A 56-year-old British grandmother convicted of smuggling drugs into Indonesia says she favors a firing squad over rotting away in prison."I would rather have the death sentence than a life sentence. I don't want to get old and decrepit in here ... at least a bullet is quick," drug mule Lindsay Sandiford  told the Daily Mail at the prison in Bali where she's been locked up since last May.San

There are many shocking and terrifying pictures of the Boston Marathon bombing, but one of a mysterious man on a rooftop during the second explosion has Twitter buzzing with speculation.The picture, taken by spectator Dan Lampariello, shows what appears to be a man walking on the roof of a building near the site of the second bomb, Yahoo News reported. The two bombs were detonated about 12 seconds

A group of Indian students have developed an electric bra to protect would-be rape victims.The potentially lethal item of lingerie is designed to give any attacker a 3,800kv electric shock.The multi-function bra can also send text messages to a friend and the local police station, and even send out the GPS coordinates of the victim's location.Manisha Mohan, an aeronautical engineering student in t

Fed-up residents from Winnie Mandela informal settlement in Tembisa, South Africa armed themselves with buckets of stinking faeces, intending to throw them over three councillors to show them what it’s like to live in shacks without toilets."We live in Gauteng but it’s as if we’re in the deep rural areas," said angry community leader Edward Maditsi."We still use pit toilets yet we vote at ev

Spirit Embassy leader, Uebert Angel last week claimed to have accurately prophesied the death of Britain's former premier Margaret Thatcher, but there are suggestions the prophet may have been repeating something already in the public domain.Angel's followers posted a 10- minute collage of videos from March 1 2012, where he claimed to have a prophesy of the death of someone with the initials M.T a

United States President Barack Obama addressed the nation Monday evening about the horrific explosions that took place during the Boston Marathon. Here is his full statement:We're continuing to monitor and respond to the situation as it unfolds and direct the full resources of the federal government to help state and local authorities protect our people, increase security across the United States

A refugee who was rejected for a job under his real name – Max Kpakio – but accepted when he changed it to Craig Owen said all he wanted was an apology.The graduate said he was looking for £55,000 in damages from Virgin Atlantic.But as his case began at an employment tribunal, he said all he wanted was for the airline to say sorry. He added: 'That would bring my dignity back because I do n

The US state of Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish has made it illegal to wear baggy trousers and will force those doing so to pay penalties in the future.Anyone caught for the first time will have to pay a $50 (£33) fine, do it again and it's $100 (£65) and a third offence will cost you $100 plus 16 hours of community service.Any contraventions after that then you are at the mercy of a judge.A local

A 24-year-old Iranian immigrant in UK who filmed himself raping a woman on his iPad had his jail sentence almost doubled on Friday.Leading judges agreed with Attorney General Dominic Grieve that the original term imposed on Hesam Khosravi at Minshull Crown Court in Manchester in January was "unduly lenient" - and increased it from six to 11 years.It was argued on Mr Grieve's behalf at the Court of

Two African-American passengers have filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against US Airways for refusing to let them into first class unless they changed out of their hoodies and jeans.Miles and MacCraig Warren were flying home from Denver to Los Angeles after a relative's funeral last August. The brothers say an airline employee stopped them at the gate, asking MacCraig to remove his baseball

Two Congolese men were arrested in South Africa on Saturday after selling some 'money generating powder' to a Military General for R18 000.Sapa reports that the two men, aged 44 and 38, were arrested after selling the general a powder they claimed would be able to convert dollars into nearly R10m.The suspects are expected to appear before Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court on Monday.

A Karoi man has taken three of his workmates to court after they  allegedly took a picture of him dozing while seated on a toilet seat and posted the picture on the social networking site, Facebook.Tinashe Mugavazi, 28, Kudakwashe Chumachata, 25 and Michael Madondo, 32, all of Chikangwe Township, Karoi, Zimbabwe were each granted US$30 bail when they appeared before Karoi resident magistrate

A thief was last week ordered to complete 210 hours of community service for stealing mobile phones and cash from two sleeping drunkards at night club in Waterfalls, Zimbabwe.Abisha Katongomara, 22 of 3622 Unit D in Chitungwiza and his two accomplices Stich and Prince, who are still at large, targeted unsuspecting drunken revellers.While milling in Sasanai night club, the gang pounced on Nhamo Chi

Stephen Hawking believes humanity has less than 1,000 years left on Earth and must embark on more space exploration to help mankind 'escape beyond out fragile planet'.The 71-year-old revealed his fears while speaking at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles this week.'We must continue to go into space for humanity. We won't survive another 1,000 years without escaping our fragile planet,' he

A pastor has been expelled from his church after he was found to have gotten six women in his congregation.Pastor Derek Ngulube, formerly of Faith Ministries in the Matobo District, Zimbabwe, is said to have gotten these women pregnant within a period of one year.The matter came to a head when a fellow pastor 'prophesied' that there was an 'elder' who was in the habit of bedding married women afte