Bloody agent
/ 23 July 2010

Bloody agent

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: <b>Shaun de Waal</b> reviews <i>Knight and Day</i>, an action comedy starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.

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/ 2 May 2008

Would-be Hitler assassin dies at 90

A former German army officer involved in two failed plots to assassinate Hitler, but who remained undetected until the end of World War II, has died aged 90, his family said on May 2. Philipp von Boeselager was one of eight officers who planned to shoot Hitler and SS head Heinrich Himmler in March 1943.

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/ 8 April 2008

Mission Impossible for S Korean burglar

A South Korean jewel thief who said he was inspired by the 1996 hit movie <i>Mission: Impossible</i> found his crime really was impossible when he triggered an alarm system, a report said on Tuesday. The man, identified only as Weon, used a hacksaw and screwdriver to break through the roof of a Seoul jewellers’ shop and then lowered himself by rope.