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Shot congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords visits Newtown massacre families
Saturday 05 January 2013
Gabrielle Giffords, the former congresswoman who survived a mass shooting in her Arizona constituency, held a private meeting yesterday with families of the 26 victims of last month’s gun rampage at a school in Connecticut.
Argentinian protesters disrupt cruise ship as tensions over Falklands rise
Friday 04 January 2013
Argentinian protesters disrupted the cruise ship industry today as they demonstrated for the Falklands Islands to be handed over.
‘Imposter’ wins rape appeal as victim was unmarried
Friday 04 January 2013
A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of a man who had sex with a sleeping woman on the basis of legislation dating to 1872, which says only married women are protected from rape by “imposters”.
Man arrested in Sussex over Nepal civil war torture claims
Thursday 03 January 2013
A former colonel in the Nepalese army has been arrested by Scotland Yard anti-terrorist officers over claims that he tortured a suspected Maoist during the country’s long-running civil war.
15-year-old girl with missing moniker set to sue Icelandic government in fight to legally use her name
Thursday 03 January 2013
Parents who don't want to take a name from a government list have to apply to a special committee that has the power to say yes or no to the chosen name
Putting the guilty to death would be a step backwards for India, and do nothing to address its real problems
Thursday 03 January 2013
This tragic case must bring about a sea change in attitudes to womens' rights
Justin Bieber urges paparazzi crackdown after death of photographer snapping his Ferrari
Thursday 03 January 2013
Justin Bieber has called for tougher laws to control paparazzi after a 29-year-old photographer was killed by a passing car just after snapping shots of the star's white Ferrari.
Justin Bieber calls for tougher laws after paparazzi is killed photographing his car
Thursday 03 January 2013
Justin Bieber has called for tougher laws to control paparazzi after a 29-year-old photographer was killed by a passing car just after snapping shots of the star's white Ferrari.
Family 'consents to Delhi gang rape victim being identified'
Wednesday 02 January 2013
The family of the medical student who died after being gang-raped on a Delhi bus have apparently given their consent to a plan to reveal her identity.
No more Santa costumes or shark fins: Weird US laws come into force
Wednesday 02 January 2013
The budget laws that threatened the US with billions in tax hikes weren’t the only ones that were due to come into force in the new year, with some 400 state and local measures ranging from the sensible to (at first glance) the sublimely ridiculous also taking effect on 1 January.
Second blow for Hurricane Sandy's victims as Congress abandons recovery Bill
Wednesday 02 January 2013
The fiscal cliff deal might have protected the American economy from another blow, but the last-minute agreement has left storm-hit communities in the north-east without billions of dollars in promised aid after special measures put together following Hurricane Sandy were shelved by Congress.
Photographer killed while taking photos of Justin Bieber's $200,000 Ferrari
Wednesday 02 January 2013
29-year-old man struck by another vehicle while taking photos of star's white Ferrari 458 Italia
FTSE tops 6000 after US fiscal cliff budget deal
Wednesday 02 January 2013
Relief over America's deal to avert a budget crisis sent London's FTSE 100 Index smashing through the 6000 barrier for the first time since July 2011.
American taxpayers face paying the bill for Senate's 'fiscal cliff' deal
Wednesday 02 January 2013
President Barack Obama yesterday pressed the House of Representatives to vote in favour of a Senate-backed deal that would avert the swingeing spending cuts and soaring tax rates of America's "fiscal cliff".
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