Farmer jailed in Hong Kong for burning flag

A man has been jailed in Hong Kong for burning the national flag, in the first sentence of its kind.

S Korea suspends savings banks citing weak finances

South Korea has suspended seven local savings banks citing the weak state of their finances.

Japan urges mass evacuation ahead of Typhoon Roke

More than a million people in central and western Japan have been urged to leave their homes as a powerful typhoon approaches.

Burma begins swap scheme for cars over 40 years old

Owners of some of Burma's most antiquated cars have been queuing in Rangoon to exchange their old vehicles for permits to import newer models.

Polio strain spreads to China from Pakistan

Polio has spread to China for the first time since 1999 after being imported from Pakistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed.

Showing posts with label Drama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drama. Show all posts

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Hostage Drama ends without Greece prison victim

Athens (Reuters)-the Drama standoff which erupted on Saturday night in a prison complex in Central Greece, ended on Sunday night with no casualties, the police said Greece.

A prisoner who has a reputation of Albania Alket Rizaj negative and two friends fled after holding five people, including guards and other prisoners, for almost 24 hours.

They began the standoff drama after failing in an attempt to escape from the prison of Malandrino.

The prisoners demanded the car and extra cash to escape, as well as threatened to use explosives assembled, Xinhua reports.

Rizaj was serving a life sentence for murder since 2003 and twice escaped from jail has maximum safeguards and other with the use of helicopters in 2006 and 2009.

Other prisoners have a bad reputation trying to escape from the prison complex in southern Greece by helicopter in February this year.

But he was stopped by guards who opened fire and injured him and some friends.

Translator: Chaidar Abdullah



News; Finance; Insurance; Health; Cancer



News; Finance; Insurance; Health; Cancer; Car Insurance; Health Insurance