PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Police commandos acting on a tip killed one militant and arrested five others Sunday in a raid against a bombing cell accused in recent attacks around the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, authorities said. Elsewhere in the
Much of the world was shocked and titillated by news of alleged fat-stealing murderers in the Peruvian jungle. But the story may have a much more sinister underbelly. Could the allegation of homicidal liposuction possibly be a smokescreen to distrac
Children as young as 14 could be banned from wearing gang colours or having violent dogs, under government plans.Powers to impose restrictions on gang members aged over 18 became law last week but new proposals would see them extended to 14-17 yea
LIMA, Peru - A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed skepticism that a ma
SALINAS, CALIF. Famed to readers as the birthplace of John Steinbeck and in supermarket produce circles as the Salad Bowl of the World, the city of Salinas carries darker renown in the netherworld of California's prisons. Instant respect is accor
TOKYO - A gunman shot and wounded three men Friday in gangster-related violence near Tokyo before hiding in a building and apparently killing himself. Police burst into the building in Yokohama, just south of the Japanese capital, after the gunman s
London mayor Boris Johnson has rescued a woman who was being attacked by an armed group of young girls, chasing them down the road on his bicycle.Franny Armstrong called for help as she was surrounded and pushed by the girls, one of whom had an iron
BEIJING - A woman called the godmother of a mafia-style gang in China's southern city of Chongqing was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday for running underground casinos and bribing government officials. The trial of Xie Caiping is part of a
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