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Creative Smuggling PHOTOS

From modified go-karts to submarines, fitted into suitcases or books, smugglers look to ingenious new methods to sneak past the authorities. Here are some examples: 21 Comments

Teen kills mother and sister 'to save planet'

A 15-year-old boy who killed his mother and sister because he believed there were too many people in the world was ordered to be detained indefinitely in a psychiatric hospital, said a Hong Kong news report. 23 Comments

Teacher gagged kids and fed them semen

Teacher jailed with a bail of $23million for gagging school children, putting roaches on their faces and feeding them semen. 2 Comments

Death toll climbs as heavy snow grips Japan

Heavy snow that has blanketed northern Japan for weeks, triggering avalanches and affecting transport networks, has left at least 55 people dead, said officials. 0 Comments

Panama mining protest shuts down highway

Indigenous Panamanians protesting a proposed mining law have shut down a section of the Pan-American highway for a second day, demanding that a mining ban in their homeland remain in place. 0 Comments

Philippines: Most-wanted terror leader killed

The Philippine military said it killed Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorist and two other senior militants in a U.S.-backed airstrike that would mark one of the region's biggest anti-terror successes in recent years. 0 Comments

ANALYSIS: A sobering look at Facebook

It's the year's hottest initial public offering, but some wealth managers find themselves having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients. 0 Comments

Kidnapped Filipino's daring escape

As his kidnappers took him in a speeding boat toward a notorious militant stronghold in the southern Philippines, Ivan Sarenas decided that he would die if he didn't try to escape. When he saw some fishermen, he took his chance, diving deep and hoping his armed captors wouldn't shoot. 0 Comments

Britain appoints first ambassador to Somalia in 21 years

Britain appointed its first ambassador to war-torn Somalia for 21 years, Foreign Secretary William Hague said, as he made a landmark visit to the anarchic capital Mogadishu. 0 Comments

Palestinians hurl slippers at visiting UN chief

Relatives of Palestinians held in Israeli jails have hurled slippers at an armored vehicle carrying visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon into the Gaza Strip. 0 Comments

Egyptian city security chief sacked after football deaths

The Egyptian government sacked the head of security in the northern city of Port Said after an explosion of football violence that left 74 people dead, state media reported. 0 Comments

Australian 12-year-old strip-searched

The mother of a 12-year-old girl strip-searched by police during a drug raid said she was outraged in a case that has sparked a public outcry and calls for a review of the law. 4 Comments

Ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea with 350 aboard

Rescuers have plucked 50 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank with as many as 350 people on board, officials said. 1 Comments

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Snake dies from baby bite

An encounter between a snake and a baby in an Israeli city ended unexpectedly when the boy killed the reptile - by biting off its head.
Gorgeous blonde has two vaginas - and she's not shy about it

"Most boyfriends get one choice. My fella has two"
Dentist uses paper clips in root canals

Used pieces of paper clips in place of stainless steel posts as a permanent fix in root canals 'to save money'
Boy (4) pulls out dagga at school

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House-breaker obsessed with women's underwear

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Dad locked daughter in bathroom for 10 years

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Around 40 000 children mine gold in Mali

Between 20,000 and 40,000 children work in artisanal gold mines in Mali, Africa's third-largest producer of the precious metal, Human Rights Watch said in a report Tuesday.
600 Arrested in child trafficking bust

Chinese police have busted two huge child trafficking rings that spanned 10 provinces, arresting more than 600 suspects and rescuing 178 children, the government said Wednesday.
400 Kyrgyz inmates sew their lips in protest

More than 400 prison inmates in Kyrgyzstan have sewn their lips shut in protest over prison conditions.
Aids drugs keep more alive, prevent new HIV infections

Sub-Saharan Africa still the worst affected region
Jail for gay marriage

Gay couples in Nigeria who marry could face up to 14 years in jail, and witnesses or anyone who helps couples marry could be sentenced to 10 years behind bars

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2 Missionaries slain at ransacked Mexico home

A couple from Texas who moved to a remote and violence-plagued area of northern Mexico to run a Baptist church were found slain at their ransacked home, their children said. 0 Comments

Woman killed for birthing baby girl

Husband and mother-in-law wanted a boy 61 Comments

Hong Kong residents call mainland Chinese 'locusts'

A group of Hong Kong residents took out a newspaper advertisement calling mainland Chinese visitors "locusts" in an escalating cross-border war of words. 0 Comments

World Trade Center design flaw could cost millions

The agency building the new World Trade Center says a design flaw could add millions of dollars to the cost of the complex's signature tower. 0 Comments

Brotherhood charts future

CAIRO - The Muslim Brotherhood is devising a blueprint for a parliamentary democracy that would overturn Egypt's tradition of strong heads of state, flexing its muscles after emerging as the country's dominant political force. 3 Comments

Man dies as police break up protest

A man died after being run over by a vehicle as police broke up a rally. 0 Comments

Invasive pythons wiping out native Everglades animals

A slithering, surging population of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades, many of them escaped or abandoned pets, appears to be eating its way through many animals native to the sensitive wetlands, according to a new study. 1 Comments

Separated at birth, twins reunite

Twins born in Indonesia and put up separately for adoption, have been reunited after finding each other living just 40 kilometres (25 miles) apart, in southern Sweden, three decades later. 4 Comments

Suspect dies in prison

LONDON - Police and prison authorities say a Lithuanian man charged with bludgeoning a British couple to death has been found dead in prison. 0 Comments

Egyptian Bedouin free 25 kidnapped Chinese workers

Egyptian Bedouin have freed 25 Chinese workers who were taken hostage in the central Sinai peninsula, Chinese state media quoted Chinese embassy officials. 0 Comments

General and 29 soldiers on trial for homicide

A Mexican army general and 29 soldiers under his command in a town on the border with Texas are being tried on charges of torture, homicide, drug trafficking and other crimes, confirmed a top government official. 0 Comments

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