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  1. EnglishLady

    Korea tension: UN security council holds crisis talks

    BBC News Dec 19 The UN Security Council is holding an emergency session to discuss escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula. Russia, which requested the talks, says it wants the UN to send a "restraining signal" to both North and South Korea. The South insists that, weather...
  2. EnglishLady

    Murder or job well done?

    Danny, Martin is free - I put a new link on ... up a few posts :)
  3. EnglishLady

    Murder or job well done?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Martin_(farmer) I hate computers LOL - it still staying black Greg :( Try this link to the Guardian Newspaper instead http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/aug/08/tonymartin.ukcrime
  4. EnglishLady

    Parliament Punch-Up Over Corruption Probe

    sky News Dec 19 Six opposition politicians have been taken to hospital after a brawl broke out in the Ukrainian parliament After a fight involving fists and flying chairs, MPs from the pro-presidential Party of Regions forced opposition members out of the parliament hall. Deputies...
  5. EnglishLady

    The Marvels of Forensics

    BBC News Dec 19 'Grim sleeper killings': LA Police seek women in photos Los Angeles detectives investigating the alleged "grim sleeper" serial killer have said they expect to hear from up to 1,000 women after publicising photos found in his house. Police have released images of 160...
  6. EnglishLady

    Don't Trust People on Facebook.

    Same here. But isn't it an infringement on a person private life to ask for facebook details at a job interview?
  7. EnglishLady

    Murder or job well done?

    Which is why I put the link on for Tony Martin, it is so similar. The buglars were in his house when he fired the first shots, the first buglar was shot inside the house, managed to climb outside before he died. The second was shot & wounded on Martin's property and its Martin who is...
  8. EnglishLady

    Children's Singer Takes on TSA With Protest Tune

    (AOL Dec. 17) -- Finally, someone is benefiting from the invasive TSA body searches: A Grammy-winning children's music artist, who after a four-decade career groping for a hit has written a song about the Transportation Security Administration that's touched a nerve -- among other body parts...
  9. EnglishLady

    "Dream Act" immigration bill blocked in Senate

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A controversial measure providing a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children was dealt a death blow in the Senate on Saturday by Republicans who said it would reward illegal activity. The so-called "Dream Act" passed the...
  10. EnglishLady

    Afghanistan attacks target army bases, killing 13

    BBC news 19 December 2010 Last updated at 04:46 ET Suicide attacks have targeted Afghan military bases in two cities, leaving 13 members of the security forces dead, along with at least five assailants. In the northern city of Kunduz, suicide bombers stormed an army recruitment centre...
  11. EnglishLady

    December Locations

    In SC waiting for 6am to offload, then onto Atlanta picking up a.m. tomorrow :)
  12. EnglishLady

    Killer claims newborn infant as his own

    Update on this story from CNN A California county sheriff said on Friday that a couple executed what he called a "cold, calculating plan" to lure a mother to their home, strangle her, then run off with her baby. Merced County sheriff's deputies Wednesday arrested Teresa Ceja Robles, 33...
  13. EnglishLady

    Dadt

    This is how the BBC is reporting it BBC News - US Senate lifts 'don't ask, don't tell' gay soldier ban
  14. EnglishLady

    Venezuela's Chavez and US clash over future ambassador

    BBC News Dec 18 Venezuela has reiterated its opposition to the man likely to become the next US ambassador to the country. The row over diplomat Larry Palmer dates back to August, when he angered Caracas with critical remarks he made about the government. The US State Department says...
  15. EnglishLady

    Murder or job well done?

    Thanks RLENT - sorta fixed it LOL ..... use link and then go to Tony Martin (Farmer)
  16. EnglishLady

    Bank of America stops handling Wikileaks payments

    BBC News Dec 18 Bank of America has stopped handling payments for whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, joining several other major financial institutions. It said it acted because "Wikileaks may be engaged in activities that are... inconsistent with our internal policies for processing...
  17. EnglishLady

    UN chief Ban rejects call for Ivory Coast troop pullout

    BBC News Dec 18 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has rejected a call for UN troops to leave Ivory Coast as tensions escalate after last month's presidential election. Incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo had earlier demanded that all foreign peacekeepers leave the country. His...
  18. EnglishLady

    Russia 'seriously concerned' over Korea tensions

    BBC News Dec 18 Russia says it is seriously concerned that tensions between North and South Korea will escalate further. Pyongyang is threatening to retaliate if the South goes ahead with planned military exercises on an island near the two countries' disputed sea border. Last month...
  19. EnglishLady

    Murder or job well done?

    There was a similar case in England a few years back - 2 burglars broke into a farmhouse, the farmer shot one dead and wounded another outside the farmhouse. (I have to add here that most of the UK was behind the farmer and still support his actions to this day)...
  20. EnglishLady

    Favorite runs of the year?

    For me it was the run from Tampa FL to Los angeles CA. We were able to stop in Tombstone AZ - absolutely fantastic day.Then on the run out of CA (can't remember where we delivered LOL) but we were able to visit The Alamo - that was indeed a humbling experience.
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