A break from Bollywood: make a song and dance about this brave Indian play
The Indian film industry may shy away from swearing and realism on screen, but Ram Ganesh Kamatham's Dancing on Glass shows a darker and angrier vision of India on stageAt New Delhi's Habitat Centre, a young actor has just unleashed a string of expletives in both English and Kannada, drawing gasps from the audience. They have, however, been....(more) (full story...)

Hospital boss summoned to inquest
The chief executive of an NHS trust appears at an inquest into an elderly patient's death after she was summoned by the coroner. (full story...)

Islamist militants blamed after suicide bomb kills 16 in Russian Orthodox city
Vladimir Putin says attack in relatively quiet Vladikavkaz was designed to 'sow enmity between our citizens'At least 16 people were killed today and more than 100 injured when a car bomb ripped through a market in the relatively quiet southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz, in what appears to be the latest suicide strike by Islamist militants....(more) (full story...)

Second death linked to Legionnaires'
Health officials are investigating a second death which is being linked to a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in south Wales. (full story...)

South Africans among world's fattest people, survey finds
Despite its sporty image, the country is 'slowly eating itself to death ' says drug firm as research is publishedIt is renowned for surfing, rugby and the great outdoors, but South Africa is among the fattest countries in the world, a survey has found.The rainbow nation is "eating itself slowly to ....(more) (full story...)

Superheroes are misunderstood
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US soldiers 'killed Afghan civilians for sport''
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Obesity May Up Death Risk in Older Women With Colon Cancer
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Here's yet another reason to avoid obesity throughout your life: Doing so may improve your chances of survival if you're diagnosed with colon cancer. (full story...)

Afghans protest Quran burning plan, torch US flag
AP - Hundreds of angry Afghans burned a U.S. flag and chanted "Death to the Christians" on Thursday to protest plans by a small American church to torch copies of the Muslim holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. (full story...)

Celestial spiral: Incredible image of nebula swirling around a star in perfect formation
It captures the formation of an unusual nebula in the constellation of Pegasus swirling around a star in the prelude to its death. (full story...)