Woman is convicted after keeping emaciated 12-year-old boy who weighed just 40 POUNDS locked in a closet after his emotional testimony

• Sharon Glass, 49, found guilty on eight counts of aggravated child abuse
• She abused her boyfriend's son by locking him in a cupboard 
  
  
• The boy, now 14, who…

Cannibal called 'Mad Dog' drags Muslim off bus, sets him alight and eats his leg 'to avenge murder of pregnant wife' as Christian militia rampage in Central African Republic

• The victim was attacked by a militia of around 20 machete-wielding men
• Ouandja Magloire - also known as Mad Dog - reportedly ate part of the…

Stop dog spinning tradition in Bulgaria!

This petition's deadline is March 01, 2014.

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Student, 19, sliced off his own penis after stabbing his mother while high on meow meow and was found hanging out of a window with blood gushing from his groin

• Teenager was believed to have taken mephedrone before the attack
• Mother, 46, called emergency services to the family home in West Sussex
• Both parent and son, 19,…

As U.S. freezes and UK lies under flood water, intense heat wave in Australia cooks 100,000 bats

• Southern Queensland is being gripped by furnace-like temperatures
• At least 25 separate colonies have been reported to be wiped out
• RSPCA says heatwave was a significant hit to the population of…

Syrian rebel leader urges truce as infighting Al-Qaeda factions trigger bloodbath

Published time: January 07, 2014 22:47 

Edited time: January 08, 2014 01:02

A leader of an Al-Qaeda affiliated rebel group in Syria has called for a ceasefire with another Al-Qaeda-inspired movement, after internecine clashes between various Islamist anti-government factions resulted in hundreds of deaths in less…

Canadians experience jolting 'frost quakes' as temperatures plunge

Published time: January 06, 2014 13:36

As temperatures around Toronto and across Ontario drop to -20 Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit), residents are reporting frost quakes that are powerful enough to shake houses and rattle nerves.

Usually found in extreme polar regions, the recent outbreak of frost quakes, known to…

Mexican vigilante gunmen disarm local POLICE so they can rid town of feared Knights Templar drug cartel

• Residents living in fear of violent criminal gangs in south-west Mexico are taking matters into their own hands
• Yesterday 600 vigilantes seized control of town of Paracuaro in Michoacan state in bloody battle that left one…

‘Polar vortex’ to hit US Midwest and Northeast with record freezing temperatures

Rescue saga: US ship heads to free two trapped icebreakers in Antarctic

It was New Year's Eve, but that didn't stop observer Richard Kowalski from…

Police testing surveillance drones in Oslo

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Indonesia volcano Mt Sinabung in fresh eruptions

31 December 2013 Last updated at 04:57 GMT

An active volcano in western Indonesia has let out a series of fresh eruptions, forcing around 19,000 people to flee their homes, officials say.

Mt…

Love DOES make us warm inside while disgust turns our stomach: Graphic reveals how emotions cause real physical symptoms

• A study found that different emotions affect the body in different ways yet these effects are the same across cultures
  
  
• Love is felt right down to the toes and happiness suffuses the whole body
• Angry people are more aware of their head and arms - this could be because they…

Oil rail cars ablaze after North Dakota train collision

Special Report: Japan's homeless recruited for murky Fukushima clean-up

Second suicide bomber in Russia's Volgograd kills 14 on bus

High but not dry: Dolphins filmed chewing toxic puffer fish 'to enjoy narcotic-like effects'

• The footage features in TV series Dolphins: Spy in the Pod
• The series uses several cameras disguised as sea creatures to film dolphins
• The mammals were filmed in a trance-like state after eating puffer fish
  
  

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'His skin is shedding like a snake's - he's in agony': Boy, 7, suffers horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication

• Oakley Orange was diagnosed with epilepsy and given medication
• But 12 days later he got a headache, cold and developed a rash
• His entire body burst into blisters before his hair and finger…

How America uses uranium from Russian Cold War nuclear warheads to heat millions of homes

• In the last two decades 10 per cent of US electricity was fueled by the decommissioned Russian warheads
• The Megatons-to-Megawatts programme was agreed in 1993 and has seen 500 tonnes of old warheads converted into electricity
• Around…