10 METRO Thursday, November 12, 2009 D For information contact; Conference & Banqueting T: 01 6073900 E: info@ocallaghanhotels.com Subject to availability. Conditions apply. Celebrity DJ Papillon @ The OCallaghan Alexander Hotel Halleluia Gospel Choir @ The OCallaghan Davenport Hotel Traditional Christmas @ The OCallaghan Mont Clare Hotel www.ocallaghanhotels.com This Christmas theres a party for everyone at OCallaghan Hotels Washington sniper still silent at his execution A SNIPER who terrorised America during a three-week killing spree was executed by lethal injection yesterday. John Allen Muhammad was behind a series of random attacks in 2002 that left ten people dead in and around the Washington DC area. It took five minutes for a cocktail of drugs to kill the48-year-old(pictured) at a jail in Virginia. He seemed quiet and relaxed, I never heard him utter a word or say anything... said Larry Traylor, of the Department of Corrections. Bob Meyers, whose brother Dean was one of Muhammads victims, saw the execution. It was surreal watching the life sapped out of someone inten- tionally, he told CNNs Larry King. But that was pretty much overcome by the sadness that the whole situation generates in my heart. By miles erwin A police officer is engulfed in flames during an operation to rescue four alleged kidnappers from an angry mob who wanted to burn them alive in jail, in Juchitepec, mexico state, mexico Picture: EPA MOB GO AFTER ALLEGED KIDNAPPERS METRO World AMERICA: The Mormon Church has for the first time announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain approval for Salt Lake City laws banning discrimination against gays. The Utah-based churchs support came despite its opposition to gay marriage. Lawmakers in the highly conservative state tend to fall in line when the influential church makes a foray into politics. CHINA: A mining firm is under investigation for causing serious damage to a section of the Great Wall which dates from the Qin Dynasty (221-207BC). The firm is suspected of destroying about 100m of the wall while prospecting for gold in Inner Mongolia. Agents are collecting evidence and plan to bring charges. If found guilty, company officials could face up to ten years in prison depending on the damage. INdIA: Rail bosses have hired more than 200 ex-boxers to sort out fare-dodging commuters on trains. Managers turned to boxers after hundreds of their ticket collectors were assaulted by passengers who refuse to pay. Fare dodging stands at 35 per cent of all passengers and many of them get violent when theyre challenged, an official said. Now they will have a taste of their own medicine, he added. SINGAPORE: Chefs preparing for US President Barack Obama (pictured) and other leaders at the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting this week have been told... to cut back on the garlic and onion to ensure the talks are not an olfactory challenge. ENGLANd: Anne and John Darwin, the couple who conned insurance companies when they staged his death in a fake canoeing accident, are to repay 600,000 (665,000). Last year, Anne, 57, was jailed for six-and-a-half years and John (pictured) was jailed for six years and three months. Former Thai PM avoids extradition TENSION continues to build after Cambodia yesterday rejected a request from Thailand to arrest former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Foreign Affairs Ministry said the request to detain Mr Shinawatra, appointed as an adviser on economic affairs to Phnom Penh last week, would not be honoured as the legal case against him was politically motivated and not covered by any extradition treaty. Mr Shinawatra was last year sentenced in absentia by a Thai court to two years in prison for violating a conflict of interest law. Villagers flee volcano AN ASH plume belched from the Mayon volcano in central Philippines yesterday, prompting hundreds of nearby residents to evacuate. Volcanologists fear there could be an eruption within weeks if magma continues to rise. An eruption in 1993 killed 79 people but Mayons deadliest eruption occurred in 1814 and left more than 1,200 people dead. ENGLANd: A bingo hall worker won 1million (1.1m) after being given the wrong Lottery scratchcard. Audrey White, 58, went to buy her usual 2 (2.20) card from a shop near her Suffolk home but was given a winning 5 (5.50) card by mistake. AMERICA: A US Marine reservist in Florida accused of attacking a Greek Orthodox priest with a tyre iron after calling him a terrorist was defending himself after being sexually attacked by the cleric, his defence lawyer said. Jeff Brown said Lance Cpl. Jasen Bruce, 28, had been sexually attacked by the Rev Alexios Marakis, but Tampa Police argue this is one of several different stories claimed by Bruce. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html