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At least 151 people have died from a powerful earthquake in the Philippines with a magnitude of 7.2. The quake struck central Philippines on Oct. 15 on the island of Bohol which destroyed centuries-old churches, triggered landslides and damaged homes especially those located along the coastal highways.

Iran Nuke Talks in Geneva was in an upbeat mood, could Iran and The West reach a compromise?

Underaged girls are being kidnapped and their virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder in the city. Street gangs are extremely active in the slums residing in the hillside. Flesh trade is common as entrapped virgin girls are sold like slaves eventually. Avid customers of these auctions are foreigner who visit the country to enjoy sex tourism. Drug tycoons are also among the biggest clients.

According to the latest survey, Canadian women have to work harder than men and they are paid less. Corporate Canada is apparently blamed of its gender bias if the latest survey has to be taken seriously.

Philippines Quake: 32 Hiroshima Atomic Bombs; eBay Australia Ceases customer support operations

More stories of Yemeni child brides arise as young girls become more and more aware of their dreams to go to school and overcome poverty by not submitting to such controversial marriages.

Six unsolved UFO mysteries includes the story of the Grinning Man, the Men in Black, strange orbs during the Second World War known as Foo Fighters, the Kecksburg Incident, the disappearance of Felix Moncla, and the UFO sighting at O'Hare Airport.

The 7.4 magnitude quake that struck Bohol island in the southern Philippines has not only damaged malls and ripped roads apart in the province, it has also caused massive damage to at least two historical churches.

Gionni Lee Garlow, the baby who was born in Ottawa prison in 2012, was “suddenly” found dead at his Cornwell residence at around 5 am on Sunday.

While incidents of beating of gay men are on the rise in many western countries, most of the time the victims are real homosexuals who unintentionally provoke hate by their soft mannerisms, feminine clothing or simply body language that proudly proclaims, "I am gay!"

A new study published by Frontiers in Psychology has suggested that kids can learn more by having the ability to differentiate sarcasm from a literal statement. Penny Pexman, co-author of the study, said for kids to to understand sarcasm better, they have to think about what the person means instead of listening to what they are saying.

A Jestar Airways passenger may have just had the shock of his life when he saw his suitcase on the baggage carousel with the words “I AM GAY” on his red suitcase. He was one of the passengers on a red-eye flight from Perth. The Jestar passenger and father of two kids posted on his Twitter account @aaronpp a picture of his suitcase upon his arrival at Brisbane airport during the weekend.

Donald Eugene Miller Jr walked out of a courtroom as a legally dead man on Monday. The Ohio, U.S. man was declared dead in 1994. And even though he showed up alive and well in court, a judge still refused to reverse his death declaration.

A storm has hit New Zealand with about 4,200 homes without power as electricity lines fell because of strong winds blowing in the country. Strong gusts of wind blown debris and trees which also caused disconnection of several power lines.

Nuclear talks of Iran with the six world powers known as P5+1, involving Russia, China, France, Britain, U.S. and Germany, are set Tuesday (Oct. 15) in Geneva, Switzerland, according to Press TV Iran.

Social media giant Facebook and Internet search king Google both announced modifying their privacy terms which will have far-reaching implications for their users.

In a bizarre incident, a toilet exploded onto the face of a 58-year-old U.S. man, leaving him seriously injured and miserably scared. So frightened is the man that he has tied a rope to his flush handle to pull it from a safe distance to use. Michel Pierre received severe shrapnel injuries as shards pierced his face, arms and legs due to the weird accident. So grave are his injuries that he received 30 stitches.

Breaking away from royal tradition, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate Middleton have chosen school and university friends to be godparents to their son, Prince George. The choice has been a matter of widespread speculation since the time the baby was born.

Smartphone users have found a new way of testing the slow motion video option on their smartphones.

Malala Yousafzai: The Pakistani teenager has been the blue-eyed girl on the West for the last few months.

The Quebec College of Physicians has warned its doctors not to perform virginity tests any more. Chastity is not considered a medical condition as told to The Gazette by Charles Bernard, president of the Collège des médecins.

The Australian Federal Police busted a huge drug racket as they seize drugs worth 200 million Australian Dollars. The drugs have been recovered from the truck tyres that were transported from China as the officials reported. The drug that has been found hoarded in the tyres is methamphetamine, also known as meth or ice.

Krokodil, or desomorphine as it is called medically, is being spotted at an alarming rate in some U.S. states. The drug which originated from Russia uses toxic components such as lighter fluid, codeine pills, paint thinner and matchboxes to make a cheaper and more horrifying form of heroin. Just how horrifying, you ask? Those addicted to the drug develop scaly skin (much like a crocodile, hence its name) as the drug destroys tissue and blood vessels. A flesh eating drug that acts more rapidly on...

The number of people living in extreme poverty may have sharply declined in the last 30 years but there are still 400 million children in the world surviving in abysmal conditions. The World Bank report also found that there are less than 721 million people in extreme poverty based on data collected in 2010 or those living under $1.25 a day compared to figures in 1981. In low-income countries, half of the children live in extreme poverty.

Red Lobster restaurant server Toni Christina Jenkins never knew that a happy ending awaited her after suffering from a racial incident. The African American student was working at the seafood eatery in Tennessee on a Saturday afternoon in September when she received a rude message from two customers.

The frequently asked question now on the 2013 Comet ISON near Sun and Earth flyby is: Will the “Comet of the Century” dazzle viewers or disappoint? A study that scientists at the Lowell Observatory and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) conducted suggests that Comet ISON’s close approach to the Sun will unlikely end its spectacular display.

Rewards of up to $500,000 are offered by the NSW police force for any information that might help them to crack the unsolved murder cases. Here are five such cases that the police needs help from the community to crack.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Thursday arrested three people in relation to trafficking and exploitation of four Filipino nationals. A press release issued by the AFP said, the arrested include two men from Green Valley, NSW, aged 59 and 33. The third person arrested in this case is a Green Valley woman, aged 34.

Essex authorities caught a man for keeping endangered birds in a freezer. Apparently, they found frozen owls inside the household freezer of the arrested man.