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South Korea rocket ‘debris’ found
A South Korean navy ship has recovered debris apparently from a failed rocket launch from the South Korean space centre at Goheung on Thursday. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Severed heads found in Guatemala
Police in Guatemala find four severed heads and two bodies in public places around the country’s capital, Guatemala City. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
15-year-old found dead in park
A 15-year-old girl found dead in a park in Newtownards, County Down, is believed to have been abusing solvents. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Deadly toxin found in Kenya maize
There is growing alarm in Kenya where the government has announced 2.3m bags of maize are unfit for human consumption. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Murder probe as three found dead
A murder investigation starts after three people were found dead in a house in a Derbyshire village. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Shooting rampage suspect’s body found
Cumbria police say they believe they have found the body of Derrick Bird, 52, suspected of shooting at least five people dead and injuring a number of others. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. ... »
Acupuncture pain molecule found
A molecule which may control how acupuncture relieves pain has been pinpointed by US researchers. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Remains found in hunt for women
The three women all worked as prostitutes in Bradford Officers investigating the deaths of three women in Bradford have recovered what are thought to be human remains in the River Aire. The discovery was made at about 1200 BST about 200 yards from where the remains of Susan Blamires were found, West Yorkshire Police said. Officers said... »
Human remains found in Bradford
The three women all worked as prostitutes in Bradford Officers investigating the deaths of three women in Bradford have recovered what are thought to be human remains in the River Aire. The discovery was made at about 1200 BST about 200 yards from where the remains of Susan Blamires were found, West Yorkshire Police said. Officers said... »
Bassist with Slipknot found dead
Paul Gray, bassist with metal rockers Slipknot, is found dead in a hotel in the US city of Des Moines, police say. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
UK children found dead in Spain
A British woman is being questioned by Spanish police after two of her children were found dead in a holiday resort in Spain. Police said the children, a boy and a girl both under the age of six, were discovered in a hotel room in the coastal town of Lloret de Mar. The British Embassy... »
New mass grave ‘found in Serbia’
A new mass grave thought to hold the bodies of about 250 Kosovo Albanians has been found in Serbia, the country’s war crimes prosecutor has told the BBC. It said the information had come from the EU police mission in Kosovo, Eulex, and Serbia was sending investigators. The victims are believed to have been killed... »
China ‘murder victim’ found alive
A Chinese man who spent almost 10 years in prison for murder has been freed after his supposed victim was found alive. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
New iPhone ‘found in bar’
A technology website claims to have got hold of a prototype 4G-enabled iPhone, after it was left in a bar in California. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Foetuses ‘found dumped’ in India
Authorities in the western Indian state of Gujarat say they have recovered more than a dozen human foetuses from a rubbish bin in the city of Ahmedabad. They suspect the foetuses could have been dumped by local abortion clinics which have been conducting illegal sex determination tests. The unborn babies’ bodies have been sent for... »
Nose-dwelling leech species found
A new species of leech, discovered by an international team of scientists, has a preference for living up noses. Researchers say the leech can enter the body orifices of people and animals to attach itself to mucous membranes. They have called the new blood-sucking species Tyrannobdella rex which means tyrant leech king. The creature was... »
Four missing US miners found dead
Rescue teams have been forced to retreat for the third time from their search for four missing miners after an explosion on Monday. The blast in the West Virginia mine killed 25 in the deadliest mining disaster since 1984. The crew on Friday reached one chamber where the the workers may have sought refuge, dimming... »
First oxygen-free animals found
Scientists have found the first animals that can survive and reproduce entirely without oxygen, deep on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. The team, led by Roberto Danovaro from Marche Polytechnic University in Ancona, Italy, found three new species from the Loricifera group. He told BBC World Service they were about a millimetre in size... »
Teenager found stabbed to death
A teenager has been stabbed to death in north London. The emergency services were called to reports of three people being assaulted in Amhurst Park, near Stamford Hill, at 0200 GMT. One person, thought to be in his late teens, was found suffering stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. The two other... »
Southern ‘cousin’ of T. rex found
Scientists have found the first evidence that tyrannosaur dinosaurs – relatives of the famous T. rex – existed in the southern hemisphere. Previously, tyrannosaurs had only been known from fossil finds in northern continents, the team of researchers write in Science journal. Now, a hip bone found in Australia has been identified as belonging to... »
Southern hemisphere’s first tyrannosaur found
Scientists have found the first evidence that tyrannosaur dinosaurs – relatives of the famous T. rex – existed in the southern hemisphere. Previously, tyrannosaurs had only been known from fossil finds in northern continents, the team of researchers write in Science journal. Now, a hip bone found in Australia has been identified as belonging to... »
Kidnapped Sahil found in Pakistan
The five-year-old British boy who was kidnapped in Pakistan has been found safe and well in the country, the British High Commissioner has said. Sahil Saeed, from Oldham, had been snatched from his grandmother’s house in Jhelum by armed robbers on 3 March. The boy had been visiting relatives with his father, Raja Saeed, who... »
India ‘rebels’ explosives found
The police in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have recovered a huge amount of explosives which they say was being used by Maoist rebels. State police chief Girish Kumar the explosives would have helped in making some 3,000 hand grenades. He said the discovery indicated that the rebels were trying to revive their... »