Rescue crews working through the rubble at the Bangladesh building collapse site scurried to extract a woman found alive in the wreckage on Friday. She reportedly was pleading, "'m alive. Please rescue me."
Britain's first youth crime commissioner stepped down from her post on Tuesday, less than a week after her appointment was announced. Her inappropriate Twitter postings were seen as the primary reasons for her resignation,
A Cairo court has turned down a lawsuit filed by an Islamist lawyer, which demanded Bassem Youssef's television show be banned for allegedly insulting the president and containing sexual innuendo on his program. Judge Hassouna Wawfiq said the lawsuit was dropped since the plaintiff did not have an interest in the case. Youssef is not completely off the hook just yet, as he still faces other investigations related to the show. This ruling, however, may set a precedent.
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius who is charged with the murder his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February, has just won an appeal over his bail restrictions. The could could potentially enable him to compete in the next World Athletics Championships, as well as events around the world, but reports the athletic commission may be dissuading those countries from allowing him to compete in them.
