Body lies in flat for 35 years
14/05/2008 19:21
The mummified corpse of a woman has been found in her flat in Croatia, where she is believed to have been dead for 35 years.
Man lives with corpse for 7 yrs
Woman sleeps with corpse
China revises missing figure
14/05/2008 17:07
China has revised the number of people missing in the quake-hit Sichuan province down to 1 405 from 14 501, blaming the error on a miscommunication.
China warns of burst dams
Finger-pointing as toll climbs
Towns 'flattened' in quake zone
Cyclone toll may top 200 000
14/05/2008 17:08
The number of dead or missing after cyclone Nargis could top 200 000, a British minister citing aid agencies in the country has warned.
Fresh cyclone fears for Myanmar
Myanmar regime 'stealing aid'
Junta 'can handle aid efforts'
Fritzl daughter says thank you
14/05/2008 17:07
Elisabeth Fritzl, who was kept as a sex slave by her father for 24 years, has thanked well-wishers for their support in her first public message.
Elisabeth 'looks 20yrs older'
Fritzl held for another month
Fritzl: I must have been crazy
Curfew imposed in Jaipur
14/05/2008 15:56
Police have imposed a curfew in the city of Jaipur to prevent retaliatory violence after a series of blasts left 80 people dead.
4 questioned over deadly blasts
80 dead in Jaipur blasts
35 dead after Jaipur blasts
China warns of burst dams
14/05/2008 15:53
As the death toll from China's earthquake climbs towards 15 000, officials have warned of calamities downstream from broken rivers and dams strained to bursting point.
Pregnant woman pulled to safety
Finger-pointing as toll climbs
Quake: Full horror emerges
Finger-pointing as toll climbs
14/05/2008 14:08
As more kids were pulled from quake rubble, questions have emerged over whether corruption and shoddy construction were to blame for the heavy toll.
Pregnant woman pulled to safety
Quake: Full horror emerges
Slideshow: Devastation in China
Austrian kills family with axe
14/05/2008 14:08
A 39-year-old Austrian man has confessed to killing his wife, his daughter, his parents and his father-in-law with an axe.
Embarrassed son kills dad
Man 'fed neighbour to pigs'
Woman, 69, kills sister, 80
Polite robber waits his turn
14/05/2008 14:07
A knife-wielding robber waited his turn in a queue before holding up a downtown Sydney post office, police say.
Thief strips, gets into bed
Thief asks for punishment
TV not enough for remote thief
Bush hails enduring alliance
14/05/2008 14:05
US President George W Bush says the United States and Israel have built an enduring alliance to battle "terrorists and tyrants".
Mideast peace 'not impossible'
Roadblocks: Rice presses Israel
Palestinian state 'a priority'
'The future is dark and gloomy'
14/05/2008 14:04
A Myanmar cyclone victim says she is lucky to have survived cyclone Nargis, as she recounts her ordeal.
Fresh cyclone fears for Myanmar
Curfew in Myanmar villages
Body bags sent to Myanmar
Pregnant woman pulled to safety
14/05/2008 13:22
A Chinese woman - eight months pregnant -has been pulled to safety after spending 50 hours trapped under earthquake rubble.
Quake: Full horror emerges
14/05/2008 12:04
Rescuers in China have discovered whole towns all but wiped off the map after a devastating quake, pushing the death toll above 20 000.
Towns 'flattened' in quake zone
19 000 buried under rubble
2 000 tourists missing in China
Fresh cyclone fears for Myanmar
14/05/2008 12:03
The UN has warned that another cyclone could be forming over Myanmar, where up to two million people are still awaiting aid after Cyclone Nargis.
Myanmar regime 'stealing aid'
Junta 'can handle aid efforts'
Curfew in Myanmar villages
Arsonists blamed for US fires
14/05/2008 12:02
Investigators are searching for one or more arsonists behind a string of fires that have destroyed at least 40 homes in Florida.
1 000+ flee California fire
LA fires: classes cancelled
100 hikers flee fire
103-year-old puts out blaze
14/05/2008 12:02
Emergency services in a Swedish town have lauded a 103-year-old woman for acting "according to the rule book" when she put out a fire.
103-year-old nun drowns
Nun, 79, jailed for sex assault
Game craze hits senior citizens
4 questioned over deadly blasts
14/05/2008 09:55
Police have questioned four people in connection with a string of bombings that killed 80 people and left about 200 injured.
80 dead in Jaipur blasts
35 dead after Jaipur blasts
Blasts rock Indian tourist city
Towns 'flattened' in quake zone
14/05/2008 09:50
Some towns near the epicentre of China's earthquake have been "razed to the ground" with no houses left standing, an official says.
19 000 buried under rubble
2 000 tourists missing in China
China earthquake toll climbs
Bush gave up golf over Iraq
14/05/2008 09:49
US President George W Bush has revealed he was disappointed in "flawed intelligence" before the Iraq war and gave up golf out of respect for soldiers.
Al-Qaeda offers US head to Bush
Iraq withdrawal to halt in July
'I want to kill George Bush'
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