Bulger killer may get a new identity
HELEN PIDD LONDON: Killer Jon Venables may again be given a new identity at a cost to the British taxpayer of £250,000 ($430,600).
North Korea threatens another nuclear test
BOMI LIM AND BILL VARNER HANOI: North Korea has said it would counter US and South Korean joint naval exercises with ''nuclear deterrence'' after the Obama administration said the Pyongyang government should take no provocative steps.
Monster rat dwarfed its relatives of today
EAMONN DUFF Scientists in East Timor have unearthed the remains of a giant rodent, believed to be the biggest species of rat ever to have scurried the Earth.
Rig alarms were silenced, says oil worker
NEW ORLEANS: A former rig technician said alarms that should have alerted workers to a deadly build-up of gas had been muted months before the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig that sparked the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
McChrystal retires in military ceremony
General Stanley McChrystal ended his 34-year US Army career on Friday in a retirement ceremony at his military headquarters here, marking the last chapter of his swift and stunning fall from grace.
Bangladesh zoo mourns elephant
Bangladesh's biggest zoo has declared three days of mourning following the death of a 100-year-old elephant which was its top attraction and "loyal servant", an official said on Saturday.
