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‘Justified’ homicides up 25 percent since states passed Stand Your Ground laws
Rising numbers of civilian justifiable homicides across the US are closely linked to states with both weak gun controls and stand-your-ground laws, according to a Guardian analysis of FBI and other data, which show a 25% increase in such killings since the controversial self-defence laws started being introduced around 2005.…
Congressional commission: U.S. underestimates China’s military strength
The United States has underestimated the growth of China’s military as policymakers have taken public statements at face value or failed to understand Beijing’s thinking, a study said Thursday. The report prepared for the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said the United States had a mixed record on predicting…
British gangster on the lam since last July nabbed in Amsterdam
Dutch police have recaptured one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives after a late-night raid on a luxury Amsterdam apartment, detectives in the Netherlands and Britain said Thursday. A specialist squad pounced on the plush penthouse in Amsterdam-Zuidoost in the southeast of the city and arrested 26-year-old Kirk Bradley at 11:30pm…
Court reinstates Viacom copyright lawsuit against YouTube
A US appeals court on Thursday revived a billion-dollar lawsuit filed by entertainment giant Viacom accusing Google-owned website YouTube of knowingly profiting from pirated video clips. The judge handling the appeal reversed a lower court’s decision two years ago to toss out the case, saying that “a reasonable jury could…
TEPCO admits radioactive water recently ‘leaked’ into the Pacific from Fukushima
About 12 tonnes of radioactive water has leaked at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, with the facility’s operator saying Thursday that some may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the leak was found early Thursday from a pipe attached to a temporary decontamination…
Bangladeshi matchmaker celebrates 40 years in the business
Kazi Ashraf Hossain’s work colleagues always told him he had a talent for getting couples together, so when he was forced to quit his job as a crane operator, he set up as a matchmaker. Nearly 40 years later, Hossain — known by his nickname “Pakhi Bhai” (Bird Brother) —…
British pandas dry-hump but fail to complete coitus in fertility window
Britain’s only giant pandas failed to mate during their 36-hour window of opportunity, Edinburgh Zoo said Thursday. It was “close, but no cigar”, the zoo said, after Yang Guang (Sunshine) mounted female panda Tian Tian (Sweetie) several times, without full mating taking place. The pandas are spending 10 years on…
Half of Vietnamese companies admit they ‘bribe officials’
Nearly 50 percent of Vietnamese companies admit to bribing officials in order to bid on contracts, a new survey shows, but experts say the real figure could be far higher. About 80 percent of businesses in the communist country reported that corruption had hurt their operations, according to a Vietnam…
Uterine cancer deaths up almost 20 percent in 10 years in UK
The number of women in Britain dying each year from womb cancer has risen by almost 18 percent in the last decade, according to a cancer charity. Cancer Research UK said rising obesity was likely to be behind a sharp increase in women being diagnosed with the disease and had…
East German fashion designer who fled West returns with stunning vintage collection
When Josefine Edle von Krepl fled East Berlin just before the Wall fell in 1989, she managed to save her vast hoard of vintage clothing by wrapping her china and glassware in it. The fashion designer, journalist and mother-of-two was allowed to take many of her belongings with her to…
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