Monday, December 18, 2006

Army weapons "kill 300 people (People locator) a year"

More than 300 people are killed every year by army guns, according to a study led by the Swiss criminologist Martin Killias.
Four people manage to escape from a pub which is badly damaged by fire in Nottinghamshire.
Private-equity firms have in recent days been moving into prime position to buy orthopedics maker Biomet Inc. , the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Thimphu/Guwahati, Dec 17 (IANS) In his first public address as Bhutan's new ruler, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Sunday sought the support of his people to build a strong nation and help the country shift from monarchy to parliamentary democracy.
Americans learned last week they can no longer look the other way when someone else hires an illegal worker. A federal raid on six Swift & Co. meatpacking plants in the US nabbed more than 1,250 "undocumented" migrants - and dozens were charged with using the IDs of real people, perhaps even of children.