Greek Chat: TV host ends Greek holiday hijack
A BUSLOAD of elderly Japanese tourists were freed unharmed yesterday after their nine-hour hijacking ordeal ended with a Greek gunman surrendering to a television talk show host. The gunman seized a bus near the ancient site of Epidavros and took the 35 holidaymakers hostage after a family feud had ended in the death of his mother-in-law and his wife's alleged lover early yesterday morning. He had threatened to kill his prisoners - 32 Japanese tourists in their...
Greek Chat: Daily Mail: Man held over Internet suicide
A MAN of 25 has been arrested for allegedly helping a teenager commit suicide in an Internet chat room by swallowing fertiliser.He was arrested on the island of Crete after police followed an electronic trail from the 17-year- old's computer in Athens. Police said the suspect, who used a female pseudonym on a popular Greek chat site, advised the unidentified youngster on which fertilisers were lethal and where they could be bought....
Greek Chat: STRIFE KILLS 30 IN KASHMIR
SRINAGAR, India -- Thirty people, including 17 separatist guerrillas, were killed in explosions and gun battles in an upsurge of violence across India's rebellion-torn Jammu and Kashmir state, officials said yesterday.Four policemen were killed and 23 injured when a bomb exploded inside a barracks at a police training school late on Friday in Baramulla district, 35 miles north of Srinagar, the summer capital of India's only Muslim majority state. Seven intruders...
Greek Chat: Greek man arrested after chat room help for suicide teenager
Athens (dpa) - A Greek man was arrested on Thursday after allegedly assisting a teenager to commit suicide on an internet chat room site, local media reports said.The 17-year-old was found dead by family members sitting at his computer on September 10. Reports said he swallowed fertilizer after contacting the unnamed 25-year-old man on a popular Greek chat site.The teenager was reportedly advised by the man which fertilizers were lethal and where they could be purchased.Under...
Greek Chat: The Western Mail: Man arrested after youth's suicide
A GREEK man has been arrested after allegedly assisting a teenager commit suicide on an internet chat room.The 17-year-old was found dead sitting at his computer after swallowing fertiliser. The suspect, 25, who was not named, was arrested on the island of Crete after police followed an electronic trail from the teenager's computer in Athens.Police said the suspect, who used a female pseudonym on a popular Greek chat site, had advised the youth on which fertilisers are...