On 18 March 2011, I bought a copy of the Daily Star newspaper. A photo in the bottom right-hand corner caught my eye at first and then the paper's headline. The photo showed two small children sitting on a railway line, warmly dressed against the cold with the little girl at least holding a school satchel on her back.
Assisted suicide case for locked-in syndrome sufferer will proceed to full hearing where medical evidence can be heard.
Mount Sterling unpoliced as three officers suspended in probe into Tasering of nine-year-old truant boy.
A mass grave discovered in Southern Mexico with the remains of 167 people is found to be a 1,300-year-old ancient burial ground
Government to guarantee 95% of mortage to give people leg up property ladder.
The film shows the brutalities committed by the Sri Lankan forces in its war against Tamil rebels.
Secret police documents revealed by the Independent have disclosed allegations of corruption
Poll highlights devastating scale of sexual violence against women in Britain.
Barack Obama invites Cameron to watch basketball final aboard iconic presidential jet
A 7-year-old girl, Wakana Kumagai, revisits the spot where her house used to and her father died.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reiterated his resolve to rebuild Japan in the shortest possible duration.
Iraq youths have been stoned to death for their Emo haircuts and wearing stylish clothes by extremists in Baghdad.
BBC is working to make all its shows available as download-to-own (DTO) at prices ranging from £1.89 per show, under a scheme called Project Barcelona
On 11 March, 2012, the first email attachment successfully being sent via the Internet celebrates it's 20th anniversary.
Ex-boyfriend Clifford Mills stalked 49-year-old online before stabbing her to death.
The race aims to defend the right of cyclists to ride on the streets in safety.
The government is likely to argue that Christians do not have the right to wear the cross at work.
A US soldier has reportedly killed at least three civilians and injured several others, in the southern province of Kandahar in Afganistan
Uncontrolled use of CCTV surveillance risks people's privacy, according to an NGO.
Tibetans around the world commemorated the 53rd Tibetan Uprising Day, to mark a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959
The devastating tsunami set off a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima and forced the nation to live in radiation fear.
Japan has once again shown that it can bounce back after a natural disaster.
Police attributed the attack to the Somali Islamist group al-Shebab, but nobody has claimed responsibility.
Women detect snakes and other potentially dangerous stimuli more quickly during the latter phase of their menstrual cycle.
Researchers have discovered that a common heart disease pill does not only lower blood pressure but also reduces racial feeling.
Researchers have mapped the entire debris field of the Titanic, using underwater robots
The 10-day meeting of China's National People's Congress discusses different pieces of legislation and amendments.
This is the worst flare-up in the region in recent times.
Kiribati is buying nine square miles of land on Fiji to relocate its population.
Foreign Secretary William Hague explained that there was only limited opportunity to free the hostages whose lives were in danger.