Police chief fired after video shows his staff 'forcing mentally disabled teenager to eat cinnamon as part of cruel prank'

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 1:21 AM on 22nd February 2012

A police chief and four of his staff have been fired after…

Eleven men 'plied girls of 13 with drink and drugs to use them for sex'

• One girl claimed her phone number was passed around the men who then exploited her for sex
• One girl, 13, became pregnant and had to have the child aborted
• Another said she was raped by two men while she was so drunk she vomited over the side of the…

Riot police beat students in Spain protest: witnesses

Slain soldier's dad burns NJ flag to protest Houston tribute

Stunning image: The 90-mile-wide whirlpool, spotted off the coast of South Africa by Nasa's Terra satellite, looks deadly but it more likely to create life by lifting nutrients from the ocean floor

Satellite captures enormous 90-mile-wide storm that's UNDERWATER

By…

Two rapists jailed for just 40 months each because a judge said their 11-year-old victim was 'willing'

By Richard Hartley-parkinson

Last updated at 3:14 PM on 21st February 2012

Two men have been jailed for just 40 months each for raping an…

Never Forget Your Keys, Phone or Lipstick Ever Again

ScienceDaily (Feb. 20, 2012) — RFID tags are becoming ubiquitous, shops, warehouses, libraries and others use them for stock and inventory control and to reduce the risk of theft. Now, a team in Dubai has developed the concept of an IPURSE, a mobile platform that keeps track of tiny RFID tags you stick to or insert into your personal…

Iraqi gunmen afoot to join Syrian insurgency (PHOTOS)

Published: 20 February, 2012, 14:07

http://rt.com/news/iraq-gunmen-syria-insurgency-741/

Strait partners: Iran and Oman to carry out joint naval exercises

Test tube burgers could hit kitchens this year after scientists create meat with taste of quarter-pounder

• Prototype burger will cost £220,000 to produce

By Fiona Macrae Science Correspondent

Last updated at…

• Published 07:30 19.02.12
• Latest update 14:33 19.02.12

Child sex-abuse scandal in Australia's Jewish community spills into U.S.

Members of the Australian Jewish community say suspected child molesters ended up in the United States after community leaders failed to report them to law-enforcement authorities.…

Man eats handfuls of snow to survive two-month ordeal in his car in sub-zero conditions

By Allan Hall

Last updated at 3:36 PM on 19th February 2012

A Swedish man has been pulled barely alive from his snow-covered car surviving on nothing but snow for two months…

America's nuclear guinea pigs: Astonishing film that shows how Marines were used to test atomic weapons

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 4:14 AM on 19th February 2012

They were the nuclear guinea pigs of the Cold War.…

Well it has been a whole month! Just weeks after 17-day Hawaii vacation Michelle hits the slopes with daughters on Aspen ski trip

By Hannah Roberts

Last updated at 6:46 AM on 19th February 2012

With the economy on its knees, many American families have had to…

Ron Paul says U.S. is turning into a 'fascist system' dominated by government and businesses

By Associated Press

Last updated at 7:02 AM on 19th February 2012

Ron Paul has warned the U.S. is 'slipping into a fascist system' dominated by government…

Patients' lives will be at risk during Olympics as ambulances are 'banned' from using fast lane reserved for VIPs

By David Baker

Last updated at 1:04 PM on 19th February 2012

Ambulances carrying the sick and vulnerable will be left stranded in traffic jams…

Iran's nuclear programme could tip the world into 'a new Cold War', warns William Hague as U.S. says strike on Tehran is inevitable

• Fears of a Middle East arms race if rogue state develops nuclear weapons
  
  
• U.S. warns a strike on Tehran is inevitable later this year

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Staring into the abyss: Inside a despairing Greek nation where families queue at soup kitchens and women threaten to jump to their deaths as job losses mount

By Ian Birrell

Last updated at 4:23 AM on 18th February 2012

When Eleni Nikolaidou agreed to…

Would-be 'bomber' in fake suicide vest given to him in FBI sting operation arrested as he tried 'to blow up U.S. Capitol'

• Moroccan-born Amine El Khalifi arrested this morning in FBI sting
• Has been living illegally in country for 12 years; lives in Alexandria, Va.
  
  
• FBI agents reportedly supplied El Khalifi with…