Experts unveil skull of giant duck with teeth and the wingspan of a family car

"They are ducks - but not as we know them.Instead of the fluffy little creatures seen today, these big birds boasted 'teeth', a 16ft wingspan and once flew over Britain.Today, scientists announced the discovery of...

50 years for family of burglars who stole £35million from stately home

A notorious English criminal family has broken up, and four of its members sentenced to 50 years behind bars. The Johnson family gang was responsible for a huge number of heists and lived a luxurious lifestyle."A GANG of gypsy burglars have been jailed for Britain's biggest...

Kevin Rudd descended from thieves and forgers

The PM learned of his colourful antecedents yesterday when presented with two leather-bound volumes of his family tree. PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is descended from solid convict stock, and his forebears include a...

Infidelity: What's it good for?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAs the Infidelity title states "Absolutely Nothing".Canadians as well as most of the world a Fleeting Fling is their "Forbidden Fruit", until caught by a seething spouse or...

Al Qaeda Calls for Pakistanis to War on Their President, Total Muslim War on...

Ayman al-Zawahri,al-Qaeda's second-in-command, has called on Muslims to fight the United States and its allies around the world. "Stand oh nation of Islam under the victorious banner of the Prophet ... and campaign against the Crusader banner of [President George] Bush,"...

PS3, Wii arrive to challenge Xbox

"After 18 months of hype, the three-party, next-generation video game console war is finally upon us. For longer than many would care to remember, the video game industry has been all but consumed with speculation about which of the three new consoles--Microsoft's Xbox 360,...

IAEA finds traces of plutonium in Iran

"VIENNA, Austria - New traces of plutonium and enriched uranium — potential material for atomic warheads — have been found in a nuclear waste facility in Iran, a revelation that came Tuesday as the Iranian president boasted his country's nuclear fuel program will...

MTV Awards uncut, live on the Net

"NEW YORK - MTV has managed to find entertainment in Ozzy Osbourne taking out the trash and Mariah Carey touring her house. On Thursday night, they hoped to squeeze a few more drops out of celebrity navel gazing.On a simultaneous online broadcast, MTV offered viewers not just...

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