'Super Mario' Sepulveda: First days in Chilean mine were 'pure hell,' calls talk of sex 'wrong'

 

They inspired hope around the world, but according to one Chilean miner, the experience was "pure hell."
"Super Mario" Sepulveda, the second miner to emerge after more than two months trapped underground in Copiapo, Chile, has spoken out for the first time about the horrific ordeal.

Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is not living in cave, but in a house in northwest Pakistan

Terror leader Osama Bin Laden is living it up in Pakistan, not cowering in some cave, a senior NATO official tells CNN.
The report indicates that the founder of Al Qaeda, the organization responsible for multiple terror attacks including those on 9/11, is shacked up in a home somewhere in the northwest region of the country.

Derek Jeter admits Cliff Lee is tough, but captain knows Yankees have beat tough pitchers in past

The Yankees come home now. They have to believe that Game 3 of the American League Championship Series Monday night at the Stadium is as much about them and the place as it is about the opposing pitcher, even if the pitcher is Cliff Lee.

X Factor 2010: Dannii Minogue beats Cheryl Cole yet again in fashion battle in a Victoria Beckham dress

Style wars: Dannii Minogue wore a beige asymmetrical Victoria Beckham column dress (left), while Cheryl Cole opted for a strapless black Azzaro jumpsuit on Saturday's X Factor
Style wars: Dannii Minogue wore a beige asymmetrical

Mexico plane crash kills 4 on medical aid mission

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- A light plane carrying four U.S. citizens on a medical aid flight crashed in Baja California, killing all four aboard, Mexican authorities said Sunday.

Multiculturalism in Germany has 'utterly failed', claims Chancellor Angela Merkel

Hard line: Angela Merkel, pictured giving a speech to Christian Democrat youths yesterday, said immigrants had to work harder at immersing themselves into German society

Chile's president brings mine rocks for the Queen and David Cameron

Sebastian Piñera kept a copy of Churchill's 1940 'blood, toil, tears and sweat' speech by his side during the miners disaster Photo: REUTERS
Mr Piñera hopes to use the international admiration gained by the rescue of the 33 miners in a clockwork operation to forge trade links with Britain, France and Germany.

Top 20 most influential people in the Tea Party movement: 10-1

Amy Kremer, Sarah Palin, Rick Santelli and Jenny Beth Martin
Dick Armey, Michele Bachmann, Glenn Beck and Christine O?Donnell
Dick Armey, Michele Bachmann, Glenn Beck and Christine O?Donnell
10. Christine O’Donnell, Republican candidate for Senate in Delaware
A marketing consultant and Tea-party backed candidate for the US Senate, Christine O’Donnell burst onto the national ..

Bill Clinton back out campaigning 'for everybody that helped Hillary run for president' against Obama

Fear and loathing in the American body politic is not confined to the anti-tax Tea Party. Across the spectrum of the Democratic party, every hue is feeling it too.

With a fortnight to go to the midterms, moderate "Blue Dog" Democrats are in big trouble. The party's left-wing "Yellow Dogs" are up in arms about being taken for granted by the White House "hippy bashers". Even black bloggers are warning ..

Television hit Downton Abbey helps save the real stately home where it is filmed

The cast of Downton Abbey assembled in front of Highclere House Photo: ITV
Now its also leading to a revival in the fortunes of the magnificent house in which it is set.
Highclere Castle, the 'High Elizabethan' style pile, is undergoing a much needed £11m refurbishment to restore it to its former glory thanks to the renewed interest in the 50 room mansion sparked by the ITV show.