Two identical twin brothers have been ordered to pay child maintenance after refusing to say which one of them had fathered an infant girl. Judge Filipe Luís Peruca, in the central state of Goiás, Brazil said since paternity could not be established both men would have to pay for the child. The two men had refused to tell the court which one was the father in a plot to avoid paying anything at all. A... 

Japan has ordered the slaughter of over 110,000 chickens following the confirmation of bird flu infection at a poultry farm in the south of the country. The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture announced in a Sunday statement that DNA tests confirmed the H5 strain of the virus at a chicken farm in Kumamoto Prefecture after its owner on Saturday reported many sudden deaths among the 56,000 birds it held. Authorities... 

The head was part of a gigantic statue with its hands crossed over its chest A colossal red granite head of one of Egypt’s most famous pharaohs has been unearthed in the southern city of Luxor, officials said. The 3,000-year-old head of Amenhotep III – grandfather of Tutankhamun – was dug out of the ruins of the pharaoh’s mortuary temple. Experts say it is the best preserved... 

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has confirmed the existence of race with the news that it is conducting DNA tests on asylum seekers to determine their race and national origin. The UKBA believes this will help limit “bogus” asylum claims made by people who pretend to have fled war zones. This ruse prevents their deportation under the insane Tory/Labour asylum rules. Called the “Human Prevalence...