Fugitive Chinese who killed nine shot dead (Lead)
August 14th, 2012 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 14 (IANS) A fugitive who killed nine people during armed robberies since 2004 was shot dead in southwest China Tuesday, police said.Zhou was killed by police in Chongqing ... Read more...
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Chinese serial killer shot dead
August 14th, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 14 (IANS) A fugitive gunman who is suspected of killing nine in armed robberies since 2004 was shot dead Tuesday in southwest China's Chongqing area, police said.Zhou, described ... Read more...
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China hunts for serial killer
August 13th, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 13 (IANS) China has launched a manhunt for a serial killer who has murdered as many as nine people, a media report said.The search is on in Chongqing ... Read more...
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‘Chuck’ star joins ‘Dexter’
June 14th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) “Chuck“ actress Yvonne Strahovski will join the serial-killer drama “Dexter” for its seventh season. She will play the role of Hannah McKay in a multi-episode story ... Read more...
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43 women go missing on Canadian highway in 30 years
June 10th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 10 (IANS) Mystery surrounds one of the remotest stretches of highway in Canada after nearly 50 women have gone missing in past 30 years, it was reported here.Many ... Read more...
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Canadian killer warned British tabloid in email sent from Holland
June 2nd, 2012 - 3:42 am ICT by BNO News
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (BNO NEWS) -- A Canadian man suspected of killing a man and mailing parts of his victim's body to the headquarters of political parties in Ottawa is believed to have ... Read more...
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Serial killer arrested in China
May 27th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 27 (IANS) A man who killed 11 people in China has been arrested, authorities said Sunday.DNA evidence shows Zhang Yongming was behind the murders, the public security ministry ... Read more...
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Serial killer faces trial in Moscow
May 23rd, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian man is set to go on trial accused of killing at least eight women in a series of murders and rapes in various ... Read more...
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Allen Poe darkest role ever: John Cusack (With Image)
May 17th, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, May 17 (IANS) John Cusack will be seen playing multi-faceted writer Edgar Allan Poe, known for inventing the detective genre, in his forthcoming movie "The Raven". The actor ... Read more...
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Two Pakistanis killed four women, sliced their bodies (Lead)
April 24th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) A rickshaw driver in Pakistan's Karachi city and his aide have been arrested for killing four women and a six-year-old child and then slicing their bodies ... Read more...
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Two Pakistanis held for killing women, cutting up bodies
April 24th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) Two men have been arrested for killing four women and then slicing their bodies into pieces in Pakistan's Karachi city, police said.The serial killer and his ... Read more...
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Cannibal arrested in Russia
March 26th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian police have arrested an alleged serial killer on charges of murder and cannibalism.A regional court in Penza had previously charged a disabled man, Alexander ... Read more...
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Aniston’s first impression of Theroux
March 15th, 2012 - 7:53 am ICT by IANS
London, March 15 (IANS) When Jennifer Aniston first came across her current beau Justin Theroux she thought he could be a serial killer."I thought, he's always so sweet, very ... Read more...
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Therouz looked like serial killer to Aniston
February 22nd, 2012 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 22 (IANS) Actress Jennifer Aniston admits that her actor boyfriend Justin Theroux reminded her of a serial killer when they first met.The 43-year-old says Theroux's dark ... Read more...
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Moscow serial killer gets life for 16 murders
January 30th, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Moscow City Court has handed down a life sentence to 32-year-old Vladimir Mirgorod for killing at least 16 people in Moscow between 2002 and ... Read more...
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Kamal Haasan wants SRK for Menon’s remake
January 24th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 24 (IANS) If Kamal Haasan had his way, superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be the only actor to step into his shoes for the Hindi remake of ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh serial killer admits to seven killings
January 23rd, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 23 (IANS) A 35-year-old serial killer who was arrested late last week in Raipur, has admitted to killing seven persons, including his wife and father, a police officer ... Read more...
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Protest in Mumbai over toddler’s murder
January 19th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) Over 100 women from a slum in south Mumbai Thursday demonstrated outside two police stations after a three-and-half-year-old girl from the area was found murdered, police ... Read more...
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Italian male movie star to change sex
November 24th, 2011 - 10:00 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 24 (IANS/AKI) Italian actor Giuseppe Schisano says he will soon change his sex and be called "Vittoria".
"My soul is one of a woman. I feel more normal," ... Read more...
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Vanessa Hudgens to star in serial killer movie
September 13th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Hollywood, Sept 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Vanessa Hudgens has penned a deal to appear in the serial killer movie “Frozen Ground.” The movie follows the life of the Alaskan man who murdered several ... Read more...
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US serial killer gets death penalty
August 13th, 2011 - 4:03 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 13 (IANS) A man who killed 11 women and dumped their remains around his house in the US state of Ohio was Friday sentenced to death, BBC reported.Anthony ... Read more...
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Celebrity chef wants to dish up Sobhraj film (With Images)
August 7th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 7 (IANS) He once wowed India with a TV show where he rolled out French cuisine with a flourish. Now celebrity chef Alain Andre is seeking to ... Read more...
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Serial kisser tag irritating: Emraan Hashmi (Film Snippets)
June 15th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 15 (IANS) Emraan Hashmi rose to fame not only through his acting but also his lip lock scenes with almost every actress opposite him in his film ... Read more...
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Goa serial killer sentenced to life
June 10th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 10 (IANS) A Goa court Friday sentenced serial killer Mahanand Naik to life imprisonment for murdering a 32-year-old woman four years back.Naik, 40, is being tried for killing ... Read more...
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Death warrant sends Koli in search of mercy
May 9th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, May 9 (IANS) Surender Koli, a businessman's domestic help sentenced to death for murdering Rimpa Haldhar from Noida's Nithari village, has filed a mercy plea before President Pratibha ... Read more...
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Left-handed people more fearful
May 1st, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 1 (IANS) Left-handed people are more affected by fear than their right-handed counterparts, a study says.
Psychologists found that people who watched an eight minute clip from a ... Read more...
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Jack the Ripper was a German sailor, ex-UK detective claims
April 17th, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr. 17 (ANI): Jack the Ripper was probably a German merchant seaman named Carl Feigenbaum. This is a theory proposed by former English murder squad detective Trevor Marriott.Speaking in an ... Read more...
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Police: No link found between New Jersey murders and New York serial killer
April 14th, 2011 - 1:20 am ICT by BNO News
SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Police in New York state have so far found no evidence to link the murders of four prostitutes in New Jersey in 2006 to the ... Read more...
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Is there a serial killer in Long Island after discovery of eight bodies?
April 5th, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Long Island, April 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Residents and investigators in Long Island are contemplating the gloomy prospect that there may be a serial killer on the loose after they discovered three bodies. ... Read more...
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Police find more victims of suspected Long Island serial killer
April 5th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by BNO News
SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Three more victims of a suspected serial killer were found along a remote beach in Long Island, New York on Monday, raising the number of ... Read more...
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Serial killer arrested in Ahmedabad
March 5th, 2011 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, March 4 (IANS) The chance questioning of a man driving an auto-rickshaw has led to the arrest of a serial killer who has murdered four people in Ahmedabad for ... Read more...
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Pandher has some explanation to do: Apex court
February 15th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday confirmed the death penalty awarded to Nithari serial killer Surendra Koli and indicated that his employer and businessman Moninder Singh Pandher, in whose ... Read more...
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Nithari killings: Apex court sends Koli to the gallows (Third Lead)
February 15th, 2011 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld Nithari serial killer Surendra Koli's death sentence and said "no mercy" can be shown to him for the horrifying and gruesome crime."The ... Read more...
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Nithari killings: Apex court upholds Koli’s death sentence (Lead)
February 15th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld Nithari serial killer Surendra Koli's death sentence, describing his crime as horrifying and gruesome.The court noted that Koli, after alluring the female ... Read more...
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Goa lawyers strike work for second day
February 11th, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 11 (IANS) Goa lawyers continued their agitation against the suspension of a district judge for the second day, with more lawyers striking work Friday. Lawyers from South Goa district ... Read more...
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