Josef Fritzl - The Fritzl Crime

The Guest list: Our literary editor chooses titles that make their mark

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:15:31 +0000

1. The Spinning Jenny Award for making authors turn in their graves

Amis-free Booker prize longlist promises to ‘entertain and provoke’

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:51:58 +0000

Booker prize longlist of 13 ignores Amis, McEwan and Rushdie for novels characterised by humour and storytelling What do you think of the Booker longlist? Martin Amis may be getting heartily sick of people mentioning he's never won the Man Booker. But the wait goes on, after his novel The Pregnant Widow – along with books from Salman Rushdie and Ian McEwan – today became the most surprising ...

The Slap has dash at the Booker

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:00:00 +0000

A NOVEL about "modern Australia as an exercise in liberalism" has made the first cut for the world's most discussed literary prize.

Calif. won’t investigate claims by kidnapped woman

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:31:43 +0000

California corrections officials say they do not intend to investigate Jaycee Dugard's claim that she spoke with parole agents while she was being held captive at the home of a convicted rapist.

Agents Spoke to Jaycee Dugard During Captivity, Didn’t Follow Up

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:13:17 +0000

SACRAMENTO -- A report prepared by the state attorney general's office says California parole agents spoke to the woman who was held captive by a paroled rapist for 18 years and bore his two children, but never bothered to follow up.

California parole agents spoke with Dugard but did not follow up

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:39:48 +0000

SACRAMENTO -- A report prepared by the state attorney general's office said California parole agents spoke to Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was held captive by a paroled rapist for 18 years and bore his two children, but they never bothered to follow up.

Parole Agents Spoke With Captive Dugard

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:01:22 +0000

A report prepared by the state attorney general's office said California parole agents spoke to the woman who was held captive by a paroled rapist for 18 years and bore his two children, but never bothered to follow up.

Report: Parole agents spoke with Jaycee Dugard during her captivity

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:57:01 +0000

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A report prepared by the state attorney general's office says California parole agents...

Report: Parole agents spoke to Jaycee Dugard during captivity

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:23:23 +0000

Parole agents spoke with kidnap victim, daughter but didn't follow up, attorney general's report says

APNewsBreak: Agents spoke with Calif kidnap victim

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:15:43 +0000

A report prepared by the state attorney general's office says California parole agents spoke to the woman who was held captive by a paroled rapist for 18 years and bore his two children, but never bothered to follow up.

Report Reveals Parole Agents Spoke With Dugard

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:47:35 +0000

A report prepared by the state attorney general's office that was made public Wednesday indicated California parole agents spoke to Jaycee Dugard while she was held captive by a paroled rapist for 18 years and fathered his two children, but never bothered to follow up.

Report says state parole agents spoke with kidnapped California woman but didn’t follow up

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:39:54 +0000

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A report prepared by the state attorney general's office says California parole agents spoke to the woman who was held captive by a paroled rapist for 18 years and fathered his two children, but never bothered to follow up.

Malaysian Fritzl on the run after repeated rape of daughters for 6 months

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:08:58 +0000

Kuala Lumpur, July 2 : In a case reminiscent of Austrian incest father Josef Fritzl, a 40-year-old man in Malaysia is on the run following accusations that he had been raping his three daughters, sometimes all in one night.

Oz Fritzl charged for sexually abusing daughters for 14 yrs

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:26:31 +0000

Melbourne, June 30 : In an astonishing similarity to Josef Fritzl's case, a father sexually abused his two daughters for 14 years, hiding the dark secret behind the facade of a happy family, a court has been told.

Glastonbury 2010 Fritzl Fonz goes to Glasto.wmv

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:11:06 +0000

Fritzl Fonz is the man. Everywhere he goes, people adore him. Perhaps it is his extroverted, friendly and charismatic persona which has this effect on people. Guys want to be his best mate and girls want to be his date. Here are some Fritzl facts: * Fritzl is German. * Frtizl's use of the German language is somewhat limited. He actually failed his Mittlere Reife in German. However, he is fluent in English. * Although Fritzl failed his German finals, he is endowed with an IQ of 160. * Frtizl was voted most popluar student for his school in 2006 and was Schülerballkönig (prom king) at his Abi-Ball (graduation ball). Most of his peers also voted him 'most approachable student'. * Fritzl is packing some serious equipment in the trouser department. Past lovers refer to him as "Der deutsche Turm" (The German Tower).

Vuvuzela song unveiled

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:19:27 +0000

A trio of British musicians have devoted a song devoted to the vuvuzela

Austrian kidnapping victim pens memoirs

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:28:22 +0000

Kidnapping victim Natascha Kampusch will tell the story of her eight years imprisoned in an underground cell in memoirs to be published in September.

Kidnap girl to publish memoirs

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:26:12 +0000

Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch will tell the story of her eight years imprisoned in an underground cell in memoirs to be published in September, a newspaper reported yesterday.

Memoirs of Austria kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch to be released

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:55:31 +0000

Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch will tell the story of her eight years imprisoned in an underground cell in memoirs to be published in September, a newspaper reported

Memoirs of kidnap victim Kampusch out in September

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:23:53 +0000

Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch will tell the story of her eight years imprisoned in an underground cell in memoirs to be published in September, a newspaper reported Tuesday.