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Thu 23 May 2013

Brave witness tells of confrontation with soldier's attackers

A PASSER-BY has given a shocking first hand account of her encounter with the two men who allegedly murdered a soldier in Woolwich on Wednesday.

News
The Independent

Woman found fused to furniture after three years on couch

A NEW ZEALAND woman has been charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life to her elderly mother.

Crime
Hawke's Bay Today

I'm living happily and learning guitar: Miami cannibal victim

THE homeless victim of last year’s Miami cannibal attack is now “living happily” in hospital, where he's learning to play the guitar while continuing treatment.

News
John Hall

FBI kills 'friend of Boston bomb suspects' during questioning

AN FBI agent has shot and killed a Chechen man with alleged ties to deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

News
Tim Walker

Wed 22 May 2013

#bloodycyclists: Driver bragged about hit and run on Twitter

A TRAINEE accountant who bragged on Twitter about knocking a 'bloody cyclist' over and not stopping has put her career at risk after online backlash.

News
Paul Gallagher

Oklahoma tornado survivor finds lost dog during live interview

A SURVIVOR of the massive tornado that struck Oklahoma got a much needed piece of good news when she was unexpectedly reunited with her missing dog.

News

Russian soldier has 'bullet removed from head with pliers'

INCREDIBLE footage has captured the moment a grinning Russian soldier had an AK-47 machine gun bullet removed from his head with a pair of pliers.

Offbeat
John Hall

Obama pledges support for Oklahoma as toll revised down to 24

PRESIDENT Barack Obama has said that authorities will work "as long as it takes" to deal with the devastation of a massive hurricane that hit Oklahoma city.

News
David Usborne, John Hall, Steve Anderson

Claims Pope cast 'devil' out of disabled youth rejected

THE Vatican has denied that Pope Francis had performed an exorcism after claims by an Italian religious television channel over a boy in a wheelchair.

News
The Independent and APN Newsdesk

Historian's suicide inside Notre Dame a 'gay marriage protest'

A FAR-RIGHT French historian shot himself in the head beside the altar of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Tuesday.

News
John Lichfield

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