Baboon adopts bush baby
Clinging to the under-belly of a baboon, Gakii, a 3-month-old orphaned bush baby has plumped for an unlikely surrogate-mother.
In the grounds of the Nairobi Animal Orphanage, the duo cavort around in
Lightning strike lands 77 cadets in hospital
A lightning strike at a southern Mississippi military base sent 77 cadets to a hospital on Wednesday.
The cadets, enrolled in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at Camp Shelby in Hattiesbur
Pakistan tells CIA chief no U.S. boots on the ground
CIA Director Leon Panetta told Pakistan's army and intelligence chiefs that he was concerned about a reduction of U.S. troops allowed in the country, but was bluntly told no American boots would be al
F1 body ready for U-turn on Bahrain, India
Formula One's governing body blamed commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone for a furore over the reinstatement of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Thursday and paved the way for the race to be axed again.
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Real-life Ophelia found?
An Oxford academic has found a “tantalising” link between Shakespeare’s tragic heroine Ophelia and a real-life girl who died at the age of two in 1569, when the Bard would have been around five years
Flying bear kills 2 Canadians in freak mishap
Two Canadians died instantly in a freak accident when a car hit a 440-pound black bear and sent the animal flying straight through the windshield of an oncoming vehicle, local media said on Wednesday.
‘School bullies likely to turn wife-beaters’
Boys who are bullies at school are at increased risk of abusing their partner later in life — a link that US researchers say could hold potential for curbing domestic violence, which affects about a f
Couric signs deal for ABC talk show
Katie Couric has signed a deal with ABC television to host and produce her own syndicated daytime talk show starting in September 2012, ABC said on Monday.
US, Pakistan authorities dispute Ilyas Kashmiri’s death
US and Pakistani authorities disagree sharply over claims that senior Al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri was killed in a recent missile strike, officials from both countries said on Monday, suggesting sharp strains persist between authorities in Washington and Islamabad.
Napoleon used his years in St. Helena to learn English
Greying, inkstained notebook fragments showing Napoleon Bonaparte’s efforts two centuries ago to grasp the English language go on auction in Paris at the weekend, alongside some 350 other Napoleonic a