News Roundup: Friday 26th October 2007

Al Jazeera: An official in the US government responsible for diplomatic security has resigned in the wake of the Blackwater scandal.

Fox News: A female high school teacher is accused of having sex with a 17 year old male student.

Comment: Expect this story to be a headliner on Fox News Channel and particularly The O'Reilly Factor. Bill O'Reilly has made this kind of story almost a staple diet of his programme. It will probably be accompanied by B roll footage of other teachers who have been similarly accused, in suggestive footage and poses.

Agence France-Presse: Astronomers have discovered hundreds of expanding "supermassive" black holes in galaxies billions of light years from Earth.

Independent Television News: A "female Walter Mitty" who stole £2million from company accounts has been jailed.

NHK World: Japan plans to put a probe on the moon by 2015.

RTE News: The Irish Supreme Court has ruled that life sentences may be imposed in rape cases, even if there is a guilty plea.

And Finally...

United Press International: A ghoulish groom and a ghastly bride were married by the Grim Reaper in a Cleveland haunted house!

Comment: Gives new meaning to "til death do us part"!!!