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Mansour Almaribe

From Politics & Policy Jan 13

Victorian Man Punished in Saudi Arabia With 75 Lashes Arrives Home

The Victorian man punished in Saudi Arabia with lashing because he insulted the companions of Prophet Mohammed, Islam's holiest figure, arrived home in Melbourne, Australia on Friday.

Phobos Grunt Dec. 28, 2011

From Science Jan 13

Russia's Mars Spacecraft Forecast to Fall into Indian Ocean Jan. 14 to 16

Russia's Mars moon prober, the unmanned Phobos-Grunt, is expected to fall in the Indian Ocean north of Madagascar between Jan. 14 and 16, according to the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

US marines urinating on dead Taliban bodies

From Politics & Policy Jan 13

Video Clip Shows U.S. Marines Urinating On Slain Taliban Fighters

The U.S. military started Wednesday verifying the origin and authenticity of a video clip showing its marines urinating on three slain Taliban fighters.

A pipe bomb

From Law Jan 12

German Teacher Teaches Kids How To Make, Explode Pipe Bombs

Police in Germany are investigating a grade school teacher at a private school in the northern city of Lubeck for teaching his young students how to make pipe bombs and detonating it in front of them to demonstrate its force.

A PET scan to detect adenocarcinoma

From Health Jan 12

Mom Coughs Up Cancerous Throat Tumour

An English mother-of-six has been cured of cancer after coughing up a tumour growing from her throat in October.

Tubing in Laos

From Health Jan 12

Laos Tubing Claims Another Life as Sydney Man Dies in Jump to River

A co-owner of a fitness gym in Sydney, Australia died Tuesday while tubing in the Laotian town of Vang Vieng, where the pastime popular among foreign backpackers is done by sliding from a zip line and then jumping into a river.

A British Airways airplane landing at Heathrow Airport

From Companies Jan 10

British Airways Pilots Get Dizzy Midflight, Land Plane on Oxygen Masks

Two female pilots of a British Airways jet felt dizzy in midflight and were forced to quickly return to London's Heathrow airport for an emergency landing on Dec. 20, according to air accident investigators' report.

Black Nazarene

From Faith & Belief Jan 10

Thousands of ‘Black Jesus’ Devotees Join Manila Procession Amid Bomb Threat

Hundreds of thousands of Catholics joined the feast and annual procession for a black statue of Jesus Christ in central Manila on Monday despite an alleged plot by Muslim terrorists to explode a bomb along the route of the devotees.

Kieu Thi My Dung

From Science Jan 09

American Surgeon Removes Tumors on Vietnamese Man’s Leg, Woman’s Face

American plastic surgeon Dr. McKay McKinnon successfully removed an 82-kilogramme tumour on a Vietnamese man's leg in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday and then removed another large-sized tumour on a woman's face in a separate operation the following day.

Matevz Lenarcic

From Tech Jan 09

Slovenian Starts Solo Round-the-World Flight on Ultra-Light Plane

A Slovenian biologist-environmentalist-photographer-pilot has started a round-the-world solo flight Sunday using an ultra-light plane that consumes small amount of clean unleaded fuel with the aim of promoting the protection of the environment.