An Iraqi lawyer due to defend the first British man to face a murder trial in the country cannot get a visa to visit his client's family in the UK. Daniel Fitzsimons, a former soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, is due back in court in Baghdad tomorrow accused of murdering two fellow ArmorGroup security contractors. His family have been fighting to help him, convinced that the ill 29-year-old will not get a fair trial in Iraq and could face the death penalty if found guilty.
An Iraqi lawyer due to defend the first British man to face a murder trial in the country cannot get a visa to visit his client's family in the UK.
Daniel Fitzsimons, a former soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, is due back in court in Baghdad tomorrow accused of murdering two fellow ArmorGroup security contractors. His family have been fighting to help him, convinced that the ill 29-year-old will not get a fair trial in Iraq and could face the death penalty if found guilty.
Tiger Woods may be known for his brilliant golf, but few people would have guessed that he was also a fan of physics. Photographs of his battered Cadillac Escalade revealed that he was reading Get a Grip on Physics by veteran science writer John Gribbin. A paperback copy had fallen onto the floor of Woods' SUV among the fragments of glass caused by the back windows being smashed during the incident outside his home near Orlando, Florida last Friday....The book was 2,268th position on the Amazon sales list, up from 396,224th the previous day.
Tiger Woods may be known for his brilliant golf, but few people would have guessed that he was also a fan of physics. Photographs of his battered Cadillac Escalade revealed that he was reading Get a Grip on Physics by veteran science writer John Gribbin.
A paperback copy had fallen onto the floor of Woods' SUV among the fragments of glass caused by the back windows being smashed during the incident outside his home near Orlando, Florida last Friday.
...The book was 2,268th position on the Amazon sales list, up from 396,224th the previous day.
Fatih Akin, one of Germany's leading filmmakers, has decided he will not travel to Zurich for the Swiss premiere of his latest film, the award-winning Soul Kitchen.
French first lady and singer-songwriter, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, lent her considerable star power to the global fight against HIV/AIDS on World AIDS Day when she called for action on mother-child HIV transmission rates.
Actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov, star of the legendary Soviet-era Seventeen Moments of Spring spy serial, died on Friday in Moscow at the age of 81. The actor was hospitalized on Saturday amid media reports that he had suffered a heart attack. The exact cause of death has not yet been made public. Tikhonov was born near Moscow in the town of Pavlovsky Posad on February 8, 1928. After employment as a metal worker, he began his acting career in 1945. His most famous role came in 1973, when he played Soviet spy Standartenfuhrer Stirlitz in the immensely popular World War II television serial, Seventeen Moments of Spring. The title refers to the seventeen days before the final capitulation of Nazi Germany and centers around attempts by the Soviet Union's man in Germany to thwart secret peace talks between the Nazis and the U.S. and Britain.
Actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov, star of the legendary Soviet-era Seventeen Moments of Spring spy serial, died on Friday in Moscow at the age of 81.
The actor was hospitalized on Saturday amid media reports that he had suffered a heart attack. The exact cause of death has not yet been made public.
Tikhonov was born near Moscow in the town of Pavlovsky Posad on February 8, 1928. After employment as a metal worker, he began his acting career in 1945.
His most famous role came in 1973, when he played Soviet spy Standartenfuhrer Stirlitz in the immensely popular World War II television serial, Seventeen Moments of Spring. The title refers to the seventeen days before the final capitulation of Nazi Germany and centers around attempts by the Soviet Union's man in Germany to thwart secret peace talks between the Nazis and the U.S. and Britain.
