Saturday, January 5, 2013

'DNA evidence' in India rape case

'DNA evidence' in India rape case


'DNA evidence' in India rape case

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 08:16 AM PST

DNA tests have linked five men with a gang rape and murder that has caused outrage in India, a court in Delhi is told.

Assembly opens amid Chavez crisis

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 10:22 AM PST

Venezuela's National Assembly re-elects current leader Diosdado Cabello amid continuing uncertainty over the health of President Hugo Chavez.

Reports of shots during rioting

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 10:46 AM PST

Police are investigating reports that shots have been fired during rioting in east Belfast on Saturday.

Tasmania fires strand thousands

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 01:26 AM PST

Wildfires blaze across the Australian island of Tasmania, stranding thousands of people and destroying at least 100 homes.

Russia red carpet for Depardieu

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 09:21 AM PST

Actor Gerard Depardieu has arrived in Russia, where he is due to be given a new Russian passport during a private meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

Four dead in Colorado shooting

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 10:23 AM PST

Four people, including a gunman, are found dead following a shooting incident and stand-off with police in Aurora, in the US state of Colorado.

Missoni boss missing in Venezuela

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 03:43 AM PST

A small aircraft carrying the director of Italian fashion house Missoni is missing after disappearing off the coast of Venezuela.

Nepal torture suspect in court

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 07:50 AM PST

A Nepalese colonel is remanded in custody after appearing at a UK court charged with two counts of torture during his country's civil war.

Six Russians die on Alps ski slope

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 04:36 AM PST

Six Russian tourists die as their snowmobile flips over during a night-time run down an Alpine ski slope in north-eastern Italy, reports say.

Philippine gun 'accomplice' held

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 03:50 AM PST

A man accused of reloading the gun used to kill seven people in a rampage south of the Philippine capital, Manila, on Friday is arrested.

Japan tuna fetches record $1.7m

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 11:29 PM PST

A single bluefin tuna sells for $1.7m in Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market. almost triple the record price set last year.

Cat 'arrested' at Brazil prison

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 07:41 AM PST

A cat is "arrested" in the grounds of a jail in the Brazilian city of Arapiraca, with contraband goods for prisoners taped to its body.

VIDEO: Pollution threatens Lake Titicaca

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 01:48 AM PST

Human expansion into the lands around Lake Titicaca on the border between Bolivia and Peru means the picturesque lake is now under threat of severe pollution.

VIDEO: Struggling to leave Danish gangs

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 10:46 PM PST

Denmark's prison service claims scores of convicts are queuing up to leave criminal gangs.

VIDEO: Polar bear 'hunts' film-maker

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 03:11 AM PST

Scottish wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan risked his life to follow a wild polar bear family over three seasons.

VIDEO: Thousands flee Tasmania wildfires

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 04:24 AM PST

Wildfires on the Australian island of Tasmania have forced thousands of people to flee and destroyed at least 80 homes.

VIDEO: Chile 'arson attack' kills two

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:25 PM PST

A Chilean landowner and his wife, who were involved in a land dispute with a local indigenous group, have been killed in a suspected arson attack.

VIDEO: 'World's fattest man' sheds 46 stone

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:42 AM PST

A Suffolk man once dubbed the world's fattest said he is desperate for surgery to remove excess skin after losing 46 of his 70 stone.

VIDEO: Afghan toy inspires landmine destroyer

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 10:29 PM PST

An inventor studying at the Design Academy in Eindhoven has made a prototype wind-propelled landmine destroyer which is able to map its own path and 'clear' it as safe to use.

Armstrong may confess, says paper

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 07:36 AM PST

Lance Armstrong is considering whether to publicly confess to doping, according to the New York Times.

French plane crash kills family

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 09:55 AM PST

A small plane crashes on take-off near Grenoble airport in south-eastern France, killing a French-Moroccan family of five, officials say.

Honduras investigates wild party

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 12:01 AM PST

Honduras is investigating reports of a wild Christmas party attended by prostitutes at its embassy in the Colombian capital.

200,000 take child benefit opt-out

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 09:09 AM PST

Some 200,000 people - out of 1.2 million - have already opted out of receiving tax-free child benefit, ahead of changes coming into force on Monday, the Treasury confirms.

Coleen Rooney's sister Rosie dies

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 07:24 AM PST

The 14-year-old sister of Coleen Rooney dies after a lifelong battle with a rare genetic disorder.

Body found in missing mother case

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 09:30 AM PST

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Janelle Duncan-Bailey, a mother from south London, find a body.

Labour urges sugar and fat limits

Posted: 05 Jan 2013 04:36 AM PST

Labour urges the government to consider introducing legal limits on sugar, salt and fat as it launches a consultation on how to tackle obesity.

Moustache Brothers keep on telling jokes

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 04:26 PM PST

The moustached comics jailed for telling jokes

Fiscal cliff, trillion-dollar coins, and Joe Biden

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 01:18 PM PST

Fiscal cliff, Al Gore and Joe Biden in 140 characters or fewer

Still waiting for Godot

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 05:31 PM PST

Why are we still waiting for Beckett's tramps?

The rapes that India forgot

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 05:07 PM PST

The rape cases across India that people forgot

US firms in cultural pitch for Chinese tourist dollars

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 05:59 PM PST

US businesses in cultural pitch for Chinese tourist dollars

Can genetically modified mosquitoes prevent disease in the US?

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 04:45 PM PST

Can GM bugs halt disease spread in the US?

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