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An 8-year-old British boy was found hanged after viewing a film that features suicides. Lewis McGlynn had been watching the 2003 Tom Cruise film “The Last Samurai,” when his father discovered him ...
Updated : 2011.08.11 17:25
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An American girl was charged with murdering her younger sister after shooting her during a quarrel over a cell phone. (A scene from Fox News) Elena Rendell, 17, shoot at her 14-year-old sister, Chr...
Updated : 2011.08.10 14:52
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A woman from Texas has reportedly won the lottery four times, prompting interest towards the secret of the unbelievable luck. Joan R. Gither, 63, has won four fortunes worth millions of dollars in t...
Updated : 2011.08.09 09:57
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A 51-year-old engineer working at an airplane testing facility has been sucked into an engine and killed. Domestic carrier Air New Zealand confirmed the man was perfo...
Updated : 2011.08.08 20:20
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KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) -- Three women were killed and three more people feared still buried under debris Monday by a landslide near Malaysia‘s Cameron Highlands tourist spot, the official Bernama news ag...
Updated : 2011.08.08 11:23
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LAGOS(AFP) - A Malaysia-bound Nigerian drug smuggler died aboard an aircraft, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in India, the anti-drug agency said Saturday. The National Drug Law Enfor...
Updated : 2011.08.07 11:55
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University graduates earn significantly more than high school graduates, a labor ministry survey showed Friday as the government leads a campaign to increase hiring of those without university diplom...
Updated : 2011.08.05 15:55
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Italy’s Supreme Court ruled a shepherd, who forcefully had sexual intercourse with his wife without taking a shower, guilty of rape, ANSA reported on Thursday. The 51-year-old shepherd, whose name h...
Updated : 2011.08.05 14:44
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SYDNEY (AFP) -- Australian bomb squad officers Wednesday safely removed a teenager from a "suspicious device" media reports said had been strapped around her neck, ending a 10-hour drama. Police off...
Updated : 2011.08.04 11:21
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A Japanese woman was reportedly arrested for threatening her boss by sending hate messages, Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday. The blackmailer Yamazaki Rinako, 21, had allegedly sent the word “to kill...
Updated : 2011.08.02 13:24
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At the Samut Prakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo, a 2-and-half-year-old male Chimpanzee named Dodo has been feeding a tiger cub every day for more than a year. At this Thai zoo located in Bangkok, Dodo p...
Updated : 2011.08.01 14:21
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TEHRAN (AFP) - An Iranian man convicted of throwing acid in the face of a female student who was to have been blinded himself on Sunday in retribution was pardoned by his victim, the state-run televi...
Updated : 2011.07.31 17:05
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Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik is likely to serve his jail term in one of the world’s best equipped and most “humane” prisons, according to news reports. Breivik has been accused ...
Updated : 2011.07.29 10:36
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Fans dedicated a Facebook group to a local celebrity to make him the town’s official Olympic torch bearer, according to reports. Gordon Roberts from Bournemouth, England, is getting the support of ...
Updated : 2011.07.28 15:58
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A British man irritated by noise from a late night party allegedly stabbed a female guest to death and injured a male attendee. Heather Dyer, 22 years old, was declared dead at the scene on Saturday...
Updated : 2011.07.26 10:10
