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8.2 Earthquake Hits Eastern Russia

A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck in the Sea of Okhotsk of Friday. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter of the quake ... Full story

Four Americans Killed Since 2009 in US Drone Attacks

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen ... Full story

Israel Claims Iconic Images Which Showed the Death of a Palestinian Boy 13 Years Ago May Have Been Staged

It is a film that came to symbolise the second intifada as Palestinian-Israeli tensions exploded into war 13 years ago. A terrified 12-year-old Palestinian boy clinging ... Full story

The Face of El Salvador's Gangs: 60,000 Gang Members on Verge of War After Court Ruling Threatens Truce

Terrifying photos of the rival gangs Mara Salvatruchas (MS-13) and 18 Street handing over weapons and cellphones from prison have emerged as El Salvador risks ... Full story

Syria Launches Assault on Strategic Rebel Stronghold

BEIRUT — Syrian forces launched a large-scale assault Sunday on the city of Qusair, a rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border, in the government's latest ... Full story

Former Argentine Dictator Videla Dies in Prison at 87

Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings ... Full story

Venezuela to 'Saturate the Market' with 50 Million Rolls of Toilet Paper

To avoid getting caught with their pants down, Venezuelan officials say they will confront a toilet paper shortage by importing 50 million rolls to meet ... Full story

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad May Face Charges Over Election Appearance With Aide

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may face charges for accompanying his former chief of staff to register for June's presidential vote, the country's electoral watchdog said. Iran's ... Full story

Dollar Breaks Through 100 Yen Mark

LONDON—Japanese stocks outperformed all others by a wide margin Friday after the dollar finally broke through the 100 yen mark. Markets elsewhere remained solid at ... Full story

Expert Sheds Light on Mystery Carcass That Washed Up on Beach

A grisly carcass discovered last week on a New Zealand beach looks like the stuff of nightmares: Its mangled, decomposing body, half buried in sand, ... Full story

Indian Stuntman Dies During Bid to Cross River on a Zip-Wire Attached Only by His Hair

A stuntman died yesterday during a world record attempt as he tried to cross a river on a zip-wire attached only to his hair.  Sailendra Nath ... Full story

Topless Duchess Photos Lead to Charges Against Magazine Publisher

Three people responsible for publishing the topless Kate Middleton photos last year could soon face breach of privacy charges. According to News.au, Ernesto Mauri, the chief ... Full story

Francis 'Will Open Files on Hitler's Pope'

Rabbi Abraham Skorka, who has known the Argentine former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio for 20 years, said he had discussed the role of Pius XII ... Full story

Earthquake Jolts Islands Off Northern Japan, No Tsunami Warning

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck islands off northern Japan on Friday but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency ... Full story

Horrifying Footage Emerges of Four Men Beating Indian Woman With Sticks While Police Stand By

Horrifying footage has emerged of a woman being beaten with sticks and rods by four men.  The woman can be heard crying out in agony as ... Full story

Egyptian Bride Ordered to Pay £5K Compensation to Groom Because She Had Secret Surgery to Restore Her Virginity

An Egyptian woman has been ordered to pay her former husband £5240 in compensation after he discovered she had lied to him about her virginity. The ... Full story

6.8 Earthquake: Strong, Shallow Quake Shakes Papua New Guinea

A powerful earthquake shook Papua New Guinea's northern coast Wednesday morning, but there was no threat of a widespread tsunami in the Pacific. The shallow magnitude-6.8 ... Full story

Islamists Storm Tunisian School After It Bars Niqab-Wearing Student

Radical Muslims burst into a Tunisian school on Wednesday and assaulted its chief after he barred entry to a teenage girl wearing a face veil, ... Full story

'I Murdered 115 People on Orders of North Korea': Rogue State's Top Female Spy Behind Horrific Plane Crash Reveals Truth Behind 'Juvenile' Madman Dictator

North Korea's former top female spy, who blew up a civilian plane that killed 115 people, has spoken about the reasons behind the rogue nation's ... Full story

North Korea Missile 'Fuelled and Ready for Launch': South Warns Nukes Could Be Fired TODAY

The U.S. is preparing to intercept up to three North Korean missiles amid fears the rogue communist state could launch an attack today. The eyes of ... Full story

BBC Staff on Strike 'Would Have Returned to Work if Nelson Mandela Died... but Not for the Death of Thatcher'

Union leaders said triking BBC staff would have returned to work in the event of Nelson Mandela's death  - but suggested the death of Baroness ... Full story

All Embassies Told to Evacuate Staff from Pyongyang After Dictator Warns He 'Cannot Guarantee Safety of Foreigners'

All government embassies have been instructed to evacuate staff from Pyongyang after dictator Kim Jong-un warned he could not 'guarantee the safety of foreigners.' The ... Full story

U.S. Offers Uganda $5 Million Bounty for Joseph Kony

There are two significant developments in the search for the Lord's Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony to tell you about today: Uganda announced it was ... Full story

Rogue State Vows to Re-Open Nuclear Plant Capable of Making Atomic Bomb as US Navy Sends Destroyer That Can Shoot Down Ballistic Missiles

North Korea has announced it will restart all facilities at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, just hours after the U.S. stepped up the military stand-off ... Full story

TTP's Pakistan

Most of what General (retd) Pervez Musharraf said to the few people at the Karachi airport was delusional and egoistic nonsense. Well, no surprises there. ... Full story

U.S. Soldier Saved Abused Cat Koshka in Afghanistan... and the Feline Returned the Favor

An Army staff sergeant serving in Afghanistan trying to recover from the shock of losing two friends in a violent suicide bombing found a friend ... Full story

Pope Francis Said Celibacy for Priests Rule 'Can Change' in 2012 Interview

Pope Francis suggested in an interview last year that the Catholic Church's rule that priests be celibate "can change" and admitted he was tempted by ... Full story

Iran launches destroyer

The Jamaran-2 destroyer was launched in the Caspian Sea waters Sunday in the northern port city of Bandar Anzali in Gilan province in the presence ... Full story

28 Elephants Poached in Cameroon

In Cameroon, illegal poaching is behind 28 elephants killed in recent weeks. According to a March 13 Christian Science Monitor report, ivory poachers in two ... Full story

North Korea's 'Thermonuclear War': Rogue Nation Vows to Launch Attacks 'at Any Time' in Revenge for Sanctions

North Korea today vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States in retaliation for a new sanctions against the rogue communist state ... Full story

Peter Kenneth Urges IEBC to Ensure Fair Elections in Kenya

Eagle presidential candidate Peter Kenneth has asked the electoral commission to remain an impartial ‘referee’ in the voting process.He at the same time condemned the ... Full story

Queen Elizabeth II Hospitalized for Stomach Bug

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has been discharged from a London hospital after treatment for symptoms of gastroenteritis.Britain's Queen Elizabeth II remained hospitalized Monday after symptoms ... Full story

President Chavez Battles for Life and Hope Rises (Video)

Venezuelans are keeping hope alive. As murmurings that President Hugo Chavez is near death rise, so does the nation’s hope for his chances of survival. ... Full story

Indian Sisters, 11, Nine and Six 'Lured with Food, Raped, Murdered and Dumped in Well'

Three young sisters from a small Indian village have been raped and murdered before their bodies were thrown into a well, it has emerged.The three ... Full story

Blade Runner Gives His Account of Shooting

Oscar Pistorius today gave a horrifying account of the night he shot dead his girlfriend claiming he mistook her for a burglar when he woke ... Full story

The High School Sweetheart, the Marketing Student and the Russian Model: The Complex Love Life of Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius appears to have enjoyed a complex love life. His first girlfriend was his high school sweetheart Vicky Miles with whom he appears to have ... Full story

'Nine-Year-Old' Mexican Girl Who Gave Birth Is Really Aged 12 and the Baby's Father Is Her Stepfather

Mexican state officials confirmed that the girl who gave birth to a child two weeks ago is 12 or 13 years old and not 9-years-old ... Full story

Police Officer Left To Die After Being Hit By Snowplow

A police officer left to die in a snowy street in Toronto was mowed down by a snowplow, a court has heard.35-year-old Sgt. Ryan Russell ... Full story

35 Pyramids Found in Sudan Prove There May Be More Buried in the Sand

Thirty-five small pyramids have been discovered at the Sedeinga site in Sudan. The pyramids, discovered along with their graves, have been slowly uncovered since 2009.Their ... Full story

Rebel Fighter Nicknamed 'Guevara' Takes Revenge on Assad’s Troops After Her Children Were Killed in Airstrike

With neatly plucked eyebrows, leather boots with heels and a gold bracelet, 'Guevara' as she has become known is the last person you'd expect to ... Full story

The Sex-Slave Cult Where Women Were 'Forced to Sleep With Men Claiming to Be Reincarnation of Christ' on Mexican Border

Mexican officials broke up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border, Mexican immigration authorities revealed today.The ... Full story

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Kennedy assassination: How the emergency room where JFK died was demolished and is now being stored in a secret underground bunker for years

By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:24 EST, 24 May 2013 | UPDATED: 18:24 EST, 24 May 2013 15 View comments The emergency operating room where doctors tried to save ...

Lee Rigby seen on CCTV: Last hours of soldier murdered in the street by Islamic fanatics

Drummer Lee, 25, was a regular at Kebab Ye takeaway in Woolwich, south-east London, near barracks where he was basedHe entered premises at 9.23pm on ...

Kerry criticizes Nigeria on human rights

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Nigeria has the right to defend itself against an Islamic terrorist group threatening the country’s north, but must not ...

Meet Mr Wall Street, the 29-year-old Canadian realtor with Instagram account showcasing his luxury watches, tailored suits and plenty of champagne

By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 19:54 EST, 24 May 2013 | UPDATED: 03:45 EST, 25 May 2013 91 View comments Canadian real estate broker Martin Lavoie enjoys the finer things ...

Seventeen children and teacher burnt to death on school bus in Pakistan after faulty gas cylinder explodes

Youngsters aged five to 15 victims of the blast; Seven other youngsters hurt in blastExplosion caused by spark when driver switched from petrol to gasCylinder ...

North Korea sends signals it may be willing to rejoin disamament talks

BEIJING — After months of strained relations and provocations, North Korea is sending signals it wants to reengage with its longtime ally China and ...

Woolwich murder suspect is probation officer's son who chatted with his neighbours about Jamie Oliver recipes

Michael Adebowale, 22, named as other suspect in murder of Lee Rigby  He and Michael Adebolajo, 28, were shot by police after the attackPair arrested ...

Madeleine McCann: Was Maddie snatched by the monster who killed this little lookalike? British detectives uncover dramatic new lead... so why are the Portuguese refusing to investigate

Scotland Yard detectives have a list of 30 potential suspectsOne of them is peadophile and child murderer Urs Hans von Aesch who killed himself in ...

Madeleine McCann: Was Maddie snatched by the monster who killed this little lookalike? British detectives uncover dramatic new lead... so why are the Portuguese refusing to investigate

Scotland Yard detectives have a list of 30 potential suspectsOne of them is peadophile and child murderer Urs Hans von Aesch who killed himself in ...

How Steve Jobs and his wife secretly gave away TEN OF MILLIONS of their own money to charity... even as critics accused him of not doing enough

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Jobs donated $50million to Stanford hospitalsU2 singer Bono praised Jobs for his 'invaluable' contributions to fight against AIDS By ...