Wed May 23 17:54:05 SAST 2012

US student to plead guilty to Obama threat

A Miami college student plans to plead guilty in federal court to threatening President Barack Obama on Facebook.   1 Comments

Lab uses skin to help repair heart muscle

Lab scientists reported that for the first time they had taken skin cells from patients who had suffered heart failure and turned them into cells that could repair damaged cardiac muscle.   0 Comments

Bomb found before Colombian ex-president's speech

Authorities found and deactivated a bomb at a Buenos Aires theater where former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe was due to deliver a speech.   0 Comments

Mountain lion shot dead in Californian town

A mountain lion was shot dead when it tried to bolt from police and animal-control officers, called in after the animal strayed into an ocean-front Californian town.   0 Comments

Man survives plunge over Niagara Falls

A man survived a plunge of at least 180 feet (55 meters) over Niagara Falls in an apparent suicide attempt - only the third person known to have lived after going over the falls without a safety device.   0 Comments

New Zealand smashes global child pornography ring

A global network that used social networking sites such as Facebook to distribute child pornography has been smashed after a tip-off from New Zealand authorities, officials said.   0 Comments

NY man who dressed as dead mom sentenced for fraud

A man who dressed up as his mother in a bizarre real estate fraud that involved doctoring her death certificate and cashing her Social Security retirement checks for six years after she died was sentenced to more than 13 years behind bars.   1 Comments

Doctor accused of infecting patients with hepatitis C

An Australian doctor accused of infecting 56 women with hepatitis C while trying to conceal his own drug use has been ordered to stand trial.   3 Comments

Half of Roma population lacks household sanitation

Only one in six of Europe's young Romas have studied beyond primary school, while half of the population lacks a toilet, shower or electricity, a new report said.   1 Comments

Bomb threat forces plane back to Australia

Emergency crews raced to Melbourne Airport when a packed passenger plane was forced to return after a soft drink can with the word "bomb" scribbled on it was found onboard, police said.   0 Comments

Polls open in historic Egypt presidential vote

Polling stations opened across Egypt for the historic first presidential poll since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak, capping a tumultuous transition from autocratic rule.   0 Comments

Man in stable condition after Niagara Falls plunge

A man who survived a plunge of at least 180 feet (55 meters) over Niagara Falls - only the third person known to have done so without a safety device - was in stable condition, a day after his apparent suicide attempt led to a dramatic and painstaking rescue.   0 Comments

Mary Kennedy remembered at private NY gathering

Friends and family met privately to remember Mary Richardson Kennedy, the 52-year-old estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who was found dead of an apparent suicide last week at her home in Bedford, New York.   0 Comments

World's tallest tower, the Tokyo Skytree, opens

The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, opened to the public.   4 Comments

Ukraine's topless fighters plot to storm the Euros

The topless activists of the Femen women's rights group, whose eye-catching antics have made them the cover girls of international feminist protest, are shouting loud and clear that their attendance at next month's Euro-2012 soccer tournament - welcome or not - can be counted on   0 Comments

Fired for being 'too hot', woman claims

"We should not be judged by the size of our breasts or the shape of our body"   8 Comments

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Everest death toll reaches 4

Climbers have reported seeing another body on Mount Everest, raising the death toll to four for one of the worst days ever on the world's highest mountain.   1 Comments

12,500 officers to police London Olympics

Some 12,500 British officers will be deployed daily during the Olympic Games in the country's largest ever pre-planned policing operation, the Metropolitan force said.   0 Comments

Legion admits knowing of priest's kid since 2005

The head of the embattled Legion of Christ religious order admitted to covering up news that his most prominent priest had fathered a child and announced a review of all past allegations of sexual abuse against Legion priests amid a growing scandal at the order.   0 Comments

French prosecutors to probe Strauss-Kahn rape accusation

French prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation into accusations that disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn took part in a gang rape in the United States.   0 Comments

Women in North-Eastern Thailand are big boozers, survey finds

More than half of the women in rural north-east Thailand surveyed by a civic action group have admitted to drinking alcohol on a regular basis.   0 Comments

Indian student puzzled by politicians reaction to cartoon

Revati Sahijwani, 16, is bewildered by a controversy over a 63-year-old cartoon in an Indian textbook that her New Delhi school has been using for five years.   1 Comments

Eclipse 'ring of fire' wows Asian, US sky-gazers

Millions turned their eyes to the sky on both sides of the Pacific as a solar eclipse created a "ring of fire" from Asia to the western United States, where it was greeted with whoops in California.   1 Comments

Italian dad throws kids off balcony,before jumping to his death

Police in northern Italy say a father has thrown his two young children to their deaths from a sixth floor apartment balcony before jumping to his death.   5 Comments

World's fist Wikipedia town to launch in Wales

A small Welsh town where English King Henry V was born is about to make history again by becoming the world's first "Wikipedia town."   0 Comments

3 climbers die on mount everest, 2 still missing

Three climbers who were among scores who scaled Mount Everest over the weekend died on their descent and two more are missing, a Nepalese official said.   3 Comments

Ex- US student in webcam spy case to be sentenced

One US couple lost their teenage son to suicide in the days after his college roommate used a webcam to see him kiss another man in September 2010; the other fears their son will be sent to prison this week for doing the spying.   0 Comments

'Killing of Florida teen ultimately avoidable'

A police report said the confrontation that led to an unarmed black teenager in Florida being shot dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer was "ultimately avoidable."   0 Comments
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