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India’s temples of sex
This extremely conservative country was once home to the world’s first sex treatise and the erotic art on display is perhaps more shocking now than when it was created. In December 2013, India’s LGBT community suffered a severe setback as the country’s Supreme Court ruled homosexuality to be a criminal...
Eleven bodies found at Cape Verde barracks
Police in the Cape Verde islands off northwest Africa say they have found the bodies of 11 people, including eight soldiers, at a military barracks. The authorities say they believe a disgruntled missing soldier was behind the killings. A government statement said the deaths were not an attempted coup or connected to the drugs...
US election 2016: Trump sweeps all five US states
Donald Trump has won presidential primaries in all five US states that voted on Tuesday, while Hillary Clinton triumphed in four out of five. Mr Trump called himself the Republican "presumptive nominee" after victories in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. The results bring him closer to...
North Korea reportedly puts mid-range missile on standby for launch
North Korea is believed to have placed a new, powerful mid-range missile on standby for an impending launch, a news report said Tuesday. The reported launch plans came two days after North Korea claimed to have successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine in a continuation of its weapons tests amid ongoing South...
Glucosa was admitted to hospital
Famous singer Glucosa spent several days in hospital. The star personally participated in the dance marathon "best friends." As it became known, she was hospatilized because of fatigue. In addition, Natalia has had an old injury, that she received on the project "Dancing with the...
Cockfighting roosters found at Ohio family massacre scene
Ohio's attorney general said Monday that cockfighting chickens were found at one of the properties where eight members of the same extended family were killed execution-style last week. Mike DeWine told The Cincinnati Enquirer that investigators found roosters kept in individual cages, which he said was...
Now Philipp Kirkorov knows his dissapointing diagnosis
Emergency medical care was needed to Philip Kirkorov in Riga. The diagnosis and prognosis of the doctors was seriously alarmed by the artist and his fans. If the singer will not take care of himself, he may be left without voice. Philip is now on tour with the new program. After a dozen of performances the body of the singer...
Kasich tells Indiana voters to support him, despite pledge not to campaign
Ohio Gov. John Kasich appeared Monday to undercut his campaign's extraordinary agreement with Republican presidential rival Sen. Ted Cruz to stand aside in the key state of Indiana by urging voters in the Hoosier State to support him anyway. "I've never told them not to vote for me," Kasich said while...
How I went from middle class to homeless
Trash bags and boxes fill Joe's mobile home in a Philadelphia suburb. This isn't spring cleaning. Joe is about to become homeless. Unless "a miracle happens," Joe will likely live in his 2001 Chevrolet Venture minivan by the summer. He removed the seats in the back to make space for a sleeping bag, his laptop...
North Korean interiors: A rare glimpse inside the candy-colored ‘socialist fairyland’
"Let us turn the whole country into a socialist fairyland!" declares one of North Korea's 310 official patriotic slogans published this year on behalf of the country's young leader, Marshall Kim Jong-un. It's an unlikely sentiment to be found alongside mottos urging a stronger army, better harvests and the...
Margaret Aspinall: ‘I was denied final cuddle with dead son’
I'm so grateful that God chose me to be James' mom. He was my first born, the eldest of five, and he was a beautiful child. He was a wonderful son; very kind, very generous, very helpful to his brothers and sisters. Anybody would have been proud to be James' mum. He came home one day with a gift for his Dad, even...