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Branded witch and banished, woman seeks police help
A 50-year-old woman in Rajasthan's tribal-dominated Dungarpur district has complained to police that she was branded a witch, tortured and banished from her village...
Weird > Strange Crime
Dungarpur > India
 

Goat-riding monkey raids farm
A Chinese farmer is claiming that a goat-riding monkey keeps sneaking onto his land to steal his vegetables...
Weird > Animal Tales
Donguan > China
 

World's First Chimeric Monkeys are Born
The world's first genetically modified monkeys have been created in the US, with researchers fusing cells from up to six different embryos...
Weird > Animal Tales
Hillsboro, Oregon > USA
 

Mother's Cafe in Osaka, Japan: Button Up Your Overcoat
A land of many interests and odd predilections, Japan's themed cafes are well known all around the world...
Weird > Animal Tales
Osaka > Japan
 

56% drop in new HIV cases
People dying of AIDS-related causes fell to 1.8 million in 2010, down from a peak of 2.2 million in the mid-2000s...
Health > HIV & AIDS
Geneva > Switzerland
 

CBI raids Dayanidhi Maran's residences and offices; files FIR
Shortly after filing cases against Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanidhi and Ananthakrishnan of Maxis, the CBI began raids at the Boat Club residence...
India > Corruption
Chennai > India
 

Karnataka's mining kingpin Janardhana Reddy arrested
The CBI today arrested mining baron and former minister G Janardhan Reddy and Managing Director of Obalapuram Mining Company B V Srinivas Reddy after conducting raids...
India > Corruption
Bangalore > India
 

Malayalam superstar Mohanlal set for 300th film
Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, in the news lately over the Income Tax department raids on his house and office, completes 300 films in a career of over three decades...
Entertainment > Tollywood
Thiruvananthapuram > India
 

HIV infection raises heart failure risk: study
Infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can increase the risk of heart failure even in patients who don't have a prior history of heart disease...
Health > HIV & AIDS
Pittsburgh > USA
 

India bans child labour in circuses
India's Supreme Court on Monday banned travelling circuses from employing children and ordered the government to conduct raids on all performing companies to rescue minors...
Lifestyle > Festivals
New Delhi > India