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American citizen sentenced to 15 years hard labor in North Korea for 'crimes against the state'

Sentenced: This photo shows Kenneth Bae, right, and Bobby Lee, left, together as freshmen at the University of Oregon in 1988. Bae has been sentenced by North Korean officials to 15 years of 'compulsory labor' for unspecified crimes against the state

Last Updated (Thursday, 02 May 2013 09:17)

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American tourist faces death penalty in North Korea as government announces it will try him

North Korean said it will soon put on trial an American tourist they’ve accused of trying to overthrow the government. After weeks war cries against the U.S. and South Korea, the indictment of Kenneth Bae broke a relative lull in threats and provocative acts by the rogue state. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has expressed rage over U.N. sanctions over a February nuclear test and ongoing U.S.-South Korean military drills, though analysts say Pyongyang's motive is to get its Korean War foes to negotiate on its own terms. READ MORE

Last Updated (Saturday, 27 April 2013 14:32)

 

Boston bomb suspects move from hospital to prison

(Reuters) - Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been moved to a prison at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, from the hospital where he had been held since his arrest by police a week ago, the U.S. Marshals Service said on Friday. The 19-year-old ethnic Chechen, who was badly wounded in an overnight shootout last week with police hours after authorities released pictures of him and his older brother, also a suspect, had previously been held at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where some of the victims were also being treated. READ MORE

Last Updated (Friday, 26 April 2013 11:52)

 

Omotola attends TIME 100 Gala; dines with Rihanna, Justin Timberlake

The recognition of the most popular personalities each year is an arduous task as people of different backgrounds and fields perform outstandingly all the time which makes a narrowed selection almost impossible at times. But that notwithstanding, mega Magazine houses like TIME and FORBES manage to annually release such a list of the top personalities in the world who have distinguished themselves beyond all others. READ MORE

Last Updated (Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:49)

 

My brother made me do it': Boston 'bomber' reveals

The surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect has told investigators that his brother orchestrated the attacks because he 'wanted to defend Islam from attack', it emerged today. In scrawled notes made from his hospital bed, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, told Guantanamo Bay interrogators that Tamerlan, 26, was motivated by the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and his belief that they represented an assault on his faith, according to reports. READ MORE

Last Updated (Wednesday, 24 April 2013 10:38)

 
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