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Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis stage rally protesting military draft
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protested in Jerusalem on Thursday against any plans to make them undergo military service, a police spokesman said. “At least 15,000 haredim (ultra-Orthodox) gathered outside the army recruiting office in Jerusalem,” the spokesman said. He said the demonstrators threw stones and “other objects” at security personnel,…
Brazilian dentist burned to death in her home by robbers who stole $15
A dentist died in her suburban Sao Paulo office after three robbers set her alight with alcohol because they could steal only $15 from her, a police spokesman said Friday. The spokesman told AFP that three assailants burst into the office of 46-year-old Cinthya Magaly Moutinho de Souza Thursday and…
Indonesian mother kills son over ‘small penis’
An Indonesian woman drowned her nine-year-old son in the bath, claiming she was worried that his “small penis” would affect his prospects for the future, a police spokesman said Thursday. The 38-year-old woman from the capital Jakarta told police her son had had a small penis prior to being circumcised,…
Body of chopped up woman discovered in New York
A man walking his dog discovered a woman’s body chopped up and placed in several bags near Yankee Stadium in New York on Tuesday, police said. They were walking in the Bronx neighborhood when they came across “several body parts — torso, head, legs, hands, feet,” a police spokesman told…
Tourist with lost memory puzzles Austrian police
Austrian police have made an appeal to the public for help over a tourist thought to be German languishing in the country for the past seven weeks who has lost his memory and has no identification papers. All police know is that the man arrived in the German town of…
Three women killed in Madrid Halloween stampede
Three young women were crushed to death in a stampede at a Halloween celebration in Madrid apparently sparked when a partygoer threw a firework, police said Thursday. “Three victims were trampled to death and two others were injured,” a police spokesman told AFP. The disaster struck some time before 4…
Hands matching severed head, foot found in Canada
Canadian police on Friday discovered a pair of severed hands, after earlier this week finding a head and foot from what is believed to be a woman’s dismembered body in a Toronto area river. “We believe they all belong to the same person,” a police spokesman told AFP, adding the…
Facebook user arrested over hacking threat
Hong Kong police said on Sunday they had arrested a 21-year-old man after he reportedly said on social networking site Facebook that he would hack several government websites. Police said the man, who was later released on bail, was held on suspicion of “access to a computer with criminal or…
Woman bites off mugger’s finger in Japan
A mugger who attacked a woman in Japan fled empty-handed — and with one finger missing — after the intended victim chomped off his pinkie. The 59-year-old woman fought back after a man snatched her bag as she arrived at her apartment in the northern city of Sapporo, police said Tuesday. The…
Police kill hostage-taker at S.African hospital
Police snipers shot dead a 30-year-old man who had taken two women hostage inside a Durban hospital Friday, ending a nearly five-hour standoff, a spokesman said. “The suspect was shot by police snipers in the head. He has succumbed to his wounds,” police spokesman Jay Naicker told reporters outside Westville Hospital. Police believe the man…
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