion when he traveled abroad.
Atty seeks psych care for Mo. teen murder suspect
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., 20 November 2009: A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said.
A judge had not approved the move as of noon Friday, though a draft order calling for a 96-hour stay at the Fulton State Hospital had been submitted by the public defender Thursday and was included in the case file.
Carrie Prejean ex comes forward with new photos of former Miss California
Washington, 20 November 2009: Yet another ex-boyfriend has come forward to say beauty queen Carrie Prejean likes to flaunt what she’s got.
Unfortunately for Jeremy Lattin, the photos she gave him were nowhere near as saucy as the explicit home videos Prejean sent to another ex-beau.
Transsexual prostitute in Italian political sex scandal burns to death
Washington, 20 November 2009: ‘Brenda’, a transsexual prostitute linked to a sex and drugs scandal which brought down the prominent Italian politician Piero Marrazzo, has been found burned to death in her apartment.
Police are investigating what may have started the fire which engulfed the Brazilian prostitute, known only as Brenda.
5 on trial for gang-rape
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Leads to link Headley to Pak 26/11 terror handlers
New Delhi, 17 November 2009: In fresh leads linking them with the November 26 attacks, American terror suspect David Headley and his Pakistani-Canadian associate Tahawwur Hussain Rana were being handled by same people who had given orders to Ajmal Kasab and other terrorists killed during 26/11.