Day August 29, 2005

More than two years have elapsed since Tony Blair was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for being a “staunch and steadfast ally”” of the United States in the war on terror, but Downing Street yesterday said the Prime Minister still…

A former Scottish police chief has given lawyers a signed statement claiming that key evidence in the Lockerbie bombing trial was fabricated. The retired officer – of assistant chief constable rank or higher – has testified that the CIA planted…

Under the new bankruptcy regulations, homeowners will no longer necessarily be able to hand the keys to the bank and move on. Lenders will, in many cases, have the option of coming after them for virtually everything else they’ve got…

‘Total structural failure’ reported in New Orleans. Katrina ripped away a large section of the Superdome’s roof. A levee in New Orleans has been breached sending 3 to 8 feet of water into the 9th Ward area of the city.…