Man punches kangaroo to death in Templestowe park

Avoiding such incident people should keep a safe distance from the animals. " A MAN killed a kangaroo that he said attacked him and his dog at Westerfolds Park, Templestowe. The man told police his dog...

German woman bites rapist's penis and flees

"A 23-year-old woman in Heidelberg saved herself from a rapist by biting his penis, police said on Thursday.According to police in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, the woman was accosted by the unknown man on...

NASCAR Oldest Driver, Lloyd Moore, dies at 95

Lloyd Moore, NASCAR's oldest driver, dies at 95" Lloyd Moore, a NASCAR pioneer who ran 49 races between 1949 -- the first year of what is now the Sprint Cup Series -- and 1955, died Sunday. He was 95. Moore...

Experts determine Mona Lisa identity

German experts have confirmed the Mona Lisa painting is a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant.The discovery of notes scribbled in the margins of a book belonging to the painting's...

'Mona Lisa' mystery solved

"Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant, Francesco del Giocondo, has long been seen as the most likely model for the sixteenth-century painting. But art historians have often wondered whether the...

Distant star sheds light on the birth of planets

"Astronomers poring over a young star 180 light years from Earth have found evidence that stellar birth can lead to the formation of a planet only millions of years later, a mere blink on the cosmic timescale. The mainstream theory is that planets are forged from a disc of...

Neo-Nazi attack in Germany on Turkish man

Heidelberg, Germany (ANTARA News) - German police were holding six men Friday over the neo-Nazi beating of a 29-year-old Turkish man in the tourist centre of Heidelberg. They are alleged to have punched him and stolen his mobile phone while they were travelling on the same...

Worms and Humans Are One Family

"From now on if someone says that 'you think like a worm', it would not be that offensive. As a matter of fact, it is now a scientific fact, as results of a research of the European laboratory for molecular biology in Heidelberg show that the human brain and the entire human...

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