FBI Director Robert Mueller thundered down on Scotland’s Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill for releasing the Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, an act that “gives comfort to terrorists” all over the world, FoxNews reports.
“I have made it a practice not to comment on the actions of other prosecutors,” Mueller wrote in a letter to MacAskill. “Your decision to release Megrahi causes me to abandon that practice in this case. I do so because I am familiar with …

Briton Lewis Hamilton is to start on pole position in tomorrow’s Formula One European GP in Valencia, his teammate in McLaren, Heikko Kovalainen starts right beside him.
Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello starts on the third place, his teammate Jenson Button fifth. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel landed on the fourth place in the starting grid.
In addition to McLaren’s starting to perform as they’re expected again, Kimi Räikkönen drove his Ferrari to sixth place.
Tomorrow’s starting order:
1. Lewis …

29% of the American voters strongly approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President, 39% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential approval index rating of -10, according to Rasmussen Reports daily presidential tracking poll.
This is the first time since 31st July that the president’s approval index has fallen to negative double digits.
Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance, 50% now disapprove.
60% of liberal …

I mentioned a couple of days ago that on day 4, we had a dilemma, whether to go to the Isle of Mull or not. We decided not to and headed towards north instead. But we kept the option still open, and on our way back to south, we decided that now it’s a good time to visit the island.
And so we did. We headed through a long peninsula of Ardnamurchan (more precisely Morvern) towards …

Now that Scotland has released convicted Lockerbie mass murderer Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the United States should kill or capture him, Bill Levinson writes in Israpundit.com.
According to Levinson, the US has no statute of limitations on murder and since al-Megrahi never stood trial in an American court of law, his conviction in Scotland does not invoke protection from double jeopardy.
Levinson also notes that though he’s not an attorney, as far as he knows, “deadly force can …

Taliban terrorists cut off the ink-stained fingers of two Afghan voters in the militant south during the presidential election, the Guardian reports.
Two voters who had dipped their index fingers in purple ink – a fraud prevention measure – were attacked in Kandahar province shortly after voting on Thursday, according to Nader Nadery, the head of the Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan.
Nadery said his group also saw widespread problems with election officials pressuring people …

Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi thanked his “courageous” “friend”, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for releasing the Lockerbie terrorist Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi.
Gaddafi praised “my friend” Brown and the British Government for their part in securing Megrahi’s freedom, the Daily Mail reports.
“To my friends in Scotland, the Scottish National Party, and Scottish prime minister, and the foreign secretary, I praise their courage for having proved their independence in decision making despite the unacceptable and unreasonable measures …

Nicholas Moore, a postman who had two jobs, was so tired in the mornings that he habitually ran late and hid almost 6,000 letters and parcels rather than deliver them, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Moore, 28, spent two years hiding the post in the boot of his car, in his mother’s loft and in the basement of the shop where he also worked.
Investigators were called in when one of his colleagues at his second job spotted …

Many Lloyds TSB customers are being hit with charges of up to £200 a month if they go into the red – while Muslims who use the bank are only being charged £15, the Daily Mail reports.
The Islamic account was set up by the high street bank to attract Muslim customers by allowing them to keep faithful to their religion. Sharia law does not permit the payment of interest so the “typical” Islamic account at Lloyds …