Woman jailed for throwing daughter from third floor
August 21st, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 21 (IANS) A woman in Russia has been jailed for throwing her three-year-old daughter from the third floor balcony because she broke a record player, RIA Novosti reported ... Read more...
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Amy Winehouse’s life-size statue to be put up in Camden
June 8th, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Camden, June 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Amy Winehouse is dead but her legacy and her music lives on. There are plans afoot to be put up her life-sized statue in Camden.The exact place ... Read more...
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Winehouse’s life-size statue in Camden?
June 8th, 2012 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 8 (IANS) There are plans to put up a life-size bronze statue of late singer Amy Winehouse at the Roundhouse concert hall, near her home in Camden, ... Read more...
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Delhi policeman falls to death
May 23rd, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) A 43-year-old Delhi Police head constable died of head injuries after falling from the second floor balcony of the police barracks in south Delhi, police ... Read more...
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Jobless Italian throws kids from balcony, kills self
May 21st, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 21 (IANS) A 49-year-old Italian threw his 14-month-old son and four-year-old daughter to their deaths from their sixth-floor balcony and then leaped from it himself in despair after ... Read more...
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Drunk held for gas blast threat
March 24th, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A heavily drunk man in Moscow was detained for threatening to blow up his block of flats by igniting domestic gas. He was arrested after ... Read more...
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Ukraine protesters face jail for insulting Indian flag (Lead)
February 18th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, Feb 18 (IANS) Women protesters who climbed topless onto the balcony of the Indian ambassador's residence in Kiev and tore down the national flag may be jailed, police said.Activists ... Read more...
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Ukrainian girls may be jailed for insulting Indian flag
February 18th, 2012 - 6:19 am ICT by IANS
Kiev, Feb 18 (IANS) A group of Ukrainian topless protesters may face jail term up to four years for climbing onto the balcony of the Indian ambassador in Kiev and ... Read more...
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Uphaar tragedy: Court seeks file on Amod Kanth (Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday called for a file on former Delhi police officer Amod Kanth while hearing a plea seeking sanction to prosecute him ... Read more...
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Lohan’s dad again in trouble
October 28th, 2011 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 28 (IANS) Actress Lindsay Lohan's dad Michael was back in custody for allegedly trying to contact his ex-girlfriend Kate Major just hours after he was released on ... Read more...
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Uphaar victims seek sanction to prosecute Amodh Kanth
August 26th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The families of those killed in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy Friday approached the Delhi High Court seeking direction to the government to grant ... Read more...
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Gotcha! Woman catches toddler who fell from fourth floor
April 22nd, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 22 (IANS) A woman managed to catch a baby girl who fell from a fourth-floor balcony of a hotel in the US. The baby didn't even suffer a ... Read more...
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95-year-old Italian film director leaps to his death
December 1st, 2010 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Dec 1 (IANS/AKI) Mario Monicelli, a celebrated Italian film director, took his own life by leaping from the fifth-floor balcony of a Rome hospital where he was being treated for ... Read more...
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British tourist’s body found in Nepal lake
October 21st, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 21 (IANS) Three days after a British tourist fell into a Nepal lake from his boat, police Thursday managed to find his body.Graeme Budge, who had flown to ... Read more...
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Turkish boy, 3, survives after 35ft fall
August 1st, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 01 (ANI): In a miraculous incident, a 3-year-old Turkish boy plunged 35 feet from a third-floor balcony and survived.Bayram Altinkaya landed on a pile of plastic pipes.His mother Tugba ... Read more...
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American boy, 4, survives falling off 17th floor balcony!
June 7th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 7 (ANI): A four-year-old American boy had a miraculous escape after he fell from a 17th floor hotel balcony, bounced off palm tress and landed on the ground receiving only ... Read more...
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Tipsy Chelsea partygoer survives impaling head on fence after balcony fall!
May 31st, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 31 (ANI): A tipsy partygoer, whose head was impaled by a fence after he fell off a balcony at a Chelsea party, has managed to survive.A source revealed ... Read more...
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Notre Dame Recruit Matt James Dies After Falling From Balcony
April 4th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Panama City, Apr 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Notre Dame Football recruit Matt James passed away last Friday as he fell off the third floor balcony of a Mexico beachfront hotel in ... Read more...
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Taiwan burglar escapes after leaping from sixth floor
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:32 am ICT by IANS
Taipei, March 22 (DPA) A burglar remained at large Monday after fleeing from a Taipei apartment after jumping from the sixth-floor balcony and landing on a parked car.
"We are still searching for ... Read more...
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‘Scared’ Ashley Cole ‘resorts to smoking over Cheryl’s tell-all interview’
March 8th, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 8 (ANI): Troubled Ashley Cole was recently spotted enjoying a secret fag in his sports injury clinic amid fears estranged wife Cheryl is set to tell all in a ... Read more...
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Dead actor’s dad loses faith in British justice
December 14th, 2009 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 14 (ANI): The father of actor Mark Blanco, who died under mysterious circumstances after a tiff with rocker Pete Doherty at a bash, says has lost faith in Britain.Toni ... Read more...
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Palin’s ‘tomato-attacker’ arrested in Minnesota
December 8th, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec. 8 (ANI): A man, who threw tomatoes at former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin during a book- signing event, has been arrested.The unidentified man targeted Palin with two tomatoes ... Read more...
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Drunk Russian survives five-storey fall - twice!
November 14th, 2009 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 14 (ANI): A drunk Russian man decided to end it all by jumping from a fifth floor balcony, but when the first attempt did not work, he went for a ... Read more...
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Upset over son’s illness, woman kills daughter, commits suicide (Lead)
June 15th, 2009 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Upset over being told that her TB-stricken son had only a few days left to live, a 38-year-old woman strangulated her 12-year-old daughter, set herself ablaze and ... Read more...
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Cat unhurt despite 15th-floor fall!
January 25th, 2009 - 11:05 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): A cat, which fell from his master''s 15th-floor balcony in Qingdao, Shandong province, has survived unscathed.The cat, which had been found wandering the streets several months ... Read more...
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Now, blue car-shaped UFO hoons over Australia
January 18th, 2009 - 12:14 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 18 (ANI): In yet another incident of UFO sightings, a mysterious blue car-shaped UFO has been spotted flying across the sky over northern Australia.Amateur photographer Mark Schmutter, who claims ... Read more...
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Ex face if Asia model ”had suffered miscarriage”
December 29th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, 29 (ANI): A family member of the former Face of Asia model, who plunged 150ft to her death, has claimed that she suffered a miscarriage after learning that her lover ... Read more...
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Virginia man reserves a million dollars worth of accommodation for Inauguration Week
December 6th, 2008 - 11:23 am ICT by ANI
Virginia (US), Dec.6 (ANI): A Virginia businessman, Earl Stafford, has reserved a million dollars worth of rooms at Washington''s JW Marriott Hotel and plans to give the rooms away to the ... Read more...
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Robbers push woman to death from third floor
February 22nd, 2008 - 12:17 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) A woman in a West Bengal town was pushed to death from a third-floor balcony by robbers who went on looting the house as the victim's terrified husband ... Read more...
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