Delhi woman poisoned by husband for giving birth to girl
April 20th, 2012 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman in the capital was allegedly poisoned by her husband as she had given birth to a girl child, police said Friday.Ishak Parveen, ... Read more...
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Mexican doctor criticised for OT photos on Facebook
April 20th, 2012 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 20 (IANS/EFE) The Mexican social media has been buzzing with criticism of an anaesthesiologist who mocked patients by posting humiliating operating room photos on her Facebook ... Read more...
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Dowry demand leads woman to suicide
April 19th, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Anguished by repeated torture by her in-law's family for dowry, a 30-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a mall in ... Read more...
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I was molested as a child: Vanessa Williams
April 18th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 18 (IANS) Singer actress Vanessa Williams has revealed she was sexually abused when she was 10. She says the traumatising experience caused her to become highly sexualised ... Read more...
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Woman, three grand children slaughtered in Rajasthan
April 16th, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) A 60-year-old woman and her three grandchildren, aged between 8 and 13, were found slaughtered in their house in a village on the city's outskirts Monday, ... Read more...
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6 killed, 10 wounded in Iraq attacks
April 16th, 2012 - 3:53 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, April 16 (IANS) At least six people were killed and 10 wounded in separate attacks carried out in different places of Iraq Sunday, said police.In Iraq's northern city of ... Read more...
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British patient kicked to death by horse
April 15th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 15 (IANS) A British hospital patient who was told to take a walk by doctors is thought to have been savagely kicked to death by a horse, Daily ... Read more...
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Woman falls to death in Noida, husband detained
April 14th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, April 14 (IANS) A 29-year-old woman died after falling from the third floor of a residential building in Noida Saturday, police said. Her husband was detained on suspicion that ... Read more...
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Afghan jailed for raping two women in Australia
April 14th, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, April 14 (IANS) An Afghan asylum seeker in Australia, who said he did not understand the concept of consensual sex, has been jailed for nine years for brutally ... Read more...
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Woman branded witch, tortured in Rajasthan
April 13th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman was stripped and tied to an electricity pole after being branded as a witch and tortured with searing hot tongs placed on her ... Read more...
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First swine flu death in Mumbai
April 13th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) Swine flu claimed its first victim in Mumbai as a 23-year-old pregnant woman died in a hospital after she contracted the deadly H1N1 virus, an official ... Read more...
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Chinese families adopt alligators
April 12th, 2012 - 9:39 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 12 (IANS) A group of Chinese families has adopted 20 endangered alligators from a nature reserve in the country's Anhui province.The Yangtze alligator, also known as the Chinese ... Read more...
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Gurgaon shops, brace for ‘girlcott’ onslaught!
April 11th, 2012 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, April 11 (IANS) Enough of slogans and silent candlelight marches. Tired of crimes against women and the administration's attitude, a bunch of women in Gurgaon is about to ... Read more...
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70 percent Chinese have pre-marital sex: Study
April 10th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 10 (IANS) Chinese people are showing an increasingly tolerant attitude toward pre-marital sex, with over 70 percent saying they now getting physical before tying the knot, a survey ... Read more...
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Woman gangraped in Noida, one arrested
April 8th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, April 8 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman was drugged and gangraped by two men in a moving car in Noida and dumped near Kalindi Kunj in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh Police ... Read more...
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First swine flu death in Himachal
April 7th, 2012 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 7 (IANS) A 55-year-old woman, who tested positive for swine flu, died in Shimla Saturday, the first death in Himachal Pradesh this year, a health official said."The victim, ... Read more...
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Boy abducted because of his name
April 5th, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A woman who kidnapped a seven-year-old boy named Ilya Yaropolov in Russia did so because she wanted a child with that name, police said.The boy ... Read more...
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Swine flu reported in Himachal
April 5th, 2012 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 4 (IANS) A 55-year-old woman tested positive for swine flu in Shimla Wednesday, the first case in Himachal Pradesh this year, a health official said here."The victim, a ... Read more...
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US woman, 80, with no training, lands plane
April 3rd, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 3 (IANS) An 80-year-old woman in the US who had never flown before managed to land a small aircraft after her pilot husband passed out at the controls.The ... Read more...
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Woman commits suicide after fight with husband
April 3rd, 2012 - 1:30 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Enraged over her husband's choice of tutor for their daughter, a 39-year-old woman in west Delhi committed suicide, police said Monday.According to police, Tejinder Kaur ... Read more...
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Kashmiri woman stranded in Rajasthan
March 30th, 2012 - 9:49 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 30 IANS) A 45-year-old woman from Jammu and Kashmir has been left stranded in Rajasthan after her mentally challenged son went missing during a visit to the world-famous dargah ... Read more...
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British woman grows cannabis to pay for boob job
March 29th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 29 (IANS) A 23-year-old woman in Britain allowed her house to be turned into a cannabis farm as she desired the money for breast surgery.Kirsty Hartley, who has ... Read more...
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Former Windies batsman Ryan Hinds accused of rape
March 29th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bridgetown (Barbados), March 29 (IANS/CMC) Former Barbados captain Ryan Hinds has been released on bail after appearing in court here Tuesday to face charges of rape.The 31-year-old, who was dropped from ... Read more...
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Goa cop arrested for molesting woman
March 29th, 2012 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 29 (IANS) A Goa police constable is under arrest for allegedly molesting a woman in a drunken state, police said.Azad Ahmed, who applied for bail Thursday in Vasco, ... Read more...
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Woman,47, jailed for sex with teenager
March 28th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 28 (IANS) A 47-year-old woman in Britain has been jailed for 18 months for having sex with a teenager in her offroader.Susan Millman admitted in court about ... Read more...
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Woman, child die after spat
March 28th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 28 (IANS) In a tragic incident, a 23-year-old woman and her two-year-old child burned to death in Tripura after a family quarrel, police said Wednesday.Following a squabble with ... Read more...
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Woman kills hubby, buries him
March 28th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Meerut, March 28 (IANS) A 35-year-old woman, mother of two, was arrested here Wednesday for allegedly killing her drunkard husband and burying him within the house.The woman battered husband Rajender ... Read more...
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Married woman gangraped by six men in Ghaziabad
March 24th, 2012 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), March 24 (IANS) A 28-year-old woman whose husband was away to attend a marriage function was gang raped by six men in Ghaziabad Saturday, police said.The incident ... Read more...
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Nude iPhone photos spark privacy fears in China
March 23rd, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 23 (IANS) Smartphones like iPhones may not be well equipped to protect the owner's privacy as a woman in China found out the hard way.Photos and other data ... Read more...
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Chinese woman seeks husband who won’t have sex
March 21st, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 21 (IANS) A 38-year-old woman who runs a website that promotes virginity is seeking a husband with stringent conditions attached -- no premarital sex and no sex for ... Read more...
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Pune rape, murder convicts get death sentence
March 20th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, March 20 (IANS) A city court Tuesday awarded death sentences to two men convicted in the 2007 rape and murder of a BPO employee, prosecutors said.Investigating officer Rajendra Patil ... Read more...
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Stray dogs kill woman
March 16th, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 25-year-old woman died in hospital of injuries suffered in an attack by stray dogs on the outskirts of Simferopol in Ukraine, police said Friday.The ... Read more...
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Man wanting to fight demons, demands death on camera
March 15th, 2012 - 8:00 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian man took a woman hostage and demanded a lethal injection to die in front of TV cameras in a bid "to fight dark ... Read more...
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Man gets death for rape, murder of 75-year-old
March 13th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Sirsa (Haryana), March 13 (IANS) Over one year after he raped a 75-year-old woman and then strangled her to death, a man was condemned to the gallows by a court ... Read more...
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Pakistani woman hurls acid at man
March 12th, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 12 (IANS) Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned -- a young woman in Pakistan's Punjab province threw acid at a former suitor after he began ignoring ... Read more...
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