Israel admits organs theft
Israel has admitted that its forensic pathologists harvested organs from dead bodies in the 1990s, including from Palestinians, without permission of their families.
The issue emerged with publication of an interview with the then-head of Israel's Abu Kabir forensic institute, Dr Jehuda Hiss.
Call to rename tallest waterfall
President Hugo Chavez has said the world's tallest waterfall has been called Angel Falls too long and should revert to its original indigenous name instead of commemorating the US pilot who spotted it in 1933.
He called for renaming the Venezuelan falls Kerepakupai-Meru, saying that Indians had a name for the majestic waterfall long before adventurer Jimmie Angel flew over it.
Separated twins leave hospital
Formerly conjoined twin sisters have been released from hospital in Australia just in time to celebrate their third birthday.
The girls were joined at the top of their heads and shared brain tissue and blood vessels before their separation at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne on November 17.
The twins were born in Bangladesh.
