Four residents and a fire fighter experienced personal injuries in a Chicago fire that started in a garage on Saturday. The blaze was raised to an extra alarm because of cold temperatures and 20 mile-per-hour winds. It took 50 firefighters

So, you get arrested for DUI/DWI in Maryland, what do you do? The trial Judge may ask the arresting police officer if you were "polite and cooperative" and the officer's response can, in some instances, play a role in what

Two teenage girls, who worked at a Minnesota nursing home, are being charged with physically, emotionally and sexually abusing elderly Alzheimer's patients at the facility, according to this shocking MSNBC News report. Brianna Broitzman, 19, and Ashton Larson, 18, allegedly

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Motivated by the lure of profits from the sale of stolen confidential information, cyber criminals today are shifting to the Web as their chosen attack vector, which provides an ideal environment for cyber crime. Many Web threats can be deployed

Two weeks ago, I wrote a short piece entitled: "The Pending Matter between Arogundade and Okere". In the article I expressed amazement about the distorted perspective of one Mr. Niyi Fadipe who had been writing media houses and trying to

TWO-thirds of government departments had no policy on gifts, or even a gift register, the Public Service Commission said on Friday.

Worried by the dwindling price of crude oil in the international market, 774 local government councils in the country have been advised to commence aggressive internally generated revenue drive in order to meet the yearnings and aspirations of the rural

The Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has proposed a total budget of N134,702,905,603 for the 2009 fiscal year, against N90.9 billion of 2008, a difference of 48%.

Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has commenced an aggressive campaign to get rid of untrained and under-aged drivers who had constituted serious danger to other road users in Abuja.

Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that Nsimba Embete Ponte, the editor of the Kinshasa-based biweekly L'Interprète, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for "insulting the head of state" and his assistant, David Tondo Nzovuanga, has been

A waitress who used to serve President Kibaki's family at State House has claimed she was pushed out of her job on ground that the job was too "sensitive" to be handled by people of a tribe different from that

ZAGREB, Croatia -- Police on Thursday (December 4th) said they filed charges against a police officer who allegedly threatened to kill a journalist w...

Leyla Zana, a pro-Kurdish politician who won a prestigious European human rights award in 1995, received a ten-year prison sentence from a Turkish court Thursday for disseminating pro-PKK propaganda.

BELGRADE, Serbia -- The hunt for war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic is being ramped up, Rasim Ljajic, head of Serbia's national council for ties with t...

With a "humanitarian tragedy" unfolding in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), it is imperative that action be taken immediately to protect the population and bring an end to the fighting, the top United Nations peacekeeping official

An Islamist faction waging war in southern Somalia has appointed a new administration for Lower Shabelle region, Radio Garowe reported Saturday.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the confirmation that inclusive political dialogue will kick off tomorrow in the Central African Republic (CAR), which has been beset by widespread fighting and armed banditry in recent years.