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Actress Gloria Stuart, who played an elderly Rose in the 1997 film Titanic, died at home in her sleep at the age of 100. Stuart studied drama and philosophy in college, began acting during the 1930s, and was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. She retired in 1946 to work as a painter ... Read more

For two hours, a grieving mum cradled the apparently lifeless body of her newborn son – and all her caresses and whispered words were rewarded when the baby suddenly began to move. Born prematurely at 27 weeks and weighing just one kilo, doctors said Jamie Ogg had no chance of survival. Unlike his twin sister ... Read more

It’s never too late to fall in love – a couple in Britain, aged 97 and 87, are said to have scripted history by becoming the oldest to get married. Henry Kerr, just three years short of his 100th birthday, and his bride Valerie Berkowitz, 87, have a combined age of 184, are believed to ... Read more

The Vatican issued a set of new rules in how they would handle discipline within the Church. Their new rules puts the ordination of female priests alongside pedophilia as a serious crimes which will be subject to investigation. The “crimes against faith” will be investigated by the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith (CDF) which ... Read more

Lizzie Velasquez, a 21-year-old college student in Austin, Texas who suffers from a rare and undiagnosed syndrome that prevents her from putting on weight, has to eat every 15 minutes in order to stay alive. Velasquez wears triple-zero sized clothing, and has almost zero percent body fat. She eats 60 small meals a day and ... Read more

A Hungarian dog has been reunited with his owners after being sucked into the sky still in his kennel by the wind from a huge storm. Agnes Tamas, 57, said she had chained her dog who she has renamed Lucky to the dog house when he was swept away by what she described as the ... Read more

Italy is holding its first divorce fair, to help couples facing marriage break-ups. Organizers of Italy’s first divorce fair said unhappily married Italians in attendance will be given advice to smooth their transitions to single status again. Franco Zanetti, an organizer of the Turning a New Leaf conference Saturday and Sunday in Milan, said attendees will ... Read more

Donna Simpson weighs 273 kilos and is originally from the US state of New Jersey. Her goal is to reach 450 kilos through the excessive intake of foods and thus become the most obese person on the planet, according to several local internet media. Simpson, 42 years old, is already featured in the Guinness World ... Read more

An Arab ambassador said he decided to call off his wedding immediately after he discovered that his wife-to-be, who wears a niqab, was bearded and cross-eyed. Dubai: An Arab ambassador said he decided to call off his wedding immediately after he discovered that his wife-to-be, who wears a niqab, was bearded and cross-eyed, reports gulfnews.com. The ... Read more

news.bbc.co.uk Romania has overtaken Russia as the top country of origin of migrant sex workers in the EU, a survey of prostitution across the EU has found. In 2006 the top countries of origin were Russia, Ukraine and Romania – in that order, the Tampep network reports. But in 2008 the top three were Romania, ... Read more

Can a quadriplegic woman be a good parent? Her ex-boyfriend filed a custody suit that says no. From Chicago Tribune Kaney O’Neill knows she has limits as a mother. The 31-year-old Des Plaines woman cannot walk, move her fingers independently or feel anything from the chest down. A decade ago, O’Neill was a Navy airman ... Read more

Latin America’s first same-sex marriage, set to be held in Argentina on Tuesday, appeared derailed after a judge filed an injunction to stop the union until the issue can be reviewed further. Judge Marta Gomez Alsina’s ruling blocks an earlier holding by another judge that found city laws banning same-sex marriage unconstitutional, the court said ... Read more

From CNN.com Rape has turned into a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the number of attacks on women having grown threefold over the past few years, human rights activists said Friday. Anneke van Woudenberg, senior researcher with Human Rights Watch, told Christiane Amanpour that 200,000 women and girls have been ... Read more

UN report says pandemic may result in anarchy unless western world pays for antiviral drugs and vaccines The swine flu pandemic could kill millions and cause anarchy in the world’s poorest nations unless £900m can be raised from rich countries to pay for vaccines and antiviral medicines, says a UN report leaked to the Observer. ... Read more

Scientists worry that two species of nonnative pythons now near the Everglades could breed, yielding more aggressive offspring. Atlanta – In an case of real life imitating Hollywood, the US scientific community is increasingly concerned that two nonnative python breeds currently slithering free in south Florida could morph into a giant man-eating swamp coil. The ... Read more

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Michael Jackson’s family and about 200 of their closest friends gathered on a hill Thursday evening for their final farewell to the pop singer, who died 10 weeks ago. Jackson’s burial may lay to rest some of the mystery and controversy that erupted with his sudden death on June 25. ... Read more

Phillip Garrido told court he was ‘overcome’ with sexual desires before being convicted of rape and serving 10 years in 1977 The man accused of imprisoning Jaycee Lee Dugard for 18 years in his backyard in California previously confessed to fantasies about rape and to a sexual interest in young girls, according to previous trial ... Read more

Vogue cover girl who was abused on the internet wins court case forcing Google to hand over details of the woman who posted the insults Former Vogue cover girl Liskula Cohen has won a landmark legal battle to reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger who called her a “skank” on the internet. In what ... Read more

A new biography of Imran Khan has claimed the former international cricketer and Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated former Prime Minister of Pakistan, were romantically involved while they were both students at Oxford University. The respected author, Christopher Sandford, has claimed that Bhutto became infatuated with Khan and the pair enjoyed a “close” and possibly “sexual” ... Read more

Agencies Beirut: Love him or loathe him, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has earned himself celebrity status – at least on Facebook, where a good 20 forums are dedicated to the Lebanese leader. Many are favourable to Nasrallah but others are extremely hostile to the controversial figure, whose organisation is claimed by Israel to have a ... Read more