NowMyNews

Family and friends of the Canadian teen who hanged herself after she was allegedly raped and bullied for months were urged at her funeral on Saturday to celebrate her life and use her story to draw attention to the circumstances that contributed to her death. More than 100 people filled St. Mark's Anglican Church to pay their last respects to 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons, whose family said she was photographed while being sexually assaulted in 2011 by four boys and bullied after the photo went viral online. The teen's death last Sunday has been compared with two other episodes recently in the news - the death of a 15-year-old California girl who took her own life after she was allegedly sexually abused and an explicit photo of the assault circulated online among her classmates, and a case in Ohio in which two high school football players were convicted of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, an incident recorded on cellphones and gossiped about online. Police had

Margaret Thatcher’s funeral service will be dominated by movingly patriotic selections of music and verse, chosen by the former Prime Minister herself. The service, conducted by the Bishop of London, the Right Rev Richard Chartres – a long-standing friend of Lady Thatcher – will reflect her public love of her country and her private literary tastes. Lady Thatcher’s coat of arms is on the front page of the Order of Service, as granted following her elevation to the peerage in 1992. Underneath are the words ‘Cherish Freedom’, her motto. On the second page is the poem Little Gidding, by T. S. Eliot, written at the height of the Blitz in 1941. The poet was a particular favourite of Lady Thatcher. What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. We die with the dying: See, they depart, and we go with them. We are born with the dead: See, they return, and bring us with them. The moment of the rose and the mo

Boris Johnson yesterday led calls for a statue of Baroness Thatcher to be erected in Parliament Square. The Major of London suggested a permanent memorial to Lady Thatcher should be placed alongside other prominent figures, including Winston Churchill. His comments came after Ken Livingstone said the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square – the previous forerunner for the site – was being reserved for the Queen. Mr Johnson said that ‘it is right that she should be properly commemorated’. He added that he has instructed City Hall officials to find ‘the right kind of place’ in the capital to erect a statue. He said: ‘People say put it on the fourth plinth – I think we’ve been around that a lot. Actually, there are better sites than that. I think we should look at Parliament Square. ‘There are other places in the heart of the capital that would do very well.’ But Labour today dismissed the idea of using the scene of poll tax riots as 'crass triumphalism', claiming Bar

On Saturday Russia responded against sanctions from the United States banning 18 Russian officials from the country by returning the favor and banning 18 Americans from its country. The Foreign Ministry released the list, with the highest-profile name being former Vice President Dick Cheney. Other officials on the list include David Addington, Cheney's former chief of staff and John Yoo, a former official with the U.S. Justice Department. Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz attending the 2005 Presidential Inauguration Tensions between Russia and the United States have remained frosty but neither country would like to see relations  crumble further Earlier this week the United States imposed visa and bank sanctions against Russian officials accused of human rights violations. The names on that list mostly stem from the case of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer arrested for tax evasion in 2008 after accusing several high-ra

Police believe the murder of a 75-year-old man and his girlfriend on board their houseboat was a robbery gone wrong. Raynaldo Figueroa-Sanabria, from North Carolina, was arrested on suspicion of the death of John Travlos and Germana Morin. whose bodies were found by a massage therapist who regularly comes to the couple's boat. They both had upper body trauma but actual cause of death has not been released. St Petersburg Police stopped Figueroa-Sanabria in a gold Ford Taurus rental car last night. He also had an outstanding warrant for cocaine trafficking. The boat was one of the biggest in the marina. Around 60 feet long, the Relax Inn was moored in a large slip at the Loggerhead Marina. From above you can see a rooftop hot tub with a private deck. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Victim: John Travlos and Germana Morin's bodies were found by a massage therapist who regularly comes to the couple's boat Luxury: Around 60 feet long, the Relax Inn was moor

A New York University professor's email response to a student who dared question why he was dismissed from class after turning up an hour late has gone viral. NYU Stern Professor Scott Galloway gave some valuable life advice to the student which spread around the campus - and subsequently social media - like wildfire. The unidentified student turned up to the professor's 6pm brand management class an hour late and was immediately told to leave. Get your sh*t together: NYU Stern Professor Scott Galloway gave some valuable life advice to the student which spread around the campus - and subsequently social media - like wildfire Galloway has a 15-minute grace policy. After that students are told they should not come to class. The student in question then emailed the professor to tell him that, since it was his first time in the class, he could not have known about the policy and explained that he had simply been shopping around for classes, ra

Violence broke out at the detention center on Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on Saturday when guards at the U.S. Naval base tried to move prisoners into single-cells in an attempt to end a 66-day hunger strike. 'Some detainees resisted with improvised weapons, and in response, four less-than-lethal rounds were fired,' Navy Captain Robert Durand, chief public affairs spokesman at Guantanamo, said in a statement. There were no major injuries after the scuffle that occurred in Camp 6, a medium-security facility that houses between 60 to 100 detainees. Outburst: Violence broke out at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay as guards tried to split up detainees on a hunger strike (pictured, file photo of prisoners at the detention center) Strike: Detainees began their hunger strike on Feb. 6 in protest of the alleged mistreatment of their Korans by guards (pictured, a detainee in Camp Delta at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in 2004) 'I know for sure