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Russian boat mishap toll reaches 100

KAZAN: Divers widened their search for the remaining 29 missing boat passengers after the death toll in Russias worst river disaster in three decades reached 100,the Emergencies Ministry said. Officials say 79 people of 208 passengers survived the sinking of an aging,overcrowded tourist boat when it sank in the Volga River on Sunday. The remaining 29 still unaccounted for are feared dead.

US woman chops off husbands genitals

Los Angeles: A Californian woman cut off her husbands genitals with a 10 inch kitchen knife after drugging him and then disposed off the organ in a garbage chute before calling the police. Catherine Kieu Becker,48,was held on a one million bail and police said the woman drugged her husband,and when he fell unconscious,she removed his clothes and attacked him with a 10 inch knife as he awoke. He is expected to survive,hospital sources said.

Gaddafi retakes village near Tripoli

ZINTAN: Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday retook a village south of Tripoli seized by rebels a week ago,a set-back to rebel plans. The loss of Al-Qawalish,about 100 km from the capital,underlined the faltering pattern of the rebel advances.