Accidents & Disasters – Newsletter for November 12, 2010

British judge sentences thief in verse

LONDON – A car thief who wrote poems about his criminal past has been sentenced by a British judge in verse.

Steven Snell, 26, wrote odes about his crimes while he was in remand waiting for his sentence.
Judge Richard Bray of the Northampton Crown Court sent him to 20 months in prison, while announcing … Original source on Gaea Times at : British judge sentences thief in verse.

Briton jailed for showing finger in Dubai

LONDON – A Briton has been sentenced to two months in jail for showing the finger to a woman worker at the Dubai airport, it was reported here.

Paul Anthony, 34, got into a row with a woman airport employee when she reportedly refused to let him use a customer services desk phone. He “cursed” … Original article on : Briton jailed for showing finger in Dubai.

Splendor Cruise Ship At San Diego

SAN DIEGO (GaeaTimes.com)- The disabled cruise ship Carnival Splendor which caught fire on Monday morning and subsequently became immobile near the coast of Mexico has been brought to San Diego port, says the latest update. The passengers finally breathed a sigh of relief after staying without many facilities for three days at a stretch. … Read more >>.

Haryana honour killing: Man shoots brother-in-law

FATEHABAD – In another case of honour killing in Haryana, a 28-year-old man was shot dead by his wife’s brother as he hailed from a different caste, police say.

The shooting took place at Tohana town late Thursday, said police. The killed man was identified as Sukhbir Singh, a resident of Rajgarh village in …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Haryana honour killing: Man shoots brother-in-law.

Indian radio station ordered to pay defamation damages

VANCOUVER – A prominent Indian radio station owner, who was targeted in a drive-by shooting in the Indian-dominated suburb of Surrey in September, has been ordered to pay damages in a defamation case.

Maninder Gill, 47, who owns the popular Radio India, and some of his staff have been ordered by the provincial British Columbia … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Indian radio station ordered to pay defamation damages.

Four cops accused of rape inside police station complex

RAIPUR – Chhattisgarh’s Dharmjaigarh town Thursday was outraged at alleged rape of two girls, including a minor, by four policemen within the police station complex earlier this week.

A first information report (FIR) against the policemen was filed late Thursday, the town’s police said, adding that the small town in Raigarh district, about 280 …. Read the original article  : Four cops accused of rape inside police station complex.

Canoeing trainee’s body recovered from Hyderabad lake

HYDERABAD – The body of a 17-year-old canoeing trainee was Friday recovered from Hussainsagar lake in the heart of the city.

Ranjan, hailing from Nagaland, drowned in the lake Thursday while practising on his canoe – apparently without a life jacket.
Search by special teams of military and police personnel till late Thursday evening proved [..] Read the original article: here.

Cult member vandalises Facebook tribute pages

SYDNEY – A member of right-wing cult Ku Klux Klan has vandalised several Facebook tribute pages for dead Australian teenagers, a media report said Friday.

Jarred Hensley, 28, told a couple of Australians in an online chat that he and his group were responsible for defacing many pages, Australian news agency AAP reported.
Hensley, a …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Cult member vandalises Facebook tribute pages.

Two Pakistani kids killed, stuffed into box

LAHORE – A seven-year-old girl and her brother, 5, were strangled and then crammed into an iron box used for storing wheat in this Pakistani city. The police suspect that the girl was raped.

Medical examiners have concluded that the children whose bodies were found in a wheat-storage iron box on their rooftop about two [..] Read the original article: here.

30 students hurt in Uttar Pradesh accident

LUCKNOW – At least 30 school students were injured, 10 of them seriously, when their bus was hit by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambhi district Friday morning, police said.

The accident took place along the Allahabad-Kanpur highway in Saini town when the truck collided head-on with the bus of Little Flower Convent, carrying … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : 30 students hurt in Uttar Pradesh accident.

American held for carrying bullets in Lahore

LAHORE – A 70-year-old US national has been arrested at the international airport here after a cache of cartridges was found in his possession, a media report said.

Gary George William was arrested Thursday at the Allama Iqbal international airport after airport personnel recovered 30 cartridges from his luggage.
William was on his way to … Original article on : American held for carrying bullets in Lahore.

10 die in South Korea hospital fire

SEOUL – At least 10 women were killed and 17 injured when a fire engulfed a hospital for women Friday in a port city in South Korea, a media report said.

The fire broke out at around 4.30 a.m., scorching the two-storey building in Pohang city, 374 km south of Seoul. Twenty fire trucks were …. Source article  : 10 die in South Korea hospital fire.

One killed in Sudan plane crash

KHARTOUM – One person was killed and five people were injured Thursday when a plane crashed in Sudan, officials said.

The accident took place at Zalinge airport in Sudan’s West Darfur state when the back tires of the aircraft exploded and it caught fire, Xinhua quoted an official at TARCO Air, owner of the … Original source on Gaea Times at : One killed in Sudan plane crash.

IT raids Visa Steel in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR – Income Tax (IT) department sleuths carried out raids Thursday at different premises of Visa Steel in Chhattisgarh’s industrial town of Raigarh, officials said.

“The IT department officials have raided different establishments of Visa Steel,” Raigarh Superintendent of Police Rahul Sharma said. The raids were carried out at Visa Steel’s office in Friends …. Read the original article  : here.

Two held for abducting, killing minor

LUCKNOW – Two people, including a teenager, were arrested Thursday for abducting a minor boy for ransom and then killing him in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district, police said.

Narendra Kumar (19) masterminded the abduction of four-year-old Neeraj, the son of his neighbour, for ransom and and later killed him. Kumar’s accomplice was named as …. Source article  : Two held for abducting, killing minor.

Ruchika case: Supreme Court grants bail to Rathore (Night Lead)

New Delhi, Nov. 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday granted bail to former Haryana director general of police S.P.S. Rathore, who is serving an 18-month jail sentence in the 1990 Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.

He (Rathore) shall not leave the country without specific permission of the chief judicial magistrate, Chandigarh,” said an apex court bench …. Read the original article  : Ruchika case: Supreme Court grants bail to Rathore (Night Lead).

Family blames Rakhi Sawant for their son’s death

LUCKNOW – A 24-year-old man from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh who appeared on a reality show featuring Rakhi Sawant was so upset by the reportedly “indecent remarks” made against him by the Bollywood item girl that he stopped eating and died, his family alleged Thursday.

Laksham Prasad, a resident of Jhansi’s Prem Nagar town, was … Original source on Gaea Times at : Family blames Rakhi Sawant for their son’s death.

One dead as Sri Lankan capital, suburbs hit by floods

COLOMBO – At least one person drowned and more than 260,000 were affected by floods Thursday as heavy rains hit Sri Lanka’s capital and surrounding areas, interrupting the power supply, a government spokesman said.

“We have received the highest rainfall in 18 years in Colombo,” the spokesman said.
He said the city had received more [..] Read the original article: here.

Iraqis extradited to Britain, jailed for honour killing

LONDON – Two Iraqi men, who fled to their home country after killing their cousin in 2006 for falling in love with a man disapproved of by her family, were sentenced to life imprisonment by a British court after their extradition.

Mohammed Ali and Omar Hussain were found guilty of murdering Banaz Mahmod, 20, in … Read more : Iraqis extradited to Britain, jailed for honour killing.

Staines killing worse than carnage, apex court told

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Thursday was told that the 1999 lynching of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons by Dara Singh and his band of Hindu fanatics was worse than a carnage.

Staines’ two sons Philip Staines, 10, and Timoti Staines, 7, were also burnt alive by the assailants. After …. Original article  : Staines killing worse than carnage, apex court told.