Issue: September 04, 2012   (Archive)
Sunday, May 26, 2013   

Moonies mourn billionaire 'messiah'
Sun Myung Moon, the self-styled messiah from South Korea who founded the Unification Church famed for its mass weddings and business empire, died yesterday at the age of 92.



Brooks in court over hacking
Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks appeared in a London court yesterday to face charges related to alleged phone hacking.

Karadzic loses retrial bid
The UN's Yugoslav war crimes court has rejected a request by Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic for a new genocide trial, saying late evidence did not prejudice his case.

US squeeze on Iran to avoid war
US President Barack Obama's administration is reportedly undertaking "a range of steps short of war" that it hopes will prevent an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

`Blasphemy' girl stays in limbo
A Pakistani court has adjourned by another four days possible bail for a Christian girl accused of blasphemy in a case that has sparked international criticism.

Jealous woman in penis-cutting rage
A Peruvian woman who discovered her boyfriend had been cheating on her sliced off his penis with a kitchen knife as he slept and tossed it down a toilet.

Red Bull scion nabbed after cop hit death
The Ferrari-driving grandson of the co- creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested in Thailand on suspicion of killing a policeman in a hit-and-run collision.

Passenger brawl forces flight back
A fight between two passengers forced an aircraft carrying 200 people from Zurich to Beijing to turn back after more than six hours in the air, carrier Swiss said yesterday.



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