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Nick Taylor

GlobalPost

Nick Taylor is a GlobalPost Breaking News writer.

Stephen Lawrence killers get life sentence

Agence France-Presse

Two men sentenced to life in prison for their part in the racist murder of a British teen 19 years ago.

Iraq: bombs kill at least 72

Agence France-Presse

Ehud Olmert, former Israeli PM, charged with taking bribes

Agence France-Presse

Time cloak created by Cornell researchers

Business, Finance & Economics

Ilker Basbug, retired army chief, arrested in Turkey for terrorism

Agence France-Presse

South Sudan: 3,000 dead in Pibor County ethnic massacre

Conflict

Reports of brutal tribal warfare emerge from new nation.

Drugs arrest for man named Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop

Lifestyle

With a name like that, who would have guessed this man was a drug user?

Bungee jump accident drops woman into crocodile-infested waters (VIDEO)

Agence France-Presse

Australian woman survives bungee plunge into the Zambezi River.

South Korea and China hold first summit since Kim Jong Il’s death

Agence France-Presse

South Korea’s President Lee Myung Bak arrives in Beijing for talks.

Chile: Mapuche chief’s house gutted in suspected arson attack

Agence France-Presse

Fires blaze as accusations of terrorism and arson surge through Chile.

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