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HEADLINES
 Woman
booted off U.S. flight over T-shirt mocking Bush, Cheney and Rice
RENO, Nevada- A woman was booted off a Southwest
Airlines flight for wearing a T-shirt that bore an expletive and
images of President George W. Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney and
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Lorrie Heasley of Woodland,
Wash., said she plans to press a civil-rights complaint against the
airline over Tuesday's action at Reno-Tahoe International Airport,
halfway through Heasley's scheduled trip from Los Angeles to Portland,
Oregon...
Indian
police arrest 67 women in death of barber suspected of black magic
HYDERABAD, India- Indian police arrested 67 women
on Wednesday after a mob killed a barber suspected of practising black
magic, an official said. Dozens more women were being sought by
authorities. The arrests came after the mob of about 150 women from
the south Indian village of Muddireddypalli attacked the shop of a
barber named Parvathalu on Tuesday, beating him and locking him inside
before ...
London to
get multimillion dollar sexual 'theme park' near Piccadilly Circus
LONDON- Move over, Eros. Developers announced plans
Friday to open a multimillion dollar sexual "theme park" near London's
Piccadilly Circus, home to the much-photographed statue of the Greek
god of love. Backers say the London Academy of Sex and Relationships,
due to open next spring, will not be a sleazy sex museum, but an
educational multimedia attraction that will teach visitors to become
better lovers and provide valuable information about disease and
sexual problems...
 Bird's-eye view of Katrina's fury
By Lesly Curwin
Almost two weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the US Gulf coast, Lesly Curwin accompanies an aerial reconnaissance mission to assess the damage.
The Blackhawk helicopter lifted off in a clatter from Baton Rouge airport, flown by pilots of the Texas National Guard.
We flew a hundred miles south towards the ghost city of New Orleans, its downtown skyline shimmering through the morning mist. Lines of green oily water criss-crossed much of the city.
Warehouses, car parks, power plants, highways were inundated by the filthy waters...
Historic artefacts dating back 3,500 years have
been unearthed on a development site for luxury apartments near Loch
Lomond.
Photo: Archaeologists describe the discovery as highly significant.
The team of 15
archaeologists excavating the site believe they have uncovered
settlements which include 7th century Christian cemeteries. The plot
has yielded objects spanning the Bronze and Ice Ages and early
Christian and Medieval times. The find includes cremation pots,
jewellery and corn-drying kilns. The discovery from the 300-acre site
at Midross will take experts three years to analyse in laboratories,
before the treasures go into museums. Two Bronze Age cremation sites,
three Iron Age settlements and an early Christian burial ground ...
Passion
for tattoos on display as thousands gather at London convention
 Photo:
A tattoo artist, right, watches as another works on a tattoo on Ralph Buchholz,
a computer scientist from Dortmund, Germany, during London's International
Tattoo Convention.
LONDON- The sound of buzzing needles, the smell of incense
and the sight of full-body artwork drew thousands of tattoo enthusiasts to
trendy east London this weekend. The first International London Tattoo
Convention opened Friday as more than 150 of the world's best tattoo artists
arrived at a former brewery to share their craft with veterans and newcomers to
body art. Many attend a tattoo convention to show off their work...
Netherlands court
bans complaining mom
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A woman in the
Netherlands has been banned from any contact with her daughter's school or
teachers after complaining too much, a court ruled Friday. The woman, whose name
was not released, "overloaded" the Borgh Elementary School in the northern city
of Zuidhorn "with an incessant stream of questions, comments and complaints," a
panel of judges at the Groningen District Court wrote in their judgment. "For
causing an illegal hindrance ...
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