…en a key figure in Kenyan politics, holding a number of senior ministerial posts over the last 30 years. The professor of mathematics joined Daniel Arap Moi’s government as a finance minister in 1983, going on to become his vice-president in 1988. He briefly stepped down as education minister in 1996 over accusations he was involved in the Goldenberg financial scandal, but was reinstated whe…
The discovery of well-preserved woolly mammoth remains in eastern Siberia has raised distant hopes that the animal could be cloned. A Russian-led team of international scientists found intact cells among remains including hair and bone marrow. In theory, the animal – which died out between 10,000 and 4,000 years ago – could be recreated if living cells are discovered among the remains…
The remains of Elizabethan theatre Curtain, where some of William Shakespeare’s plays were first performed, have been discovered by archaeologists. The remains of the Curtain Theatre, which opened in 1577, were found behind a pub in Shoreditch, east London, as part of regeneration works. The venue was immortalized as “this wooden O” in the prologue to Henry V. It is hoped the si…
British archaeologists searching for the grave of Richard III have said “strong circumstantial evidence” points to a skeleton being the lost king. The English king died at the battle of Bosworth in 1485. A dig under a council car park in Leicester has found remains with spinal abnormalities and a “cleaved-in skull” that suggest it could be Richard III. The University of Le…
After the 2001 attacks on New York City, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner had to contend with thousands of bodies, many completely shattered and unrecognizable, buried among the wreckage of the crumbled buildings. A huge 1.8 million tons was eventually moved to a landfill for workers to start sifting through, in the hopes of making positive IDs on the nearly 3,000 people killed in the att…
…rst anniversary of the grisly discovery. A police officer and his cadaver dog were following up on the disappearance of Shannan Gilbert when they came across the first set of human remains on December 11, 2010. Two days later, three more bodies were found. By April, the total had risen to 10 bodies, all strewn along several miles of Ocean Parkway, on a barrier island south of Long Island that lead…
…igfoot Modern testing could get valid results from a fragment of a shaft of hair, added Prof. Bryan Sykes, who is leading the project with Michel Sartori, director of the Lausanne Museum of Zoology. A 1951 expedition to Mount Everest famously returned with photographs of giant footprints in the snow, fuelling speculation about giant Himalayan creatures, unknown to science. Since then, many eye-wit…
…t he was suffering from HIV or cancer at the time of his death. Yasser Arafat, who led the Palestine Liberation Organization for 35 years and became the first president of the Palestinian Authority in 1996, fell violently ill in October 2004 inside the Muqataa. Two weeks later he was flown to a French military hospital in Paris, where he died on 11 November. In 2005, the New York Times obtained a…
Jenni Rivera’s family identified her remains as her body was found in the wreckage along with the bodies of six others, including her publicist, lawyer, make-up artist and two pilots. Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene said DNA tests are still pending. The singer’s remains will be given to the family once the tests are completed in coming days. It was also revealed this…
US divers have found what appear to be remains of a crew of an Army amphibious plane that went down in the Eastern St Lawrence River during World War II. The PBY-5A Catalina capsized in rough water on its way back to base in Maine on 2 November 1942. Parks Canada first found in the plane in 2009 during a survey, and contacted US officials when they saw the plane’s fuselage was largely intac…
The family of Chinese graduate student Lu Lingzi, 23, attended a memorial service at Boston University for their daughter, who was killed in the Boston Marathon attack. Hundreds of people, including state Governor Deval Patrick, joined Lu Lingzi’s father and her aunt who had travelled from Shenyang, China, to repatriate their daughter’s remains. The family of Chinese graduate student Lu Li…
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s remains are to be exhumed, forensic experts have announced. Chilean authorities want to establish whether Pablo Neruda died of cancer or was poisoned on the orders of country’s former military ruler General Augusto Pinochet. Pablo Neruda, a Nobel Prize winner who died in 1973, was a member of the Communist Party and a staunch supporter of ousted Chilean president…
Denny Hamlin remains hospitalized overnight after being airlifted to a local hospital after a hard single-car crash at the inside wall on the final lap of Sunday’s Auto Club 400. Kyle Busch beat the field at the 17th annual Auto Club 400, winning his second race in as many days. At one point, Kyle Busch and Ryan Newman incurred penalties after they were caught speeding through pit row. The…
…d she always wore baggy clothes. Even her boyfriend of three years had no idea she was carrying a baby. An arrest warrant for murder revealed that Bradford said she gave birth to the baby on September 19th under a deck near her dorm room so that no one would hear. An autopsy was performed on the baby’s body at the Shasta County Coroner’s office, but because the case is a homicide the C…
The Federal Reserve has reiterated that the US economy is only growing slowly, and that the country’s unemployment rate “remains elevated”. However, the Fed added that the housing market had “shown some further signs of improvement”. The comments came as the US central bank kept interest rates on hold at between zero and 0.25%, as had been widely expected. The Fed is…
Lil Wayne is still in intensive care six days after being admitted to hospital suffering from uncontrollable seizures. Lil Wayne, 30, is being kept under close watch by doctors attempting to stabilize him following his admittance to the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. According to TMZ, the mood remains “very serious” at the hospital, with doctors concerned that “Wayne’s condition has…
Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak should no longer be held over the killings of protesters during the revolution that toppled him, a Cairo court has ruled today. However, Hosni Mubarak will remain in custody as he faces separate corruption charges. Hosni Mubarak, 84, is awaiting a retrial for conspiring to kill protesters in early 2011. The former leader’s lawyer successfully argued that he had…
…ve the right to remain silent before questioning them so all their statements can be used against them in court. But two anonymous US officials said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been questioned by police for 16 hours before he was read his rights. It is unclear as to whether this will matter in court as the FBI says Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has already confessed to a witness. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev admitted his rol…
…eath and are focused on conducting a thorough investigation as we would with any unexplained death.” Boris Berezovsky’s body was reportedly found by an employee, who called an ambulance at 15:18 GMT on Saturday. He had not been seen since around 22.30 GMT the previous evening. His body remained at the property while the search – described by police as a precaution – for che…
…nt for Stefan Ramin’s killer. Stefan Ramin, 40, from Haselau, north-west Germany was on a round-the-world trip with his girlfriend Heike Dorsch, 37, when they anchored off Nuku Hiva on September 16. According to his girlfriend, Heike Dorsche, Stefan Ramin went off on a goat hunt with Henri Haiti – a guide registered with authorities on the island – and never returned. Police say…
…ad been best friends with O.J.’s wife Nicole. Kris and Robert Kardashian had four children – daughters Kourtney, Kim and Khloé, and son Rob, who turned 26 last week. They divorced in March 1991, just one month before Kris married her second husband – 1976 Olympic Games Decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner. Kris and Bruce Jenner have two children, Kendall and Kylie, and Kris has 4…
…e with $7.3 million. The film features an ensemble of Marvel comic book characters including Captain America, the Incredible Hulk and Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man. Top 5 films in US and Canada • 1. Think Like a Man – $18 million • 2. The Pirates! Band of Misfits – $11.4 million • 3. The Lucky One – $11.3 million • 4. The Hunger Games – $11.25 million • 5. The Five-Yea…
More packages with body parts have been found at two Vancouver schools, in what could be the latest twist in the case of Luka Rocco Magnotta, who is suspected of murdering and dismembering his lover Jun Lin. The packages contained a human hand and foot, Canadian police said. Canadian police declined to confirm whether the incident was linked to suspect Luka Rocco Magnotta. Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29…
…l home temporarily and was transported to another facility, but didn’t say where. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who had appeared in surveillance photos wearing a black cap and was identified as Suspect No. 1, died days after the bombing. Boston Marathon April 15 bombing, using pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails, ball bearings and metal shards near the race’s finish line, killed three…
…e moments leading up to the crash that killed Jenni Rivera and six other people aboard their Learjet on Sunday in northern Mexico. According to Ruiz Esparza told Radio Formula the plane hit the ground 1.2 miles from where it began falling, and plummeted at a 45 degree angle. “The plane practically nose-dived,” he said. “The impact must have been terrible.” Ruiz Esparza did not offer any explanati…
Jose Manuel Barroso urges full tax data exchangeThe head of the European Commission has told the European Parliament he wants EU-wide exchange of income data as part of the fight against tax evasion. Jose Manuel Barroso…
Apple among America's big tax avoidersApple has been accused by US Senate of being "among America's largest tax avoiders". A Senate committee said Apple had used "a complex web of offshore entities" to avoid…
Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billionYahoo's board has approved a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion, US media reports say. The acquisition is expected to be announced as early…
Obama administration knew IRS was targeting conservative groups since June 2012Obama administration knew since June 2012 about an investigation into complaints from conservative tea party groups that they were being harassed by IRS, and the probe was…
Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in KarachiSenior Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's…
Phil Robertson, Miss Kay and Uncle Si do commercials for Clayton HomesDuck Commander Phil Robertson and his wife Miss Kay, the stars of Duck Dynasty, sliced some sweet potato pie and filled their audience in about Clayton Homes. “What do I…
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