Woman microwaves kitten to death
November 25th, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 25 (IANS) A woman microwaved a 10-week-old kitten to death in revenge after its owner reported her abusive partner to the police, a media report said.Mum-of-two Gina Robins, ... Read more...
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Body of drowned Briton taken home
June 29th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 29 (IANS) The body of a 25-year-old British woman, who drowned in Meghalaya's Umkynsan river, has been taken home to Britain Wednesday, police said.Christina Louise Reed was swept ... Read more...
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British man groomed teenaged girls on Facebook for sex
May 28th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 28 (IANS) A 19-year-old Briton has admitted having sex with girls as young as 13 who he groomed on Facebook, police said.Jake Ormerod, from Torquay in Devon, ... Read more...
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Fawlty Towers town tops Britain’s bankruptcy chart
July 25th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 25 (ANI): Brits living near the town of Torquay, where TV comedy Fawlty Towers' lead character Basil Fawlty's hotel was based, have topped the UK's bankruptcy charts.The data compiled ... Read more...
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Fossil helps unravel secrets of baleen whales
December 24th, 2009 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 24 (IANS) A 25 million-year-old fossil found near Torquay in Victoria, Australia has helped researchers unravel the origin of baleen whales.
A new study, conducted by Erich Fitzgerald, palaeobiologist at Museum ... Read more...
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Scientist unlocks secrets to the origin of whales
December 23rd, 2009 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 23 (ANI): A scientist has unlocked the secrets to the origin of baleen whales, thanks to a 25 million year old fossil found near Torquay in Victoria in Australia.The scientist ... Read more...
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Lack of transport leads to campaign for legalisation of Oz city nude beach!
December 16th, 2009 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 16 (ANI): Lack of transport to nude beaches in Australia has left frustrated nudists campaigning for a city beach to be legalised.According to the Herald Sun, Victoria has four nude ... Read more...
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English cave dig may yield clues as to why Neanderthals became extinct
September 14th, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 14 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered teeth and bones from late Ice Age animals, including hyenas, deer and woolly rhinos at a cave in Devon, UK, which may yield clues as ... Read more...
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The shark that jumped out of the sea to kill a kangaroo!
December 11th, 2007 - 4:03 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Dec 11 (ANI): It looks like shark stories have taken a turn now, with a shark coming out of the sea and attacking a kangaroo in Australia.The eyewitness, Daniel Hurst said ... Read more...
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