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Domnica Cemortan gave her first full interview since Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster
Domnica Cemortan, the Moldovan blonde tour rep who was accused of causing the sinking of the Costa Concordia by romantically distracting Captain Francesco Schettino...
World’s first quadruple limb transplant performed in Ankara hospital
Surgeons at Hacettepe University Hospital in Ankara, Turkey, have today performed the world's first ever quadruple limb transplant, attaching two arms and two legs...
Rocklin, California, is set to ban smoking outside, including residents’ own properties
The town of Rocklin in California is proposing to ban smoking outside, even for residents lighting up on their own property. Smoking is already banned...
Silvio Berlusconi’s bribery case thrown out as expired
Italian judges have thrown out a bribery case against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, because it expired under the statute of limitations. Silvio Berlusconi was...
Osama Bin Laden compound in Abbottabad is being demolished
Osama Bin Laden’s compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, where US forces killed him, is being demolished, residents and police say. Osama Bin Laden...
Secret bible-book unearthed in Turkey – some believe it is a fake and only dates back to the 16th century.
A secret handwritten book found in Turkey, in which Jesus is said to predict the coming of the Prophet Muhammad to Earth, has sparked...
Angela Merkel gets a beershower
German Chancellor Angela Merkel got a beershower.
Breakthrough heroine vaccine to be tested on humans in Mexico
A group of Mexican researchers is working on a vaccine that could reduce addiction to one of the world's most notorious narcotics: heroin. If all...
Duke of Palma Inaki Urdangarin in court over corruption
Inaki Urdangarin, the Duke of Palma and the Spain's King Juan Carlos’ son in law, has arrived at court in Mallorca to face a...
Nelson Mandela rushed to hospital with abdominal complaint
Nelson Mandela, the South Africa’s first black president, has been rushed to hospital with abdominal complaint. According to officials, Nelson Mandela was suffering from a...
John Kelly, a Chicago baseball coach, suspended after racist outburst against Whitney Houston on Facebook
John Kelly, a small business owner and youth baseball coach from Chicago could be ruined after his friends and family exposed his racist Facebook...
Man pushes woman on to the tracks at Leicester Square on the London Northern Line
A crazed commuter launched an apparently random attack on a young woman, pushing her on to the tracks of the London Underground. The victim struck...
McDonald’s launched Fish McBites for Lent season
McDonald’s is prepared to target a more pious crowd for the season of Lent with its latest innovation - Fish McBites. Fish McBites was first...
Rossiya passenger jet which lost a wheel on take-off from Berlin has landed safely in St. Petersburg
A Rossiya Airlines passenger jet which lost a wheel on take-off from Berlin has landed safely in St Petersburg, Russian media report. The Russian An-148...
Dutch Prince Johan Friso is in coma and he may never wake up, say Austrian doctors
Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands, who was injured in an avalanche in Lech, Austria, last week, is in a coma and may never...
Pepsi Next, the mid-calorie soda from Pepsi, hits the US market on March
As some people dislike the calories in soft drinks, but loathe the taste of their zero-calorie diet equivalents, Pepsi is hoping to win back...
Maryland gay marriage bill approved by the state Senate
Maryland gay marriage bill has been approved in the state Senate, less than a week after it passed the state House. The bill, which will...
Ben Stacy, the living descendant of the Fugate blue family of Kentucky
Ben Stacy came from an isolated family in Kentucky whose members were born with a rare condition that discolored the skin, as a result...
Early comic books collection featuring Batman and Superman sold for $3.5 million
A collection of early comic books has been sold for $3.5 million at auction in New York. The trove of 345 comics had been bought...
Helicopter collision killed 7 US Marines in Arizona
Seven US Marines have died after two helicopters collided in Arizona, officials say. The mid-air accident happened near the city of Yuma during a training...
CERN faster-than light neutrinos experiment may be down to a faulty connection
Faster-than-light neutrinos experiment that might have been the biggest physics story of the past century may instead be down to a faulty connection. In September...
Iraq: at least 48 people died in a wave of bombings and shootings in Baghdad and Baquba
At least 48 people died and dozens have been injured in a wave of bombings and shootings across Iraq, police say. The attacks targeted predominantly...
Buenos Aires train crash UPDATE: 49 deaths and at least 600 injured people
Argentine officials confirms 49 people have been killed and at least 600 injured in the worst train crash in the country in the last...
Jeb Corliss plummeted 200ft and broke both legs after botched leap off Table Mountain
Jeb Corliss, the world famous stunt artist who almost died after crashing into a cliff during a botched leap from Table Mountain in South...
Germany urged by Council of Europe to end sex offenders surgical castration
Council of Europe has urged Germany to end the practice of surgically castrating sex offenders. The Council of Europe's anti-torture committee said such voluntary treatment,...
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