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UK NEWS: TEENAGERS ATTACK MOTHER OF TWO WITH BLEACH

Via The Metro A mother-of-two was seriously burnt when she was attacked with bleach in front of her family after asking a group of youths to be quiet during the new Harry Potter film, police said today. The 46-year-old woman was watching the film with her husband and two children at a cinema when she asked the group of five or six teenagers, including at least one girl, to stop making a noise. After the film, two of the group followed the []

PREGNANT BRITAIN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN JAIL FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

Is her age accurate? This woman looks older than twenty. Via BBC News A pregnant British woman accused of smuggling heroin has been found guilty in Laos and sentenced to life in jail. Samantha Orobator, 20, from south London, was caught with 1.5lb (680g) of the drug at Wattay airport in the capital, Vientiane, last August. Her trial had been delayed while Laotian officials tried to find out how she became pregnant in prison. She would have faced a mandatory death sentence, []

2008 OLYMPICS: BRITAIN CHRISTINE OHURUOGU WINS 400M GOLD MEDAL

Britain’s Christine Ohuruogu romped home to take the 400 metre gold medal in Beijing today. Ohuruogu produced a storming finish to overhaul favourite Sanya Richards and win in a time of 49.62 seconds and add Olympic gold to the world title won in Osaka last year. Richards tied up badly down the home straight and could only finish third behind Jamaica’s Shericka Williams. Ohuruogu admitted it was a dream come true to land Olympic gold. She said: ‘ I don’t know where []