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India Warns of Possible Elephant Attacks at Polling Stations

India Warns of Possible Elephant Attacks at Polling Stations

With assembly elections just weeks away in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, the Election Commission of India has enlisted the help of the country’s Forest Department to protect poll-goers from potentially violent disruptions — by elephants. According to The [...]

April 14, 2013 Breaking Fresh
‘Ding Dong! the Witch is Dead’: BBC Responds as Anti-Thatcher Campaign Pushes Song Up the Charts

‘Ding Dong! the Witch is Dead’: BBC Responds as Anti-Thatcher Campaign Pushes Song Up the Charts

Following her death on April 8, the bitter row over Margaret Thatcher’s legacy continues – with a campaign to get the song “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead”, from the movie The Wizard of Oz, to number 1 on the U.K. music charts. [...]

April 12, 2013 Breaking Fresh
A Home for the Really Rich: Singapore Mansion Listed for $242 Million

A Home for the Really Rich: Singapore Mansion Listed for $242 Million

A mansion in the heart of Singapore’s central shopping district has just gone on the market – for the low, low price of $242 million. The 85,000-square-foot site lies just near the city’s Botanic Gardens, next to the city state’s [...]

April 10, 2013 Breaking Fresh
U.K. Retailers Begin Rationing Baby Formula in Response to Chinese Demand

U.K. Retailers Begin Rationing Baby Formula in Response to Chinese Demand

Local supermarkets in the United Kingdom have begun limiting sales on how much baby milk powder can be purchased in-store, in response to fears that the powder is being illegally exported to China. In stores like Tesco and Sainsbury’s, customers will be [...]

April 10, 2013 Breaking Fresh
Even in Death, Margaret Thatcher Divides Britain as Hundreds Celebrate

Even in Death, Margaret Thatcher Divides Britain as Hundreds Celebrate

On April 17, Britain will honor Margaret Thatcher with full military honors, in a ceremonial funeral service attended by the Queen and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh. But within hours of the news that the former Prime Minister had [...]

April 9, 2013 Breaking Fresh
Saudi Arabia Court Orders Criminal to be Surgically Paralyzed

Saudi Arabia Court Orders Criminal to be Surgically Paralyzed

When they say an eye for an eye, they’re not kidding. A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a young man to be paralyzed for stabbing his friend in the back — a crime he committed when he was 14 — [...]

April 9, 2013 Breaking Fresh
Paris Employs Four Sheep to Keep the City’s Grass Mowed

Paris Employs Four Sheep to Keep the City’s Grass Mowed

Instead of using lawn mowers, Paris is moving toward a slightly more environmentally sustainable route to care for its green spaces: by using four large Breton ewes. The four black sheep that now reside just outside the city’s municipal archive [...]

April 9, 2013 Breaking Fresh, France, Paris
Watch This Russian Soldier Crash His Tank into a Lamp Post

Watch This Russian Soldier Crash His Tank into a Lamp Post

A Russian soldier is facing court martial after an allegedly drunken escapade involving a tank and an unlucky lamp post was caught on camera. In the video, featured on the website of the U.K. tabloid The Mirror, a line of tanks [...]

April 9, 2013 Breaking Fresh
Spain Raises Age of Consent for Sex, Marriage

Spain Raises Age of Consent for Sex, Marriage

Until last week, the ages of consent to have sex or marry in Spain were among the lowest in the world: 13 years for sex, 14 years for marriage. (MORE: Florida Woman Finds Religious Imagery on a Goldfish Cracker) But citing [...]

April 9, 2013 Breaking Fresh, Spain
Vladimir Putin Gives Topless Political Protest Two Thumbs Up

Vladimir Putin Gives Topless Political Protest Two Thumbs Up

We’ve grown pretty accustomed to photos of Russian President Vladmir Putin topless, whether he’s nonchalantly riding a horse or casually walking beside a mountain stream. But this time, the shirt is on the other torso. While visiting Hanover, Germany to meet [...]

April 8, 2013 Breaking Fresh