UK police suspects arson angle in teenage girl’s death case

September 30th, 2009 UK official: Vaccine unlikely to have caused deathLONDON — A British health official said Tuesday that the sudden death of 14-year-old girl was very unlikely to have been caused by the vaccine she was given hours before she died. Natalie Morton, who died in a hospital Monday only hours after being the given the Cervarix vaccine, which protects against the virus that causes cervical cancer, had a "serious underlying medical condition which was likely to have caused death," according to Caron Grainger, the director for public health at Coventry City Council, the English city where the girl went to school.

September 15th, 2009 LONDON - Teenage girls find men with deeper voices more attractive, while younger girls find them intimidating and prefer those with low-pitched voices, according to new research from St Andrews University. While younger girls felt lower-pitched voices reminded them of scary characters like Darth Vader, older girls preferred deep voices like that of American singer Barry White.

September 3rd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The massive fire that has burned more than 58,000 hectares around Los Angeles was sparked by arson, California authorities said. Two firefighters were killed while battling the blaze, and police have now launched homicide investigations, officials said Thursday.

September 1st, 2009 LONDON - One in three girls in their teens has been a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of a boyfriend, while one in four has suffered violence in a relationship, according to an in-depth study. Conducted by the NSPCC and Bristol University, the survey of 1,353 teenage girls and boys questioned across the UK, found that 90 percent of girls in the age group of 13-17 had been in an intimate relationship.

August 16th, 2009 MELBOURNE - More teenage girls are resorting to drinking, and many engaged in sex they regretted the morning after, reveals a new Australian survey. A new snapshot of teenage sex lives found that the number of teen girls turning to the bottle had risen by 30 per cent since the last survey in 2002.

July 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Security officials have arrested a cleric of a madrassa in Nurpur Thal village of Buland District on charges of imparting terror training to teenage boys and converting them into suicide bombers. According to sources, a madrassah organizer, Muhammed Rafeeq brainwashed youths and then send them to terror training camps based in the tribal areas.

June 24th, 2009 GANGTOK - A housewife lost sight in her right eye in a fight with three teenage girls over a loud party in her house in Arithang locality of the Sikkim capital, police said Wednesday. The accused teenagers have been arrested on charges of grievous assault on their neighbour.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - Fuelling fears of the growing "ladette" culture in UK, the number of women fined for drunk and disorderly behaviour has increased by almost a third in the last two years, according figures revealed by the British Government. Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat justice spokesman, said: "These figures are yet more evidence the existence of a binge-drinking ladette culture, particularly amongst teenage girls.

May 24th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - The gravity with which Pakistan is handling the Mumbai terror attack case can be gauged by the fact that the Anti Terrorism Court here adjourned the hearing into the November 2008 terror attacks case till June 6 due to the unavailability of a judge. The case was adjourned as there was no judge available to hear the case after the transfer of Judge Sakhi Muhammad Kahoot, The Daily Times reports.

May 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin's eldest daughter Bristol has put out a word of caution for girls, asking them to "think before they have sex." The unwed teen, who became mum to baby Tripp last December, warned against giving into the impulse without realising the consequences. "Girls need to imagine and picture their life with a screaming newborn baby and then think before they have sex.

May 9th, 2009 LONDON - A Spanish disco has come under fire for inviting single teenage girls to put themselves up for auction while young boys bid for their favourite girl with monopoly money. Granada 10, in a bid to boost business during off-peak hours, offered the highest bidder a free soft drink with his dream date at the club.

April 25th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian teenage girls are skolling straight vodka in a new form of the spin-the-bottle game to get drunk quickly. Girls, as young as 15, are also trying to be at par with men as they take part in the straight drinking, that landed almost 1700 kids in NSW hospitals for alcohol poisoning last year.

February 4th, 2009 LONDON - Teenaged girls with higher levels of key nutrient Vitamin D may be able to jump higher and faster than their peers with lower levels, a study has shown. Not only does vitamin D work with calcium to keep the bones strong, but researchers now have found that teenage girls with higher vitamin D levels are more likely to have improved muscle performance.

January 5th, 2009 LONDON - Sexual health clinics offering free counselling and pills could soon be open in every secondary school and college in Britain as part of a drive to cut teenage pregnancies. The clinics would give pupils access to emergency contraception and pregnancy tests without their parents being told, the Daily Mail reported Monday.

December 23rd, 2008 LONDON - Hollywood comedian Adam Sandler has said he is losing his touch and is no longer the eye candy for girls he once was. The 'Click' actor thinks that teenage girls across the globe are falling for his forthcoming film 'Bedtime Stories' co-star instead, who is an animated guinea pig called Bugsy, reports thesun.co.uk.