Auschwitz Facebook page removed after two days
Oswiecim, Poland, 17 October 2009: The Facebook page of the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and museum. Photograph: PR
Launching an Auschwitz Facebook page might have seemed like a good way to reach out to a web-savvy younger generation and help keep alive the memory of the most notorious Nazis death camp.
Ex-teacher acquitted of sex charge
Covington, 17 October 2009: A northern Kentucky jury acquitted a former teacher Friday of a charge she had sex with …
2 Air India pilots arrested for ‘molesting’ air hostess
New Delhi, 14 October 2009: NEW DELHI: The Air India pilot and co-pilot who were accused of molesting an air hostess in an incident that led to a mid-air scuffle, were
arrested and later released on bail on Tuesday.
The operations cell of Delhi Police carried out the arrests. ‘‘The two pilots joined the investigations on Tuesday. We interrogated them and arrested them. But the charges against them were bailable and they were let off after they obtained bail from the investigating officer,’’ said Rajan Bhagat, PRO, Delhi police.
Couple had sex in police car park
London, 13 Ocober 2009: An amorous couple have been fined for having sex in broad daylight – in a police station car park.
Leanne Richardson, 26, and Ross Welsh, 30, had to be physically stopped mid sex act by officers from Portobello police station in Edinburgh.
Mazen Abdul-Jawad sentenced for 1,000 lashes for discussing sex on TV
Riyadh, 09 Oct 2009: A man has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and five years’ jail for bragging about his sex life on a TV talk show.
Airline worker Mazen Abdul-Jawad was arrested in Saudi Arabia after boasting about losing his virginity at 14 and showing off sex toys.
Pakistani court orders murder case opened against Musharraf
Islamabad, 07 Oct 2009: A Pakistani court on Wednesday ordered the police to open a case and investigate former president Pervez Musharraf over allegations that he ordered the murder of an ethnic Baloch leader in 2006.
The High Court in Balochistan made the ruling after a petition was filed by the son of the Baloch leader Akbar Bugti, said the son’s attorney, Habib Jalib.
Saudi court jails ’sex boast’ man
Riyadh, 07 Oct 2009: A Saudi Arabian man who boasted about his sex life on a TV talk show has been jailed for five years, his lawyer says.
Mazen Abdul Jawad was also sentenced to 1,000 lashes by a Saudi court on charges relating to immoral behaviour. His lawyer says he will appeal.
Pirates hit navy ship ‘in error’
Paris, 07 Oct 2009: A group of Somali pirates has been captured after attacking
a French navy ship by mistake, apparently thinking it was a harmless cargo
vessel.
French military spokesman Admiral Christophe Prazuck said the pirates
attacked in skiffs late at night some 500km (310 miles) off the Somali coast.
Indian Air Force rescues man caught in floods for 70 hrs
Shimoga, 05 October 2009: A man took refuge on a tree amid flood waters for over 70 hours in Karnataka’s Raichur district until he was rescued by an Indian Air Force helicopter.
Caught in flash floods, Ramesh Kumar took shelter atop a tree on Sunday, hoping that the waters would recede soon. But the water level kept rising and Kumar soon found himself stranded.
Israel releases Palestinian women
Tel Aviv, 03 oct 2009: Nineteen female Palestinian detainees have been released from an Israeli prison in return for a videotape of a soldier captured by Gaza fighters in June 2006.
A 20th female prisoner will be released, probably next week, the office of Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has said.
Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from the occupied West Bank, said those freed on Friday were handed over to the Red Cross after their release from the Hasharon prison.