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Remains of Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly to be buried
AFP, Published on 02/08/2012
» The headless remains of infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly are to be returned to his descendants for a family burial 132 years after the notorious criminal was executed, officials said Thursday.
Farmer stumbles across mass grave in Philippines
AFP, Published on 23/07/2012
» A Philippine farmer unearthed a mass grave with the skeletal remains of up to 30 people believed to be victims of an internal purge by communist rebels in the 1980s, the army said on Sunday.
Bodies in East Timor mass grave likely Chinese: police
AFP, Published on 13/07/2012
» Police in East Timor who uncovered a mysterious mass grave at the national government palace last month said Friday they had found the bones of 72 bodies and clues the dead may have been Chinese.
Apple may trounce rivals with smaller iPad: analysts
AFP, Published on 06/07/2012
» Apple, which is expected to launch a mini version of its market-leading iPad tablet, could quickly overpower its rivals in the segment with the addition of the new product, analysts say.
New art works by young Caravaggio uncovered in Italy
AFP, Published on 06/07/2012
» Italian art experts have reportedly discovered around 100 drawings and a number of paintings by the Renaissance master Caravaggio in a find that could be worth over $860 million.
Pakistan car blast kills 11, including nine Shiites
AFP, Published on 28/06/2012
» A powerful remote-controlled car bomb targeting a bus killed at least 11 people including nine Shiite pilgrims in Pakistan's insurgency-torn southwest on Thursday, police said.
Tea stall bomb kills seven in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 28/06/2012
» A bomb planted under a tea stall at a railway station in southwestern Pakistan has killed seven people, including a child, and wounded 18 others, police said Thursday.
Pakistan bomb hits university bus, two dead: police
AFP, Published on 18/06/2012
» A car bomb exploded near a university bus Monday killing two students and wounding over 25 other people, most of them students, in Pakistan's insurgency-torn southwest, police said.
Philippine massacre witness dismembered: lawyer
AFP, Published on 01/06/2012
» A man who testified in court on the Philippines' worst political massacre was found dead "probably chain-sawed to pieces" in a killing meant to silence other witnesses, an official said Friday.
'Lockerbie bomber' buried, controversy lives on
AFP, Published on 22/05/2012
» Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, was buried on Monday after he died of cancer protesting his innocence to the end.