Issue: July 05, 2012   (Archive)
Friday, May 24, 2013   

Eviction drama ends with 5 dead
A gunman killed four hostages in southwestern Germany yesterday before shooting himself while resisting eviction from his apartment building.



Sarkozy hit by raids
Police raided the home and offices of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy as part of a judicial inquiry into financial relations between his political camp and the richest woman in France, L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.

Alleged killer won role in murder movie while on the run
A man wanted over a beheading murder who was eventually captured in the Australian Outback auditioned to be a film extra while on the run - winning the role of a policeman in a homicide thriller.

Fears for kids as toll rises
The World Health Organization is helping Cambodia investigate an unknown disease that has killed 61 of 62 children under seven years old who mostly died within 24 hours of being admitted to hospital.

Turkey finds pilots' bodies
Turkey's armed forces command said yesterday it has found the bodies of both pilots of an F-4 jet shot down by Syria last month and is trying to retrieve them from the seabed.



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