Tehran - The European Union has demanded the immediate release of Iranian staff at Britain's embassy in Tehran detained on Saturday over post-election unrest. EU ministers meeting in Greece warned that "harassment or intimidation" of embassy staff would be met with a "strong and collective" response. Iranian media reported that eight local staff at the UK mission had been held for their...

, FL - Television pitchman Billy Mays — who built his fame by appearing on commercials and infomercials promoting household products and gadgets — did not wake up this morning and died Sunday at the age of 51. Mays is most notable for his slogan 'HI BILLY MAYS HERE!' to promote OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products. His distinctive beard and loud...

India - As the last light ebbed from the sky, ten heavily armed men coaxed their dinghy towards the fishing shacks at Badhwar Park. Cutting the Yamaha outboard engine they drifted into shore. The jetty was silent except for the roll of the waves washing the city's flotsam ashore. It was 26th November: the men who would terrorise Mumbai over the next 59 hours had arrived. A local fisherman...

Tegucigalpa - Soldiers on Sunday morning seized Honduras President Manuel Zelaya and confiscated documents from the executive mansion, various radio stations in the capital Tegucigalpa reported. Zelaya's whereabouts were unclear. Some reports said he had been taken to an air force base. Others that he had been forced abroad, based on speculation that his family was already waiting for him in...

New York - Rabbi Yakov Horowitz; founder and dean of Yeshiva Darchei Noam of Monsey NY, and founder and Director of Project Y.E.S. a renown mechanech whose writings often appear on this site is addressing the Internet and his school’s policy on it in an innovative and rational manner – reaching out to his talmidim as well as the parents by explaining the policy rather than just stating it...

Trenton, NJ - Lawmakers have approved a measure that puts safety above the law when it comes to underage drinking. The new bill grants immunity to any under 21 who has been drinking if that person calls police for another teen drinking too much and needs medical help. Police will not be able to prosecute either the person who called or the one sickened by alcohol. The Senate and Assembly...

Italy - A lawyer says Italian authorities are set to expel to Syria one of the Palestinians who hijacked the Achille Lauro cruise ship and killed an American passenger in 1985. Youssef Magied al-Molqui was transferred to a holding center for immigrants in Sicily after spending 23 years in prison. Al-Molqui was a member of the four-man team that hijacked the Achille Lauro off the Egyptian coast...

Jerusalem - Ultra-Orthodox protest against municipality's intention to keep parking lot open on Shabbat continues with resumed riots against police arrests. Some of capital's streets closed off after protestors set trash bins on fire The haredi riots in Jerusalem in protest of the municipality's decision to open a city parking lot on Shabbat resumed this afternoon, despite attempts to pacify...

Williamsburg, NY - The inventory of new apartments in Williamsburg could double next year, which industry experts say puts more building foreclosures on the horizon. An estimated 2,818 new apartments will have entered the Williamsburg market by the end of this year, according to data compiled by residential brokerage firm Aptsandlofts.com. Next year, 2,766 apartments are expected to come to...