Harry Patch — the last surviving British soldier from World War I — died Saturday at the age of 111, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said. Patch died peacefully at his care home in the southwestern English city of Wells, the ministry announced. His death came a week after fellow British World War I veteran Henry Allingham died at the age of 113
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Trio break out of Belgium prison in helicopter
Three prisoners — including one considered to be among Belgium’s most dangerous criminals — have broken out of a prison near Bruges in a daring helicopter escape.
Onyewu: U.S. soccer’s best kept secret?
Oguchi Onyewu, who made his AC Milan debut in a 2-1 friendly defeat to Mexico’s Club America, is the first player from the United States to be signed by the Serie A giants and is a rising talent in world football.
The Gnome with the Nazi Salute: Art or a Crime?
Like white picket fences and perfectly manicured lawns, garden gnomes — those colorful residents of front yards the world over — are icons of the suburban ideal: quaint, cheerful and totally inoffensive. But in Germany, one little gnome is stirring up big trouble
Gay footballers battle for world domination
One year before the FIFA World Cup kicks off, 26 teams of gay and lesbian footballers are battling for global supremacy in the Gay Soccer World Championships. Co-ordinated by the International Gay & Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA), the tournament, which began on Sunday, is being hosted by the Federal Triangles club in Washington D.C., and supported by the local Major League Soccer (MLS) side D.C
Somali pirates release Belgian ship, crew
A Belgian ship and its crew captured by Somali pirates two months ago have been released, the Belgium government said Sunday.
From Iranian rooftops, a view of protest and violence
When the sun went down, their voices did not. “Allah O Akbar!” the crowds on the tops of building chanted over and over.
Jetliner lands safely after pilot dies
Continental Flight 61, whose pilot died Thursday while flying from Brussels, Belgium, to Newark, New Jersey, has landed safely, the Federal Aviation Administration and Continental Airlines said.
Six arrested over plot to attack G-8 summit
An investigation into the Italian left-wing terrorist group the Red Brigades has led to the arrest of six people who Rome police say were plotting an attack on next month’s G-8 summit.
French Open disaster for Djokovic
Novak Djokovic’s hopes of matching Rafael Nadal on clay were dashed by unheralded German Philipp Kohlschreiber at the French Open on Saturday. The fourth-ranked Serbian became the highest-profile casualty of the men’s draw so far as he crashed out in straight sets in the third-round match on Court One at Roland Garros