Two teenage girls found guilty of brutal 'Snapchat murder'
Leeds Crown Court heard that the girls, aged 13 and 14 at the time of the murder, inflicted more than 100 injuries, including 80 to the face of Angela Wrightson, 39, in December 2014. On the day of the attack, the girls, who cannot be named, let themselves into Ms Wrightson’s home and asked if she could go to the shop for them, the BBC reported. The court was told the girls had previously visited Ms Wrightson, who was believed to have had an alcohol problem, on several occasions because she wou..>> view originalCruz crushes Trump as Sanders beats Clinton in Wisconsin primaries
Ted Cruz raised fresh hope of forcing Donald Trump to a contested party convention on Tuesday, beating the Republican frontrunner in a Wisconsin primary amid signs his brash campaign style may finally be turning off GOP voters. Cruz was projected by the Associated Press to have won the important midwest showdown just over half an hour after polls closed at 8pm CDT. As the scale of his victory across the state became clearer, the Texas conservative was estimated to have won at least 33 of the 42..>> view originalAt $51.3 bn, Indian Defence Expenditure World's 6th Highest
NEW DELHI: India jumped to the sixth spot in defence spending in 2015 at $51.3 billion, an increase of 0.4 per cent from the previous year. A report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Tuesday noted that India planned to increase military expenditure by about 8 per cent in 2016. Major defence deals, including 36 Rafale fighter jets from France, Howitzers artillery guns and attack helicopters, are lined up for acquisitions by the Ministry of Defence.The re..>> view originalChina's Tricky Edward Snowden Moment
Beijing’s embarrassment of riches is the worst kept secret in the most populous nation. Try as it may to scrub cyberspace of reports of the millions - or billions - of dollars amassed by modestly-paid public servants, China’s masses know where the...>> view original'Hello. This is John Doe'
The leakier was careful to protect their identity. Picture iStock.“HELLO. This is John Doe. Interested in data? I’m happy to share.”Those are the four sentences that led to the biggest data leak in history that has implicated 12 leaders and led to mass protests and investigations from Iceland to the UK and New Zealand.On Monday, the world was rocked by revelations from more than 11 million files leaked from law firm Mossack Fonesca proving the financial dealings of everyone from drug lords to pa..>> view originalUS Marine Corps dog Lucca given 'highest award' for military animals after service in Afghanistan
US Marine Corps dog Lucca given 'highest award' for military animals after service in Afghanistan Posted April 06, 2016 08:17:34 Lucca, a retired US Marine Corps dog, has been given the "highest award any animal can achieve while serving in military conflict" by a UK veterinary charity, after losing her leg in 2012 while taking part in missions in Afghanistan.The 12-year-old German shepherd was given the Dickin Medal in London by PDSA after she took part in over 400 m..>> view originalChina says business spats with Myanmar can be resolved
BEIJING: China is confident it can resolve business disagreements with Myanmar through friendly talks, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said after meeting his counterpart Aung San Suu Kyi, amid pressure from China to resume a stalled US$3.6-billion (2.54 billion pounds) dam project.The talks with Wang in the Myanmar capital of Naypyitaw were Suu Kyi's first official meeting since her appointment as foreign minister.Last month, China said it would push Myanmar's new government to resume the controversial..>> view originalAmnesty death penalty report: The secret China won't share with the world
China has been criticised over its lack of transparency when it comes to the death penalty.ASIAN nations are continuing to put thousands of people to their deaths every year.Yet while the rest of the world is abolishing the death penalty, China and North Korea refuse to reveal how many people it executes each year.China claims its figures are a state secret while North Korea remains uncooperative with human rights organisations.Information surrounding its figures remain so tight that the world c..>> view originalPanama Papers: Could Pirate Party 'poetician' Birgitta Jonsdottir be Iceland's next PM?
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Birgitta Jonsdottir campaign video Ex Mullumbimby and Melbourne resident Birgitta Jonsdottir publishes a video promoting her Pirate Party election platform in Iceland. PT1M21S 620 349 London: Birgitta Jonsdottir, ex Mullumbimby and Melbourne resident, former colleague of Julian Assange, now official 'poetician' for Iceland's Pirate Party, admits with some surprise that she might be her country's next prime minister."Statistically, that's very pos..>> view originalQuantum Break launch day, God Of War 4's Kratos, and Dark Souls invaders
It’s nice to see a positive response to the weekend Reader’s Feature about invasions in Dark Souls, but I would like to offer my own dissenting opinion. I didn’t have as much as a problem with invasions in Dark Souls as I did in Dark Souls II – particularly at the dragon sanctuary leading up to the ancient dragon, or in the hall in Drangleic Castle. I couldn’t do much about the latter, often getting destroyed by five ruin sentinels, eight animate statues, and whomever decided to annoy me at tha..>> view original
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
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