School massacre disease spreads to Rio

In Rio de Janeiro a gunman entered a primary school and opened fire and reportedly killed as many as 20 students. A total of 13 died at the shooting scene at Tasso de Silveira school said the vice-mayor of western Rio and that total may or may not include the shooter. Edmar Teixeira said the [...]

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£1.2 violin stolen from sandwich shop

Min-Jin Kym is a rarity:  she is, according to her mentor, “a born violinist”, with a gifted touch that is seldom seen or heard.  However, some people just don’t appreciate a rarity.  Her 300-year-old Stradivarius violin, also a rarity and valued at £1.2 or more, was nicked while she and a friend were engrossed in their [...]

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WikiLeaks Julian Assange charged with rape

Julian Assange, the Australian troublemaker or the patron saint of honest disclosure or the evil villain with blood on his hands, depending on your point of view, has apparently decided to keep his head down for the moment.

Assange is the founder of WikiLeaks, and has been responsible for the ‘leakage’ of over 250,000 classified documents, [...]

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Young girl steps into Mexican police chief job men are afraid to take

A new ingredient has been introduced to the stew of drug traffic and cartel wars in the Mexican town of Praxedis Guadalupe Guerrero.  The new chief of police, sworn in just last week, is Marisol Valles Garcia, a young woman with a mission and a vision.  She hopes to bring a sense of community and [...]

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Third of teachers have been attacked

Misbehaviour and violence in Britain’s primary schools has become a major issue for educators, according to a study by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.  About a third of the more than 1,000 teachers and support staff surveyed reported incidents of attacks from both students and parents, while a large majority said that they had [...]

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The Ripper is fighting for parole

Yesterday, the judge in the case of Peter Sutcliffe quickly lifted the cloak of anonymity away from the infamous serial killer after he applied for a parole hearing to find out what his eligibility would be.

The case is creating a stir due to the fact that if he is granted a tariff that expires, or [...]

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