The many threats for the William-Kate wedding

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• The many threats for the William-Kate wedding
• Ummm, the Cobra’s gone missing
• 3-month nightmare emerges in rape inquiry
• Maternity tourists from China who want American babies
• Obama defends military action in Libya, says stopped Gaddafi's deadly advance
• Japan fears Nuclear reactor is leaking contaminated water
• Libyans call woman who claimed gang rape a prostitute
• Yemen: Blast at explosives factory kills 78
• High levels of radiation found in water at n-plant
• Are you gay, 11-year-olds will be asked
• Woman accuses Gaddafi's men of rape
• 'Blood money' gets 8 Indians off death row in Sharjah
• Mexico state near US on alert after H1N1 deaths
• Train carrying fuel derailed in Canada
• Israel rolls out first mobile battery of antirocket system
• Tainted water at two reactors increases alarm for Japanese

The many threats for the William-Kate wedding Posted: Scotland Yard is bracing for all types of security threats to the royal wedding threats that range from terrorists and anarchists to anti-monarchists and other protesters.

Ummm, the Cobra’s gone missing Posted: Visitors to the Bronx Zoo were greeted with locked doors when they tried to enter the reptile exhibit this past weekend, and with good reason: a venomous snake was on the loose.

3-month nightmare emerges in rape inquiry Posted: A year ago, the 11-year-old girl who the police say was the victim of repeated gang rapes in this East Texas town was an outgoing honor roll student, brimming with enthusiasm, who went on hikes and planted trees with a youth group here.

Maternity tourists from China who want American babies Posted: The building inspectors and police officers walked into the small row of connected town houses here knowing something was amiss. Neighbours had complained about noise and a lot of pregnant women coming and going. And when they went into a kitchen they saw a row of clear bassinets holding several infants, with a woman acting as a nurse hovering over them.

Obama defends military action in Libya, says stopped Gaddafi's deadly advance Posted: US President Barack Obama defended his decision to launch military action in Libya, declaring on Monday night that the United States intervened to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would have stained the world's conscience.

Japan fears Nuclear reactor is leaking contaminated water Posted: Highly contaminated water is escaping a damaged reactor at the crippled nuclear power plant in Japan and could soon leak into the ocean, the country's nuclear regulator warned on Monday.

Libyans call woman who claimed gang rape a prostitute Posted: The Libyan authorities on Sunday attacked the character and credibility of a Libyan woman who burst into a hotel full of foreign journalists to say that she had been abducted and raped by militia members working for Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi, calling her "a known prostitute and a thief."

Yemen: Blast at explosives factory kills 78 Posted: A powerful blast at a factory making explosives and weapons in southern Yemen killed at least 78 people on Monday after the facility was briefly taken over by Islamic militants and then looted by residents of the area, officials said.

High levels of radiation found in water at n-plant Posted: Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials warned on Monday that radiation seeping from the complex was spreading to seawater and soil. Contaminated water inside Unit 2 has tested at radiation levels some 100-thousand times normal amounts, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.

Are you gay, 11-year-olds will be asked Posted: British children as young as 11 will now be asked by the country's equalities watchdog, questions related to their sexual orientation, a media report said. The children will have to answer a set of questions that would determine whether they were straight, gay or bisexual, according to the Daily Express.

Woman accuses Gaddafi's men of rape Posted: A Libyan government spokesman told reporters on Sunday that allegations made against four Gaddafi militiamen by a woman claiming Libyan troops had raped her are being investigated. Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said the woman, Iman al-Obeidi, was now free and with her family and that the attorney general was looking into the case.

'Blood money' gets 8 Indians off death row in Sharjah Posted: A Sharjah court has waived the death sentence awarded to eight Indian youths for the murder of a Pakistani national after a Dubai-based Indian hotelier paid blood money to the family of the victim on their behalf.

Mexico state near US on alert after H1N1 deaths Posted: Authorities in Mexico's Chihuahua state along the US border have announced preventive health measures to stanch a return of an H1N1 epidemic after four people recently died of the virus.

Train carrying fuel derailed in Canada Posted: More than a dozen homes have been evacuated after a freight train carrying fuel derailed in Ontario, on Sunday. Authorities say 25 tanker cars came off the tracks. Local media reported that at least two tankers were carrying jet fuel.

Israel rolls out first mobile battery of antirocket system Posted: The Israeli military deployed the first mobile battery of a new antirocket missile defence system on Sunday on a dusty rise at the outskirts of this southern Israeli city after a week of heightened tensions between Israel and Gaza.

Tainted water at two reactors increases alarm for Japanese Posted: Japan's troubled effort to contain the nuclear contamination crisis at its stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered a setback on Sunday when alarmingly high radiation levels were discovered in a flooded area inside the complex, raising new questions about how and when recovery workers could resume their tasks.

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