CLASHES, SHOTS AND TEAR GAS AT 'MARCH OF ANGER' IN CAIRO
Thousands of supporters of ex-President Mohamed Morsi took to the streets of Cairo in a “March of Anger” following Friday prayers. Military troops, who were authorized to use lethal force to stop rioting, are guarding key sites in the Egyptian capital.
EGYPT VOWS LETHAL RESPONSE AHEAD OF NATIONWIDE ‘MARCH OF ANGER’
Egyptian security forces have been authorized to use lethal force to prevent further riots ahead of a March of Anger called by the Muslim Brotherhood on Friday. Tensions are running high after Wednesday’s crackdown on protesters.
ONLINE PUBLISHING COMPANY INVESTIGATES THE 9/11 EVENTS AND SOME STRANGE SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS EMERGE
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, a
terrible event occurred which may well have been wholly misrepresented. One was
told, and pictures showed, that wide body jets flew into the twin towers and
completely destroyed them.
HUNDREDS OF MORSI SUPPORTERS TORCH GOVT BUILDING IN GIZA AFTER BRUTAL CRACKDOWN
Hundreds of Morsi supporters have stormed a government building in Giza and set it alight, reports state TV. This comes after Wednesday’s brutal crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood loyalists in which over 500 people died.
BLOODY RECKONING: CRISIS-TORN EGYPT’S FUTURE ON A KNIFE EDGE AFTER CRACKDOWN ON ISLAMISTS
The Egyptian military’s crackdown on supporters of ex-President Mohamed Morsi has plunged the world’s most populous Arab nation into its worst violence for decades. The country is teetering between a return to Mubarak-era autocracy and civil war.
Four journalists have been killed in violent clashes which swept Egypt on Wednesday, with a number of the press core suffering serious injuries in the clashes.
MANNING'S COURT TESTIMONY: 'I BELIEVED I WAS GOING TO HELP PEOPLE, NOT HURT PEOPLE'
Bradley Manning personally delivered a statement as his trial, which could see him convicted for up to 90 years in prison, nears its end. He defended leaking 700,000 US diplomatic cables as an act of conscience and apologized for the damage he caused.
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: THE RESIGNATION OF HAROLD WILSON AND THE IDENTITY OF “FIFTH” ‘MAN’ IS REVEALED BY GIOVANNI DI STEFANO
The question that everyone asked in the late 1960s and to date is who was the fifth man? In fact it was who the fourth man was? Then the name of Antony Blunt came to be aired and so the quest was for the fifth man!!
SYRIA UPDATE 3 - ETHNIC CLEANSING - AL-QAIDA STYLE BY MARIA WERA CEDRELL WAR CORRESPONDENT ON THE GROUND
This week the Syrian opposition launched a three pronged attack in the North of Syria. The vanguard of this attack was fighters belonging to Al-Qaida and its affiliates.
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY OPC UNFOLDS 'THE SECRET BEHIND THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
Reginald Bevins was the Postmaster General when the Great Train Robbery took place. He issued a statement stating fiercely that the Robbery was "an inside job" and declared a public enquiry.
THE LEGAL QUESTION OF GIBRALTAR (PARERE PRO VERITATE) BY GIOVANNI DI STEFANO
On the 30th May 2009 I was requested by an attaché to the Spanish Embassy in Hay Al Mansur St in Iraq an informal opinion on the question surrounding the territory of Gibraltar.
YEMEN TERROR ALERT PROMPTS US EMBASSY CLOSURE, CITIZENS WARNED TO LEAVE COUNTRY
The US State Department has told citizens and non-essential staff at its embassy in Yemen to leave the country "immediately" due to security threats, while the US Air Force is moving personnel out of the capital of Sanaa.
ITALY'S BERLUSCONI PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR COALITION GOVERNMENT -STATEMENT FROM GDS
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi threw his support behind the country’s fragile coalition government on Sunday as thousands of people gathered in Rome to protest against the supreme court’s decision to uphold his tax fraud conviction.
CHINESE MILITARY HARDWARE HITS RUSSIA FOR JOINT ANTI-TERROR DRILLS
Russian-Chinese anti-terror drills are in full swing with the latter's tanks and gunships training at a military range in the Urals. It comes less than a month after joint naval drills, the largest of their kind China has participated in to date.
SILVIO BERLUSCONI LOYALISTS CALL FOR MASS PROTEST IN ROME SUNDAY OVER TAX-FRAUD SENTENCE - STATEMENT FROM GDS
Silvio Berlusconi loyalists have warned of a possible “civil war” if the ex-prime minister’s punishment for tax-fraud conviction is not lifted, as his aides maneuvered to win a presidential pardon so he can avoid a prison term and a ban on holding public office.
GREAT TRAIN ROBBER BIGGS DEFIANT ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Half a century after Britain's infamous Great Train Robbery, the most notorious member of the gang, Ronnie Biggs, is unrepentant and says he is proud of his role in the heist.
SYRIA UPDATE - ATROCITY OR MEDIA MANIPULATION? BY MARIA WERA CEDRELL WAR CORRESPONDENT ON THE GROUND (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)
The news flash stated the following (According to Sham FM news agency the fighters of (Jabhat Al-Nusra) have committed another massacre in the eastern Syrian province of Der Al-Zour.
NSA PAID BRITISH SPY AGENCY $150 MLN IN SECRET FUNDS – NEW LEAK
The NSA has made hush-hush payments of at least $150 million to Britain’s GCHQ spying agency over the past three years to influence British intelligence gathering operations.
EXCLUSIVE: EGYPT UPDATE 6 - EGYPT, IS IT A FAILED STATE? BY MARIA WERA CEDRELL WAR CORRESPONDENT ON THE GROUND
Egyptian Security sources are worried about the fate of the Coptic Pope in Egypt. There are strong rumours that the pro Muslim Brotherhood intend to assassinate him.
BERLUSCONI CONDEMNS SENTENCE AS ‘CAMPAIGN OF AGGRESSION’
Former premier and centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi denounced a ruling Thursday by Italy’s supreme court upholding a tax fraud conviction as “baseless” and called himself the victim of “a genuine campaign of aggression.”
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADVOCATES ACT AS FEDERAL INFORMANTS BY BARRY SCOTT SUSSMAN
Recent revelations have confirmed that national medical marijuana advocates, Thomas Daubert and Chris Lindsey, have acted as informants, furnishing the federal government with information against others within the field they purport to represent
The trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning is entering the sentencing phase on Wednesday. The WikiLeaks informant is facing up to 136 years in prison after being found guilty of 20 counts under the Espionage Act.
IS THIS A DAGGER I SEE BEFORE ME? (MACBETH ACT II SCENE I BY WILIIAM SHAKESPEARE) RECITED BY GIOVANNI DI STEFANO
Urged on by the prophecy and ambition Macbeth’s grip on reality starts to unwind as he prepares to do what he knows is terribly wrong. His seething mind is jerked back to reality as the bell tolls. Duncan’s death knell.
THE HOLLOW MEN (T.S. ELIOT) RECITED BY GIOVANNI DI STEFANO
A depressive dystopian theme describes the worst features of the modern and shallow world which emerges from the darkness and terrors of the First World War.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE? (HAMLET ACT III SCENE 1 BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE) RECITED BY GIOVANNI DI STEFANO
Hamlet is beleaguered in a sea of troubles and debates his options. Should he passively accept his fate or take up arms and battle onward! Is he even aware that the fair Ophelia is within earshot?
Britons urged to stay in hotels in Egyptian resort
Britain on Friday urged tourists visiting the Red Sea resort of Hurghada to stay in their hotels following a warning by Egyptian police in the wake of violent clashes this week.
Tobacco smugglers Miguel and Jaime keep their heads down as they race across the waves on a jet ski with a chasing Gibraltar police patrol boat close behind
The family of Abu Qatada, the radical cleric who was recently deported to face terror charges in Jordan, on Thursday left Britain after dropping a bid to stay there, the Foreign Office said.
Energy company scales back UK drilling over protest fears
British energy firm Cuadrilla on Friday announced it was cutting back its activities at a site in south England as over 1,000 protesters prepare for a six-day "action camp".
Royal baby given Sarajevo football club membership card
Britain's royal baby, Prince George, was on Thursday made a member of Bosnia's top football club FK Zeljeznicar in a gesture of gratitude for the humanitarian work of his late grandmother Princess Diana.
British retail sales jumped 1.1 percent in July from the level in June as a heatwave fuelled spending on food, drinks and summer clothing, official data showed on Thursday.
Spoon in underwear saving youths from forced marriage
As Britain puts airport staff on alert to spot potential victims of forced marriage, one campaigning group says the trick of putting a spoon in their underwear has saved some youngsters from a forced union in their South Asian ancestral homelands.
Britain's unemployment rate remains at 7.8 percent, significantly above a level that could trigger the Bank of England to raise its main interest rate, official data showed on Wednesday.
The British warship HMS Westminster set sail on Tuesday on a training exercise that will include a stop at Gibraltar, the territory at the centre of a row between Britain and Spain.
Workers scaled an apartment building in Beijing on Friday to demolish a bizarre rooftop villa which captured worldwide attention but was deemed illegal by Chinese authorities.
Car bomb death toll reaches 22 in Hezbollah bastion
Lebanon was holding a day of mourning Friday after a car bombing killed at least 22 people in a Beirut stronghold of Shiite group Hezbollah which backs Syria's embattled president.
Polio outbreak in Somalia 'worsens amid insecurity'
Aid workers in war-torn Somalia are struggling to contain a dangerous outbreak of the crippling polio virus, with rampant insecurity hampering efforts, the United Nations said Friday.
Army mortar fire 'kills 14 civilians near Damascus'
Mortar fire by the Syrian army on the Mleha district southeast of Damascus killed at least 14 civilians, four of them children, a watchdog said on Friday.
At least 22 people were killed and hundreds wounded after a powerful explosion tore through a Hezbollah bastion in southern Beirut on Thursday. A group, believed to be a rebel Syrian cell, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Ikea recalls children's beds due to laceration hazard
The world's leading furniture chain Ikea on Thursday issued a recall of two models of children's beds after several reported cases of a broken metal rod that exposed sharp edges.
Obama cancels joint military drill with Egypt following crackdown
US President Barack Obama has called off joint US-Egypt military drills scheduled to take place next month in protest of the Egyptian government’s brutal crackdown on protesters, in which more than 500 people were killed on Wednesday.
Egyptians emerged Thursday from an all-night curfew imposed after the worst violence since their 2011 uprising, with 343 people killed as security forces broke up protests supporting ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
Russia denied on Friday that it was waging a trade war with Ukraine to keep its ex-Soviet neighbour from establishing closer political and economic relations with the European Union.
Russian pole vault star Yelena Isinbayeva faced outrage Friday from activists and fellow athletics legends after backing Russia's controversial new anti-gay law and saying competitors at the Sochi Winter Olympics should respect it.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel chose a picturesque small town to launch into full campaign mode for an election in which she is seen likely to stay at the helm of Europe's biggest economy.
Football's world governing body FIFA on Wednesday said it had asked 2018 World Cup hosts Russia to explain in more detail its controversial new law banning "homosexual propaganda" after criticism from athletes and activists.
Russia visit of Snowden's father to be kept under wraps: report
The planned visit to Russia of the father of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is to be kept strictly secret, with details of their meeting to be made public only after it has happened, a report said Wednesday.
‘Climate of Islamophobia’: Two attackers rip veil off French girl
A 16-year old girl was attacked in Paris suburb and had the Islamic veil she was wearing torn from her face. As anti-Islamic attacks in France soar, a French Muslim leader condemned the ‘climate of Islamophobia’ and urged the government to act.
Maria and Alexandra vaguely considered leaving Russia for several years, but it was not until this year's anti-gay legislation that they started to gather paperwork.
Two Italian women died and another climber is missing after an avalanche on Mont Blanc, regional authorities said Tuesday. The bodies of a French couple were also found Tuesday after they fell into a crevasse in the French Alps.
Merkel plays history teacher on Berlin Wall anniversary
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, campaigning for a third term, filled in as a school history teacher Tuesday on the 52nd anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall.
Uncontrolled by FISA court, NSA commits 'thousands of privacy violations per year'
The National Security Agency broke the law and ignored privacy protections thousands of times in each of the years since Congressional leaders expanded the agency’s power in 2008, according to a new report citing documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
Snowden letter decries media for 'false claims' about his 'situation'
Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency whistleblower currently living under temporary asylum in Russia, has spoken out against the media for incorrectly portraying, whether intentionally or by accident, his current legal status.
Baby panda born at Vienna zoo by natural conception
The Vienna zoo on Thursday made a birth announcement: Yang Yang and her mate Long Hui are the proud parents of another baby panda, the third one born by natural conception.
Taiwan's first new-born panda stayed overnight for the first time with her doting mother, zoo-keepers said Thursday, following a heartwarming reunion that took place in the international limelight.
Ashton Kutcher talks 'scary' task of playing Steve Jobs
In Joshua Michael Stern’s new Steve Jobs biopic, "Jobs", US actor Ashton Kutcher, known for comic roles, sinks his teeth into the meatiest part of his career so far. FRANCE 24 talked to him about the risks and rewards of playing a 21st-century icon.
Katy Perry confronts Australia's Abbott on gay marriage
US pop star Katy Perry on Thursday took Tony Abbott to task over his stance on gay marriage, telling the Australian opposition leader she would not vote for him.
UPDATE: Olympic James Bond parachutist killed: reports
The stuntman who amazed the world when he parachuted into the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony dressed as James Bond has died while wing-diving in Switzerland, British press reported Thursday.
Michael Jackson doctors 'competed' to treat him: ex-wife
Various doctors were "competing" to treat Michael Jackson, each offering stronger and stronger painkillers long before his 2009 death, the King of Pop's ex-wife testified.
'Fifty Shades' author No. 1 on Forbes list of top earners
British author E.L. James of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” erotic trilogy has been ranked No. 1 on Forbes' list of the world’s highest-earning authors, beating out competitors including Danielle Steel and Stephen King.
Asia football chief backs embattled Qatar World Cup
Asia's football chief has underlined his support for Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup after English officials suggested the event should be moved elsewhere.
Farah bids to emulate Bekele at World Championships
Britain's Mo Farah will bid to become the second man to achieve the double of the world and Olympics 5,000 and 10,000 metres titles while Usain Bolt begins his defence of the 200m on Friday at the World Athletics Championships.
Wayne Rooney finally got the chance to prove his fitness as the unsettled Manchester United striker played for 66 minutes of England's 3-2 win against Scotland at Wembley on Wednesday.
World heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has been forced to withdraw from his mandatory defence against Canada's Bermane Stiverne after injuring his right hand in training.
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez has said he will stay at Liverpool, despite being unsettled at the English Premier League side and seeking a transfer, El Observador newspaper said on Wednesday.
Children born from obese women were 35 percent more likely to die prematurely in adulthood, according to a study Wednesday that warned of a growing epidemic.
Desperate mothers 'keep smiling' in new Georgia film
After revolution, war, ethnic conflict and economic crisis, Georgian director Rusudan Chkonia saw her new film "Keep Smiling" as a chance to explore a society in flux.
Why those holiday mozzies really DO prefer biting women
The rain is back, the days are warm and pools of stagnant water are lying everywhere. For those enjoying balmy evenings outdoors, this means only one thing - Britain's mosquito bite season is officially under way.
Whipping up a blackcurrant jus in Wellington's Rimutaka Prison, shaven-headed convict "Pete" rhapsodises about his new-found love of gourmet cooking, the swastika tattoos on his hand blurring as he whisks intently.
A lap-sized critter that looks like a mix between a raccoon and a teddy bear was unveiled Thursday as the first new carnivore in the Western Hemisphere in 35 years.
Climate change will trigger harsher and more frequent heat waves in the next 30 years regardless of the amount of Earth-warming carbon dioxide we emit, a study said Thursday.
Climate change seen behind ancient civilizations' fall
A cold, dry spell that lasted hundreds of years may have driven the collapse of Eastern Mediterranean civilizations in the 13th century BC, researchers in France said Wednesday.
Scientists said Wednesday they had discovered two new species of a strange bone-devouring worm thriving in the mysterious waters that surround the Antarctic continent.
The most infamous white cannibal of the American West was Alfred (“Alferd”) Griner Packer. He was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, one of three children of James Packer and his wife Esther Griner.
Dennis Andrew Nilsen is one of the most perplexing of serial killers. He exhibited few of the conventional signs of a future killer. When he killed it was not in a sexual frenzy, but while his victims were asleep.
CARLOS THE JACKAL – POLITICAL TERRORIST OR A PSYCHOPATIC KILLER?
Carlos the Jackal’s career as the most feared and brutal terrorist in the world spanned for two decades, from the 1970s to the 1980s. He was born in 1949 in Caracas, Venezuela, as Ilich Ramirez Sanchez.
ACID BATH MURDERER JOHN HAIGH HORRIFIED POST-WAR BRITAIN
John George Haigh remains something of an enigma. He has been called the worst serial killer in British history since Jack the Ripper. John Haigh was born on 24 July 1909 in Stamford, Yorkshire.
In 1960, when Leslie Harvey broke into his mother’s cupboard on the landing during his redecoration works at her house, while Mrs Harvey was staying in hospital for some tests, he was faced with mummified corpse.
Albert Fish was one of the most horrifying serial killers ever to be produced by the United States of America. Over a period of 26 years he tortured and murdered several people, including children, and admitted to having molested hundreds of others.
Christchurch's cardboard cathedral officially opens on Thursday, replacing the neo-Gothic structure destroyed in a 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people in New Zealand's second largest city.
In the mountains of Pakistan, a Frenchman is on a mission. Armed with a net and a smelly cheese, Jerome Pages braves the perils of Taliban militants to chase his obsession: butterflies.
Already known the world over for its baths, coffee and sweet Turkish delights, Turkey is on the way to adding another item to its roster of specialities: the moustache.
At a remote spot deep in the French countryside, Britons Bob and Diane Kirkwood have created an eco-friendly refuge that is like taking a step back in time.
Alberto Pellegrini doesn't speak or read Japanese, a deficit that threatened to leave the Italian tourist starving in a nation famous for its gastronomic delights.
A major research aquarium able to simulate ocean warming and carry out key studies on the deadly crown-of-thorns starfish devastating the Great Barrier Reef opened in Australia on Thursday.
Civilised Blood - Tom Phelps (Author), John Gallagher (Contributor)
Civilised Blood is a story of violence and bloodshed set against a background of ordinary people rebelling in opposition to unelected Eurocrats and the increasing poverty and injustice that is spreading across the continent
THE DIARY ON ‘THE INSIDE’ 27 MARCH – 19 JUNE 2013 - PART 1 - 9 - GIOVANNI DI STEFANO
WEDNESDAY 27th MARCH 2013
This morning goes quickly; I spend all my time with my son Mike. He has turned out be a real rock. At 2pm the words from the Court Clerk Sofie shout. “We have a verdict.” So it’s back in court.
NEW RELEASE TOP STORIES 2013 VOLUME 3 BY GIOVANNI DI STEFANO
Part three of this year’s ‘Top Stories’ revolving around a compilation of intriguing stories surrounding untold history, conspiracies and treacherous, undisclosed official secrets that have been kept from the public eye… until now.
This book is a must for all would be students and those fascinated in the criminal justice system. It follows the trial of ‘The Devil’s Advocate’ in intricate details and records the day to day proceedings right up to verdict.
Part two of this year’s ‘Top Stories’ revolving around a compilation of intriguing stories surrounding untold history, conspiracies and treacherous, undisclosed official secrets that have been kept from the public eye… until now.
IN DEFENCE OF 'LORD HAW HAW' BY GIOVANNI DI STEFANO
NEW RELEASE PUBLISHED 24 FEBRUARY 2013
William Joyce was at all material times an agent of the British Government. He was sacrificed, in other words murdered, not out of willingness but incompetency and fear that the spy network would be displayed for all to see.
UN MESSAGGIO PER L’ITALIA DA HMP WANDSWORTH, CI VEDIAMO PRESTO
Buongiorno a tutte le persone che mi seguono e chi non lo fa peggio per lui evidentemente gli piace avere qualcuno dietro che lo “SPINGE”. L’argomento di oggi e’, il sistema giudiziario Italiano, i tempi dei processi.
'LETTER FROM THE INSIDE' NUMBER ONE - GIOVANNI DI STEFANO
Siamo in un Mondo dove Il Dio denaro ha superato ogni credo religioso, e se e’ vero che in un epoca diversa l’economia era forte tanto ieri che oggi, ci troviamo spettatori di un sistema economico dove le cause sono molteplici,gli esperti di settore danno spiegazioni, fanno previsioni sul futuro, parlano di indici che regolano le borse, ma non si sente mai parlare nel pratico di economia.
Happy birthday to Madonna who is 55 today, Madonna is a Grammy Award-winning singer who became known for hits such as "Like a Virgin" and "4 Minutes," and became the top solo artist of the Billboard Hot 100. She also played Eva Peron in the 1997 drama Evita.
