An Azerbaijani man has come up with an unorthodox way of getting even with a pedophile who raped his son. He tracked down the rapist, sexually assaulted him on camera, and distributed the footage.
While investigating a case of underage pornography distribution, the police of Azeri capital Baku stumbled upon a bewildering case of vigilantism, writes aysor.am news site citing local media reports.
Mardy Gilyard did not have an easy time in his life. He was kicked out of the University of Cincinnati while he was a freshman. The reason was low academic scores.
Mardy was a football player and from Florida. On top of that he had his scholarship revoked and owed the school $10,000.
At this point, most people would give up, but not Mardy.
As my colleagues report, Palestinian officials and a U.N. agency say Israeli artillery shells on Wednesday hit a U.N.-run school that was sheltering Palestinian families, killing at least 20. A U.N. statement pinned the blame on the Israeli military, which says it’s investigating the incident. “Today the world stands disgraced,” the statement read.
View from a small window in the wall of the vast Niubizi Tian Keng in the Er Wang Dong cave system. Cave explorers wander around the heavily vegetated floor. (Robbie Shone/Caters News Agency)
These are the first-ever images taken of Er Wang Dong, one of the world’s most recently discovered natural wonders — a cave so large it has its own weather system.
A team of 15 expert cavers and photographers had been exploring caves in the Chongquing province of China, reported the Daily Mail.
Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma attends a meeting of regional group Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Yamoussoukro June 29, 2012.
Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims, joining neighboring Liberia in imposing controls as the death toll from the outbreak of the virus hit 729 in West Africa.
The World Health Organization said it would launch a $100 million response plan on Friday during a meeting with the affected nations in Guinea. It was in urgent talks with donors and international agencies to send more medical staff and resources to the region, it said.
Graneledone boreopacifica caring for her eggs in Monterey Canyon. Credit: MBARI, 2007.
In April of 2007, Bruce Robison sent a submersible into a huge underwater canyon in California’s Monterey Bay. At the canyon’s base, 1400 metres below the surface, he spotted a lone female octopus—Graneledone boreopacifica—crawling towards a rocky slope.
The team sent the sub to the same site 38 days later and found the same female, easily recognisable through her distinctive scars. She had crawled up the slope itself and was guarding a group of 160 small, milky teardrops cemented to the rock. They were eggs.
Edmar Halowski de Lacerda, a 34-year-old Metalist Kharkiv player, admits to being ‘a bit nervous’ after Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov called the country’s male citizens to its defense.
A Brazilian soccer star who took Ukrainian citizenship to play for the national team is facing a shock transfer – after he was called up to fight for its army.
Edmar Halowski de Lacerda is getting ready to swap his training kit for khakis after being dragged into the brutal war that’s engulfing his new homeland.
A Seattle police officer is under official investigation for writing too many marijuana tickets.
In a Wednesday afternoon blotter post, Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole said she reassigned the unnamed officer to administrative duty after learning that he had written nearly 80 percent of all the marijuana tickets issued in Seattle between January 1 and June 30.
Danny Trejo has starred in blockbusters like “Machete,” “Con Air,” and “Badass.” His latest is the sequel to fan-favorite “Bad Ass” – “Bad Asses” – which is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. He joined us in the FOX411 studio to talk about why he continues to be cast as the tough guy, and calls out Hollywood actors who claim to do their own stunts.
FOX411: Define “badass.”
Danny Trejo: I would say somebody who doesn’t take too many steps backwards. Just somebody who is going to stand up for what’s right, sees something wrong and wants to change it, and no steps backwards.
Turn off the TV, calm down and stop trying to convert people to your religion.
These are among the top 10 pieces of advice issued by Pope Francis this week as part of his recipe for a happy, more fulfilled life.
Speaking in a very frank interview published in the Argentine weekly “Viva”, the Pope drew on his personal experiences to come up with his own lifestyle guide with a humble, anti-consumerist twist.
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