Manila hostage survivors angered by 'no-shows'
MANILA, Philippines — Five Philippine witnesses snubbed the Coroner's Court investigation into last year's Manila tour bus bloodbath when they failed to turn up to testify via video link. Coroner Michael Chan Pik-kiu was informed of the no-shows Wednesday by Chan Lok-wing, superintendent of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, who flew to Manila to set up the video-conferencing equipment for ...
Source: Manila Bulletin
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Sole survivor testifies in trial for HBO star's murder
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The sole survivor of a shooting that killed a woman featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse" and three other people says he paid a Mexican mafia member $2,000 less than what was...
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Massacre survivor warns other travelers
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- An Ecuadorian who survived a mass killing believed to be the work of a Mexican drug cartel warned others not to make a trip through Mexico to the United States. Mexico...
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Italians angered by Mafia II stereotypes
UNICO National has described Take-Two's upcoming Mafia II video game as a pile of "racist nonsense" that unfairly stereotypes Italian-Americans. read more
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Auschwitz survivor teams up with rap band
Esther Bejarano says music helped keep her alive as a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz and in the years that followed. Now, 65 years after the liberation of the Nazi death camp, the 85-year-old has teamed...
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(WWE) Major MEM Star Has A Bad Backstage Reputation, Survivor Series Poster
Booker T's reputation among those in the TNA locker room isn't particularly good at the moment. According to a report on www.pwtorch.com, the Main Event Mafia member is widely regarded as the most selfish...