In March of last year a severely autistic man with the mental age of three married a woman in Bangladesh, via the telephone. Three of Britain’s most senior judges intervened, ruling the marriage could not be legal under English law, as the man was unable to give his consent. This marriage, said Lord Justice Thorpe, was “sufficiently offensive to the conscience of the English court that the... 

The Conservative Party has announced it intends to dish out British taxpayers’ money with ‘vouchers’ while the Labour Party has announced that it wants to give away an additional £1 billion to selected Third World countries. The Tories want to pay for private schools in India – at the same time that the Indian government has spent nearly £2 billion buying tanks and its second aircraft... 

Riots and street battles killed at least 156 people in China’s western Xinjiang province, state media said Tuesday, and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the region in decades. Officials said the death toll was expected to rise. Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and China’s Han majority... 

A 79-year-old woman has been left too “scared” to leave her home after she was sexually assaulted in a city street. The elderly victim was approached by a man in Upper Tichborne Street, Highfields, Leicester, before he tried to grab her. After the victim told the man that she was going to call the police he ran off into the nearby Warrington Court flats. The incident happened between 2.30pm... 

Israel has a sovereign right to decide what is in its best interest in dealing with Iran’s nuclear ambitions whether the United States agrees or not, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled that he agrees with U.S. President Barack Obama’s end-of-the-year deadline for progress in efforts to engage Iran diplomatically... 

Taking a holiday in the sole part of the white man’s world where no need is felt for “cultural enrichment” and “strength in diversity” all people can see that Europe is becoming like America, a melting pot where whites are more and more unimportant to the so-called “white governments”. Notice the “La Raza” on the upper right corner guy… So now Europe can also... 

Africans are learning the hard way that in China the consequences for drug smuggling are more grave than a stained criminal record or a long sentence behind bars. Drug smugglers face a life penalty, but not in prison. Despite increasing diplomatic relations on the continent, when it comes to sentencing African nationals for drug offenses, China is showing no mercy. Those convicted are being sentenced... 

Girl chased by seven men, who molested her when she was on her way home to her family. On late Friday evening a 14-year-old girl from Fredericia was subjected to attempted rape. She was on her way home to her family, when a group of seven young men followed her. The girl attempted to outrun the men, who followed her along several streets and a path. When she reached Høgevej, she hid behind a bike... 

On Wednesday Sweden took over the helmet for the European Union term presidency. Sweden will face a quite difficult term. Even preparations for the decision about Turkey to be taken at the end of the year are enough to be handled in a six-month term presidency. Sweden is a country that has already grasped the importance of Turkey’s integration with the EU and uttering it by any chance. No matter... 

Although provincial police commissioner Mzwandile Petros often visits crime scenes, he was reluctant to attend the site where the body of three-year-old Viwe Mnembe was found at the weekend. Speaking at a police briefing yesterday, Petros, who took the opportunity to announce new appointees, said his reluctance to visit the bushes where the toddler’s body was found was fuelled by his incomprehension... 

Who ratted out First Lady Michelle Obama for getting VIP treatment while shopping in Paris last month with her daughters? That would be French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The issue: Getting a store usually closed on Sundays to open for her. The cautious Mrs. Obama, who carries a limited, strategically applied issues portfolio, is now caught up–unwittingly–in a domestic debate in France... 

A mother accused of lying to get her son into a top state school has had charges against her dropped. Mrinal Patel, 41, who gave her mother’s address on her application, would have been the first parent in the country to be prosecuted for school admissions fraud. But Harrow Council in north-west London admitted yesterday it feared its use of the Fraud Act 2006 could be open to challenge because... 

A Durban nurse who was gang-raped for six hours, while her fiance watched helplessly, says she lives her life in fear of it happening again. And while she got “some closure” this week, when one of her rapists was sentenced to three life terms plus 27 years’ imprisonment, the 40-year-old woman says her life will never be the same. After the sentencing of Tandaso Peterson Nombele,... 

An eastern German town ventured to make a political statement by hosting a soccer match under a slogan of racial tolerance. But when the far-right, neo-Nazi NPD announced it was going to demonstrate, the opposing team, Energie Cottbus, backed out. The eastern German town of Storkow had planned to host a soccer match this Saturday to celebrate tolerance. But then the opposing team cancelled —... 

A 71-year-old woman accused of recruiting family members to marry foreigners seeking green cards plead guilty Wednesday to taking part in an immigration fraud conspiracy. Federal prosecutors said Maria Refugia Camarillo, of Fort Worth, Texas, faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when she is sentenced in September. She also must provide a $35,000 lien on her home. Investigators said that...