Category: In The News

Canoeist Arrested on Fraud Suspicions

In an earlier post we told you about the canoeist that turned up five years after he disappeared; seems now that he may not be as innocent as he claimed to be.
CNN reports that the man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud. Police, who are trying to piece together the whereabouts of John Darwin [...]

Canoeist turns up five years later

A canoeist from UK, who authorities believed was dead, turned up alive - five-and-a-half years later and around 360km (apx. 255 miles) from where he was seen last.
In March of 2002 a red canoe, belonging to John Darwin, was found wrecked on the seafront near his home of Seaton Carew, Hartlepool in Northern England.
Despite an [...]

Teddy Bear Teacher Leaves Sudan

Gillian Gibbons, the British teacher convicted of insulting religion in Sudan by allowing her students to name a teddy bear “Mohammed”, has left Khartoum on a flight home, the British Foreign Office said on Monday.
Gibbons was freed after Sudan President Omar al-Bashir granted her a presidential pardon Monday.
She apologized for any distress that her [...]

‘Teddy Bear’ teacher gets 15 days

A British teacher was found guilty of insulting religion and sent her to 15 days in prison in Sudan. The reason? She allowed a teddy bear to be named “Mohammed”
Her lawyer told CNN that Gillian Gibbons also faces deportation from Sudan after her prison term. He said that he was “very disappointed” with the verdict [...]

Dutch Women Joins Colombia Rebels

During a Guerrilla Camp raid, the army stumbled upon a diary written by Tanja Nijmeijer, a 29-year-old Dutch woman.

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