President Sebastian Pinera of Chile made an emergency landing in his helicopter on a main road after running out of fuel 270km (170mi) south of the capital Santiago. The President might have been happy to make a safe. if somewhat un scheduled landing but Congressman Gabriel Ascencio of the opposition Christian [...]

A woman who is suspected of abducting a nineteen day old baby from a hospital in New York in 1987 has surrendered to the police and will face kidnapping charges. She gave herself up to police in Bridport Connecticut and is expected to appear in court in New York on Monday. [...]

Irish discount airline Ryanair charges €40 for a boarding card for those passengers who fail to print out their on before arriving at the airport. However they are now threatening to turn away passengers who arrive at the check in without a  boarding card unless a ruling  from a Spanish court [...]

Diego Della Valle, the chairman and CEO of Tod’s luxury shoes and leather goods brand has announced that he will finance the cost of restoring Rome’s historic landmark, the Colosseum. The restoration work will begin towards the end of this year and will take about ywo and a half years to [...]

A hijacked South Korean cargo ship seized by pirates six days ago has been rescued along with 21 crew members in an operation by South Korean navy commandos in the Arabian Sea. Commandos from the South Korean destroyer Choi Young which had been in the area as part of an international [...]

China’s growing wealth is being reflected in the growing use of recreational drugs and what has for many years been considered a problem in the Western world is now becoming a problem in China, drug smuggling. Hong Kong customs officials have announced seizing a shipment of cocaine in transit to China [...]

Italalian prosecutors are closing in on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and have requested to a parliamentary commission for permission to search some of Mr. Berlusconi’s properties. It was announced last Friday that Mr. Berlusconi was under investigation for making payments for sex to a “significant number” of young prostitutes including a [...]

Former Haiti dictator, Jean-Claude Duvalier returned unexpectedly to Haiti yesterday 25 years after he was overthrown by a popular revolt which ended 29 years and two generations of Duvalier dictatorship and corruption. Mr. Duvalier, known as “Baby Doc” after succeeding his notorious father Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier at the age of [...]