Anthony Alan Mein today pleaded guilty to wounding the teenager with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, when he appeared before Judge Phillip Moran in Christchurch District Court.
He also admitted driving with excess breath-alcohol and breaching a supervision order by consuming alcohol.
Mein, unemployed, was remanded in custody for a crown sentencing session on May 2. [...]
Playing a game based on speed and adventure, both sides scored seven tries and raised half-centuries at venues once regarded as daunting.
The Blues thumped the Lions 55-10 at Ellis Park in Johannesburg this morning, 24 hours after the Crusaders outclassed the defending champion Bulls a short trip up the motorway at Pretorias Loftus Versfeld.
The only [...]
Geoffrey Mark Hampton was celebrating his 19th birthday on a fishing trip with his father, Alan Hampton, 44, and the boats owner, Duncan Powell, 32, of Ashhurst. He died after their boat sank off Wanganui on Saturday.
Fisherman Lyndon Bowman pulled the two hypothermic survivors and Geoffreys body from the sea after seeing a plane circling [...]
The purpose was twofold:
It got her big brothers Hugo, 10, and Tom, 5, out of the house and away from the PlayStation. They are on a two-week winter holiday from school at the moment.The trip enabled us to bid a fond farewell to our lovely Swiss-Kiwi friends who are due to fly from Geneva today.
For [...]
Geoffrey Mark Hampton was celebrating his 19th birthday on a fishing trip with his father, Alan Hampton, 44, and the boats owner, Duncan Powell, 32, of Ashhurst. He died after their boat sank off Wanganui on Saturday.
Fisherman Lyndon Bowman pulled the two hypothermic survivors and Geoffreys body from the sea after seeing a plane circling [...]
Australian cricket coach Tim Nielsen and his assistants are forging ahead with plans for the tour of Pakistan, despite extreme doubt about it going ahead.
The fate of Australia’s first full scale trip to the strife-torn country since Mark Taylor’s tourists in 1998, hinges largely on the result and aftermath of Monday’s Lower House elections.
In recent [...]
Editor’s note: This article, the fourth in a series about President Vladimir Putin’s legacy, examines his foreign policy.
Remembering the headlines that Vladimir Putin made in his early days as president can be saccharine sweet.
During an ice-breaking summit in Slovenia in the summer of 2001, Putin agreed with U.S. President George W. Bush to start a [...]
HONOLULU — A U.S. Navy cruiser blasted a disabled spy satellite with a pinpoint missile strike that achieved the main mission of exploding a tank of toxic fuel 210 kilometers above the Pacific Ocean, defense officials said.
Destroying the satellite’s onboard tank of about 450 kilograms of hydrazine fuel was the primary goal, and a senior [...]
This week, MTV Russia started a new showbiz gossip show called “Minimum Program,” which promised to tell you “everything you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask.” I was hoping the first 30-minute show would reveal who ordered the 2006 shooting of pop singer Avraam Russo, how many singers list their korporativki concerts [...]
The head of international rights group Human Rights Watch has been denied a Russian visa, scuttling his plans to present a report accusing authorities of shackling nongovernmental organizations with burdensome regulations.
Kenneth Roth, executive director of the New York-based group, had planned to present the report Wednesday in Moscow but said his visa application was rejected [...]
