A Greek woman is appearing in court today accused of setting fire to a British tourist in Crete after he allegedly pulled down his trousers in front of her.
The 26-year-old woman, Marina Fanouraki, was charged with assault after the incident in the holiday resort of Malia in which she allegedly poured a highly flammable...
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Greek Woman in Court for Setting Fire to British Tourist
Mother Reunited With Girl ‘killed’ in Fire
A mother was expected last night to be reunited permanently with her long-lost daughter, six years after being told her baby girl had burned to death in her crib, in a drama that reads like a television movie.
Luz Cuevas’s ordeal began in 1997, when she suffered burns while trying to rescue her newborn girl...
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BBC Under Fire Over Hip-hop Slant on Obama Win
Pitting hip-hop star Dizzee Rascal against Jeremy Paxman in a Newsnight special was probably designed to up the “yoof” factor in the heavyweight debate about the consequences of Barack Obama’s election victory.
But rather than receiving plaudits for making the program less stuffy, the BBC has been criticized for its unorthodox choice of guest, with...
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By All Means Hold Obama’s Feet to the Fire, But It’s a Bit Early to Cry Betrayal
Liberals and lefties may have plenty of unattractive habits, but surely one of the least appealing is the speed with which they’re ready to cry betrayal. Part of it is preparation for the future, putting down a marker for the day when – inevitably – the current progressive hero will be seen as a...
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Create Pottery By Wood Fire
Throughout history, clay has had many uses. Initially it was used as a method for creating figurines and idols. Later, it became so much more and many of those earlier uses for clay still remain today. One of which is as the tool from which pottery is created. This allowed citizens of the world,...
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BBC’s Russian Changes Under Fire
A wide-ranging shake up of the BBC World Service’s Russian operations has been criticised by high profile academics and writers, including the Nobel Prize for Literature winner Doris Lessing, who have called the plans “demented”.
In an open letter, the BBC is accused of caving in to Russian pressure to cut its operations in...
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Naked Commissioner Under Fire
The European commission’s German vice-president, Günter Verheugen, was battling to save his reputation yesterday after photographs emerged of him relaxing on the beach with his female chief of staff wearing just a baseball cap.
Mr Verheugen, 62, has dismissed as “pure slander” allegations that he had been having a relationship with his chief of cabinet,...
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