Police say the gunmen, dressed in Iraqi army uniforms and driving army-type vehicles, broke into the home of the Batta tribal chief on the outskirts of Baghdad early Wednesday.
At the American Academy of Forensic Sciences meeting in Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday, Thali demonstrated the effectiveness of his method with a Virtopsy image of a decomposing head.
UK Foreign Office minister Bill Rammell said Wednesday that Britain was prepared to engage with Hezbollah's political wing, which is technically distinct from its military one.
And on Wednesday, his son, Crown Prince Naruhito will become the 126th emperor to ascend to Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne, the name given both to the emperor's position and to his seat, used during the coronation ceremony.
We don't have final numbers for it yet, but we can report that roughly 1 million and 71 thousand people passed through U.S. airport checkpoints on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
The point is if we're going to talk about the environmental impact of our food, let's be real and acknowledge that instead of meatless Mondays, something like … no-food-waste Wednesdays might be a lot more worth our time.