Don’t Pay Ransoms To Terrorists, UK Urges

New York - Britain submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council on Tuesday that calls on countries to prevent the payment of kidnap ransoms to extremist groups, like al-Qaeda, which have earned hundreds of millions of dollars from such crimes.

British UN Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said he hoped the 15-member council would be able to adopt the resolution by the end of the month. No new legal obligations would be created, he said, as states were already required not to pay kidnap ransoms under an anti-terrorism resolution adopted in 2001.

Boy 16,Bullied To Death' For Daring To Stand Up To Drug Dealers:

A schoolboy was found dead in his bedroom just days before he was due to give evidence at the trial of a man who attacked him.

Tom Acton, 16, died after being falsely accused of raping a girl after tying her to a tree when he stood up against the criminal activity in his neighbourhood of Poynton, Cheshire.

He was attacked in the street, targeted on Facebook and angry youths turned up at his house following the lies spread about him

Death: Tom Acton (left), 16, gave information to police about people dealing drugs to youngsters. Days after his death he was due to testify in court against one of his tormentors, 18-year-old Thomas Greenwood (right)

For his own safety he went to live with his grandmother but upon his return he was beaten up by a teenager who told him 'you are dead'.

Days after his death on October 31 Tom was due to testify in court against one of his tormentors.

A judge lifted reporting restrictions preventing the naming of Thomas Greenwood, 18, who appeared at youth court for attacking Tom.

His 45-year-old mother, Gaynor, has criticised authorities for failing to act to protect her son and accused them of turning a blind eye.

Police Woman Kills Self For Mistakenly Sending Husband Lover's Text

A policewoman committed suicide after writing a text to a lover thanking him for a 'wonderful' date - but accidentally sent it to her husband, an inquest heard.

PC Gail Crocker, 46, met a fellow officer while her husband Peter, 49, was away from their home near St Austell, Cornwall, on a business trip in London.

Later that evening the mother of two typed a message on her mobile saying: 'Thank you for a wonderful evening. Only wish we could do this more often'.

But Mrs Crocker sent it to her husband of 30 years by mistake, an inquest in Truro was told.

Hollywood Actor ,Friend Die In Car Crash

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Paul Walker, the star of the "Fast & Furious" movie series, died Saturday in a car crash that killed one other person outside of Los Angeles. He was 40.

Walker's publicist Ame Van Iden confirmed the actor's death Saturday afternoon. A statement on Walker's Facebook page said he was a passenger in a friend's car, and that Walker was in the area to attend a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said that speed was a factor in the crash.

Doctors Sedate Pregnant Woman,Operate And Remove Her Baby Without Her Consennt

Social services forcibly removed a pregnant woman's unborn baby by caesarean section and put it up for adoption after obtaining a high court order on the grounds the mother had suffered a mental breakdown.

Essex council obtained an order allowing them to sedate the woman against her will before taking her daughter and placing it into care.

The Italian woman, who was in Britain on a work training course, claims she had not even been warned that she would be given a caesarean. It is not believed a natural birth would have posed a risk to her or the child's health.

33 Passengers Die In Mozambique Plane Crash

The wreckage of a Mozambique Airlines plane that disappeared over Namibia has been found, but none of the 34 people aboard survived the crash, police say.

The burned-out aircraft was found in the Bwabwata National Park, near the borders with Angola and Botswana.

"The plane has been completely burnt to ashes and there are no survivors," Namibia Police Force deputy commissioner Willy Bampton was quoted by Reuters as saying.

Paul F. Crouch, Founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network, Dies at 79

Paul F. Crouch, a televangelist who co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network and turned it into one of the world’s largest Christian television networks, died on Saturday. He was 79.

He died after struggling with degenerative heart disease for a decade, the network said in a statement.

Mr. Crouch served as the face of the television network, along with his wife, Janice, known for her large pink wigs and heavy makeup, expanding it from one station in Southern California to thousands of stations across the world. He often appeared on camera, microphone in hand, quoting from the Bible and delivering his upbeat brand of Christianity.