Francesca Williams was bitten on her face and arm by a wild rat which had crawled into her bed while she slept at her home in Symonds Yat, Herefordshire, UK. Francesca's parents Wendy and Darren woke to hear their daughter's cries at around 2.30am. Thinking the schoolgirl had had a bad dream they went in to check she was OK and were shocked to find her face and arm covered in blood. Mrs Williams,

Vietnam's capital city Hanoi is to remove short, fat or abusive traffic cops from its streets.The initiative in Hanoi is aimed at improving the public image of a force with a reputation for corruption and abuse.Inspectors have been monitoring officers on duty to identify the worst offenders, state media said."Little officers or those with too big a belly will be moved to work in offices so they d

NAGPUR, INDIA - A 13-year-old  girl suffered silently as her own father raped her repeatedly for three years. The girl's mother knew her husband's incestuous acts all along, but could work up the courage to stand up to him only after her father-in-law supported her.The accused Shaikh Aseef Shaikh Habib, a taxi driver, was arrested on Monday night an hour after the mother reported the matter t

Nigeria House of Representatives has approved the recommendations that any person convicted of rape is liable to life imprisonment. This approval was made on Tuesday 5th March 2012 as part of the recommendations of the House of Representatives' report on a bill for an Act on Violence Against Persons.Channels TV reports that in addition to the life sentence, persons convicted of gang-raping a victi

An amorous Chinese student decided to declare his love for a girl by sending her a bottle of his sperm in a scene reminiscent of Cameron Diaz's hit movie There's Something About Mary.But he was arrested after she mistook the gift for moisturiser, which she applied to her face and promptly called the police.According to a report in The Sun, besotted Gou Wen, 22, apologised and was forced to pay the

Brianna Priddy, a waitress in Colorado, US was presented with a driving licence, which had been stolen on a night out with friends weeks earlier, when a customer ordered drinks.The quick-thinking waitress remained calm and took the woman’s order before calling police.She told KUSA-TV: ‘Four people come in, walk in, sit down. They start ordering drinks. This girl hands me my ID as a fake ID.â€

Baba Mahlasela a sangoma (traditional healer) from Etwatwa, Daveyton, South Africa, claims that a man approached him asking him to kill his girlfriend.He says he threw the bones and told his client, Busi Memela, 31, they showed a coffin, which meant someone wanted her dead.Mahlasela says that he is the one who was supposed to carry out the evil deed!Busi , said: “The sangoma asked me who I was.

The Mandikonza and Mavhunga families were left stunned at Chief Saunyama's court in Nyanga North, Zimbabwe last Friday when a female teenager 'possessed' with the spirit of the late Tanganza Mavhunga demanded reparations and threatened to ruthlessly deal with the Mandikonzas.The late Tanganza, who was married to the late Jack Mandikonza, 'manifested' herself through a female teenager as she chron

Jairos Hlanganyana, 52, from Hurungwe, Zimbabwe, has been sentenced to nine years in jail after being found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl who had asked for drinking water. Hlanganyana asked the girl to come into the kitchen and fetch the water herself and when she had finished drinking, he raped her.He appeared before Chinhoyi regional magistrate Mr Never Katiyo facing two counts of rape whi

Maria Dolores Guevara, 32, from Houston, US, was charged with felony injury to a child.She is accused of committing a horrific act against her 8-year-old son because she thought the child was a thief, according to police.Police said on December 19, 2012, Guevara thought her son stole a PSP game system from school. When the child denied taking the device, she took him into the kitchen after dinne

ALTON, Ill, USA - An eight-year-old Elementary schoolgirl, Jmyha Rickman was handcuffed and held by police for two hours after throwing a tantrum at School.Jmyha had her wrists and feet cuffed and was taken away in the back of a police car late Tuesday morning.School officials called the police to intervene during what was apparently a bad tantrum at Lovejoy Elementary School. Nehemiah Keeton,

An English language textbook has gone on sale for children in Japan based on characters from a series of kinky adult novels.The main characters in the books - sold by Amazon in Japan in their early childhood and elementary school sections - are a 17-year-old-boy and his younger sister, who are hooked on computer porn.Inside readers can learn the English for phrases like: "My little sister likes p*

A 37-year-old decorated detective in New York, USA punched his three-year-old son in the face after a drunken fight with his wife, authorities said.Jason Sharp, who served in the NYPD's Brooklyn gang unit, allegedly hit the toddler at the family home in Bellmore, L.I., in the early hours of Saturday morning.The infant was hospitalized with swelling and bruising on his right eye, cheek and nose.The

A 19-year-old woman in Nigeria has given birth to a baby with what appears to be two heads.The baby was delivered at the General Hospital, Malumfashi, Katsina State.The News Agency of Nigeria reported one Zainabu Dahiru gave birth to the baby, which also had no eyes, has a cleft palate and stunted fingers on Sunday.The baby's father, Malam Dahiru Umar, told NAN on Tuesday that the baby was born th

A 61-year-old pensioner from Seshego township near Polokwane in South Africa has been declared dead although he is still alive.According to his death certificate which he showed to Sowetan, Joseph Mthanji, was  certified dead on July 21 2000.The driver for scholar transport said he learnt late in 2004 when he went to the offices of the Department of Home Affairs in Polokwane to apply for an