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Pakistan doctors save life of baby with six legs

Apr 20, 2012

Doctors in Pakistan say they have successfully operated to save the life of a baby born with six legs due to a rare genetic condition, hospital officials said Thursday.“A team of five experienced doctors have successfully separated the extra legs and limbs from the baby today. He is very much safe and secure,” said Jamal Raza, the director of National Institute of the Child Health in Karachi.Raza
China leaders less bullish on global rise: survey

Apr 20, 2012

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Despite the confidence of China's public, the Asian power's elite is becoming less certain that the country will surpass the United States as the top global power, a major survey said Thursday.A wide-ranging poll of opinion in the two countries showed that most Chinese and Americans hold positive views of the other nation despite the frequent tensions between the world's two lar
Sudden death of woman due to “too much Coke”

Apr 20, 2012

MCT imageNatasha Marie Harris, a mother of eight children and a fanatic for Coca-Cola, died suddenly in her home in Invercargill, New Zealand.The reason, an inquest has heard Wednesday, was because she consumed too much Coke.According to Harris’s partner Christopher Hodgkinson, “she drank at least 10 litres a day” for the past seven or eight years.The family bought four 2.5 litres of Coke daily, w
Sudan president threatens to oust South government

Apr 19, 2012

KHARTOUM (AP) ― Sudan’s president threatened to topple his rival government to the south, harsh words that could escalate the conflict between the two nations as they intensify clashes over their shared border.As the international community pushed Wednesday for a peaceful solution to the dispute, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir vowed to “liberate” the people of South Sudan, saying it was his country’s duty to them.South Sudan broke away from Sudan in July after decades of civil war, creating t
India test-fires new nuke-capable misslie

Apr 19, 2012

NEW DELHI (AP) ― India announced the successful test launch Thursday of a new nuclear-capable missile that would give it the capability of striking the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai for the first time.The Agni-V missile, with a range of 5,000 kilometers, still requires a battery of tests before it can be inducted into India’s arsenal. But officials hailed the successful launch as a major boost to the country’s efforts to counter China’s regional dominance and become a respected wo
Canada may take U.S. prisoner

Apr 19, 2012

TORONTO (AP) ― Canada said Wednesday that the U.S. wants to send back the last remaining Western detainee at Guantanamo, and the Canadian government must now decide whether to take him.Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is considering repatriating Omar Khadr, the ministry said in a statement. It did not say when a decision was expected, but a U.S. official suggested it could be soon.Khadr, 25, pleaded guilty in 2010 to killing a U.S. soldier and was eligible to return to Canada from Guantanamo Bay
Three agents out over Secret Service sex scandal

Apr 19, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Moving swiftly, the Secret Service forced out three agents Wednesday in a prostitution scandal that has embarrassed President Barack Obama. A senior congressman welcomed the move to hold people responsible for the tawdry episode but warned “it’s not over.”The agency announced three agents are leaving the service even as separate U.S. government investigations were under way.The Secret Service did not identify the agents being forced out of the government or eight more it said r
Gunman wants freedom or death

Apr 19, 2012

OSLO (AP) ― The right-wing fanatic on trial for massacring 77 people in Norway says he wants either freedom or death, calling the country’s prison terms “pathetic” and arguing for the return of capital punishment, which was last used here to execute Nazi collaborators after World War II.In the third day of his terror trial, Anders Behring Breivik was grilled by prosecutors about the anti-Muslim militant group he claims to belong to.He rejected their suggestions that the “Knights Templar” doesn’t
Secret Service gives Nugent a call

Apr 19, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Rocker and gun rights champion Ted Nugent says he will meet with the Secret Service on Thursday to explain his raucous remarks about what he called Barack Obama’s “evil, America-hating administration” ― comments some critics interpreted as a threat against the president.“The conclusion will be obvious that I threatened no one,” Nugent told radio interviewer Glenn Beck on Wednesday. Nugent said he’d been contacted by the agency and would cooperate fully even though he found the
Panetta apologizes over new military photo scandal

Apr 19, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Defense Secretary Leon Panetta apologized Wednesday for gruesome, newly revealed photographs that show U.S. soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of dead insurgents in Afghanistan. He said war can lead young troops to “foolish decisions” and expressed concern the photos could incite fresh violence against Americans.The White House called the two-year-old photos “reprehensible,” joining Panetta and other top military officials in expressing regret for the latest in a string
Romney, Obama battle over economy

Apr 19, 2012

President sketches his case for re-election in swing-state OhioCHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) ― Their battle joined, challenger Mitt Romney savaged President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy on Wednesday while the commander in chief commiserated up close with victims of the recession and warned that Republicans would only make matters worse.“Obama is over his head and swimming in the wrong direction” when it comes to the economy, Romney said in a scorching speech delivered across the stree
Lawyer admits to 81-cent theft from 1992

Apr 19, 2012

An Australian lawyer admitted in court to stealing 81 cents from a wishing fountain nearly two decades ago.Simon Matters, 38, of Victoria was charged in 1992 with grabbing a handful of change from the wishing fountain in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, when he was 19 years old and he went home after denying the allegations to police, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported Wednesday.However, he recently di
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Apr 19, 2012

Secret Service calls Nugent over anti-Obama screed WASHINGTON (AP) — Rocker and gun rights champion Ted Nugent says he will meet with the Secret Service on Thursday to explain his raucous remarks about what he called Barack Obama‘s “evil, America-hating administration” — comments some critics interpreted as a threat against the president.“The conclusion will be obvious that I threatened no one,” Nugent told radio interviewer Glenn Beck on Wednesday. Nugent said he’d been contacted by the agency
Thai parliament flashed by pornographic picture

Apr 19, 2012

The graphic image of a naked woman caused shockwaves in Thailand's parliament on Wednesday when it flashed across big screens during a legislators' debate.Monitors that had been showing a close-up shots of the parliamentarian addressing the house suddenly flashed a picture of a woman of Asian appearance in a provocative pose.MP Sanong Thepaksornnarong, from Thailand's Bhumjaithai Party, spotted th
Girl, 8, made to wear sign as punishment

Apr 19, 2012

An Illinois school district sent a letter to parents after a father made his 8-year-old daughter stand outside a school with a sign saying she likes "to steal."Superintendent Mike Brink of High Mount School District 116 said he sent the letter home after Montrail White forced his third-grade daughter to hold a sign reading "I like to steal from others and lie about it" outside of High Mount School