AP IMPACT: Secret tally shows violence has killed at least 87,215 Iraqis since 2005BAGHDAD — Iraq’s government has recorded 87,215 of its citizens killed since 2005 in violence ranging from catastrophic bombings to execution-style slayings, according to government statistics obtained by The Associated Press that break open one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war. Settlement talks under way over control of polygamous church’s property trustSALT LAKE CITY — Negotiations are under way in a yearslong battle for control of a polygamous church property trust seized by the Utah courts in 2005 after allegations of mismanagement. Jade Goody’s family faking burial site to keep ghoulish fans at bayLONDON - Jade Goody’s grieving family is giving false hints about her possible burial plots, in a bid to keep the reality TV star’s ghoulish fans at bay. Zac Efron may star in ‘Charlie St. Cloud’ adaptationWASHINGTON - Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron is in talks to star in the big screen adaptation of novel “The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud.” British court asks India to speed up charity worker’s murder probeDHARAMSALA - A court in Britain has asked Himachal Pradesh Police to speed up the probe into the murder of a British charity worker, an official said here. A cemetery that brought tourism to lifeMONTEVIDEO - As night falls in the Montevideo Central Cemetery, the city’s oldest, dozens of expectant faces wait outside its gates, ready to enter this realm of death to see it in a new way: that of the necro-tourist. |