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Taxi driver fined after passenger forced to keep window open because of 'extremely dirty' car
There’s been a 25% rise in complaints about taxis in the first six months of this year.
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Aug 15th 2017, 7:36 PM
At least 254 dead, including 43 children, as toll from Colombian horror mudslide continues to climb
The deadly landslide, which struck late on Friday evening, resulted from days of heavy rains.
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Apr 3rd 2017, 7:09 AM
Man who killed sister by dousing her in petrol and setting her alight gets life sentence
The Manchester man showed “no remorse” as he was sentenced to serve a minimum 27 years.
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Mar 31st 2017, 2:15 PM
"A terrible tragedy" - Community rallies around family after three-year-old girl dies in car crash
The crash took place yesterday evening on the M20 in Limerick.
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Sep 18th 2016, 2:44 PM
Teenage girl burned alive in Pakistan as punishment for marrying against her family's wishes
17-year-old Zeenat Rafiq’s mother tied her to a cot and burned her alive.
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Jun 8th 2016, 9:58 PM
Teenage Pakistani girl burnt alive after she refused a suitor's marriage proposal
19-year-old Maria Sadaqat was attacked by a group of people on Monday near the country’s capital Islamabad.
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Jun 1st 2016, 9:52 PM
Mother who beat, starved and neglected her children jailed for four years
The woman was found guilty in January on 29 charges of child cruelty and neglect.
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Apr 11th 2016, 10:46 PM
Man who killed and drank the blood of a 12-year-old executed in Texas
Pablo Vasquez had said that he heard voices telling him to drink the boy’s blood.
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Apr 7th 2016, 8:19 AM
Indian girl dies after being raped and set on fire
She sustained more than 90% burns in the horrific attack.
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Mar 9th 2016, 8:26 AM
Taxi driver "terrified" by knife-point hijack says he's too old to change job
A 29-year-old man was sentenced to three years in prison for unlawfully seizing Feargal MacEoin’s car.
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Apr 15th 2015, 10:48 PM
Mother arrested after bodies of a young boy and teenage girl found in home freezer
The two children were found in a plastic bag.
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Mar 25th 2015, 7:34 AM
How do you fix a country where a 6-year-old has his hand chopped off for good luck?
The president has described a spate of killings and maimings as an embarrassment.
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Mar 15th 2015, 8:30 PM
Happy Halloween: Here's 7 sports injuries that sent us crying for our mammy
CAUTION: We’re not messing. Some of these are really hard to watch.
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Oct 31st 2014, 9:30 AM
Three Italian nuns found brutally murdered at Burundi convent
Pope Francis has offered his condolences after the horrific murders.
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Sep 8th 2014, 7:04 PM
'Broken' D'Arcy laments last chance to take down All Blacks
The centre was heartbroken in the wake of yesterday’s loss at the Aviva Stadium.
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Nov 25th 2013, 8:30 AM
Referee beheaded and quartered in Brazil after killing footballer
Horrific scenes unfold during an amateur football match in Brazil.
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Jul 8th 2013, 6:08 PM
Suspect says he wishes he remembers what he did with April's body
The trial of suspect Mark Bridger continues.
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May 1st 2013, 4:10 PM
Kevin Ware suffers horrific leg injury in Louisville-Duke game, players brought to tears
The player landed awkwardly after jumping.
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Mar 31st 2013, 11:23 PM
Deaf girl 'kept in a cellar and used as sex slave'
The girl told a UK court she was brought to the UK and imprisoned for almost 10 years.
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Feb 14th 2012, 3:19 PM
Babysitter charged with murder of nine-year-old girl
Michael Plumadore told police he had beaten Aliahna Maroney-Lemmon to death before dismembering her body, authorities in Indiana said.
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Dec 30th 2011, 7:25 PM
Man arrested over woman who burned to death in lift attack
Jerome Isaac is said to have turned himself into police on Sunday following the shocking attack captured on CCTV.
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Dec 19th 2011, 8:54 AM
Woman burned to death in horrific lift attack
CCTV videos showed a man dousing 64-year-old Doris Gillespie with accelerant in a New York lift, then setting her alight.
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Dec 18th 2011, 11:06 AM
Burglars kill 10-week-old kitten in a microwave
It is reported that the burglars carried out the act after finding nothing to steal in a home in the UK’s west-midlands.
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Dec 6th 2011, 3:27 PM