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Irish prime minister gets letters written in blood as bill seeks greater abortion access
Ireland published a draft new abortion bill on Thursday after Prime Minister Enda Kenny said he had received plastic foetuses and letters written in blood claiming he is a murderer. The parliamentary bill was published ahead of the release later in the day of a long-awaited report into why an…
Sweden to ban bestiality which was previously legal for some reason
Sweden will next year introduce a total ban on bestiality, which until now has only been illegal if cruelty to the animal could be proven, the government said Thursday. “The government is now tightening the rules surrounding bestiality so there will be no doubt about the fact that it is…
UN: Children being used as human shields in Syrian war
Children are being used as sniper targets and human shields in the Syria war, the United Nations said Wednesday, in a report that added Mali to its child soldier list of shame. UN leader Ban Ki-moon said in the report the 26-month-old war in Syria is taking an “unacceptable and…
China skirts Snowdon’s claims the U.S. is spying on China
By Ben Blanchard and Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING (Reuters) – China refused to be drawn on Thursday on revelations of U.S. electronic surveillance and on the American in Hong Kong who leaked the information, and a senior source said Beijing does not want to jeopardize recently improved ties with Washington.…
U.K. child obesity hospital admissions soar
The number of children admitted to hospital for obesity-related problems in England and Wales quadrupled over a ten-year period, new research showed Thursday. Admissions rocketed to 3,806 youngsters in 2009 from 872 in 2000, a study by Imperial College in London has discovered, with teenage girls accounting for the biggest…
Fake fingers help ex-yakuza lead lawful life
Going straight after a lifetime spent as a member of Japan’s feared yakuza organised crime mobs poses a number of challenges. Chief among them is what to do about the fingers you chopped off. For one reformed wise guy, the answer lay in thousands of dollars’ worth of prosthetics crafted…
Art Basel takes art world by storm
With private jets filling the air and lines of luxury limousines on the ready, deep-pocketed collectors from around the world have flocked to Switzerland this week for Art Basel, the biggest contemporary art fair on the planet. The 44th edition of the show opens to the public on Thursday, but…
Pennsylvania girl gets lung transplant after political firestorm
A 10-year-old American girl whose dire need for a lung transplant catapulted her into the political spotlight underwent potentially life-saving surgery after a donor was found. “We are thrilled to share that Sarah is out of surgery. Her doctors are very pleased with both her progress during the procedure and…
Australian prime minister and Arnold Schwarzenegger join forces to fight climate change
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard joined forces with former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to urge global action on climate change, saying politics must be put aside. The unlikely pair met in Perth on Thursday and jointly penned an opinion piece that ran in News Limited newspapers. “We know climate change…
Swiss upper house approves secretive deal with U.S. on tax evasion
Switzerland’s upper house of parliament voted Wednesday in favour of a secretive deal between Bern and Washington to settle a legal battle over Swiss banks’ alleged complicity in tax evasion by Americans. Twenty-four members of the Council of States voted in favour of the so-called “Lex USA” deal, while 15…
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