nick’s (n)-line life

2nd updated: 19 June ‘05, new links added

Image courtesy of the Guardian Unlimited. More images from the BBC

Kindergarten classes from an international school in Cambodia have been taken hostage by armed gangs, the BBC reports
Armed men storm Cambodia school
Gunmen have taken several dozen people hostage at an international school in north-western Cambodia, police say.
Six men [...]

Six villagers were killed and eight badly hurt when several hundred allegedly hired thugs descended on a village in northern China and clashed with local residents over a land dispute. [read in full]

The raw video footage of the Shengyou Attack is being offered by the Washington Post.
Warning: The video is unedited and it potentially [...]

Good news in today’s newspaper (or RSS feed, anyway!)

The Face of a BNP Leader

Key figures in the British National Party (BNP) are due to appear before Leeds magistrates on Thursday charged with race hate offences.
Leader Nick Griffin, 45, and founding chairman John Tyndall, 70, face charges of using words or behaviour intended or likely to [...]

2 Prisoners have died in the last 3 days at HMPLiverpool, the BBC reports.
Two deaths in three days at jail
HMP Liverpool
Daniel Rowland had been on remand over a £280 robbery
Two inmates have been found dead at HMP Liverpool in the space of three days.
and my first reaction?
“Damn, why couldn’t this have happened this time last [...]