A 21-year-old British woman has died after being stabbed at a backpackers' hostel in Australia by a man shouting "Allahu Akbar".

The woman, named locally as Mia Ayliffe-Chung, from Derbyshire, was described as "gorgeous" by friends. As well as fatally injuring Mia Ayliffe-Chung, the 29-year-old French man left a 30-year-old Briton - named locally as Tom Jackson - fighting for his life. The knife attack took place at Shelley's Backpackers accommodation in the Home Hill area of Queensland at about 11.15pm local time on Tuesday, police said. Miss Ayliffe-Chung, from...

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One in three teenage girls have been 'sexually assaulted by their boyfriends'

The rising sexual influence on television is being blamed for the alarming increase in assault cases   A third of teenage girls have been victims of sexual violence by a boyfriend, campaigners said last night. Experts fear that some do not even realise they are victims of a crime and others are too terrified or embarrassed to speak out. They blame the problem on the sexualisation of teenagers as TV, films and the internet bombard them with...

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Utah inmate asks to die by firing squad.

(CNN) -- A Utah death row inmate, convicted of beating a man with a tire jack and puncturing his liver with an inserted tire iron, has requested that he be allowed to die by firing squad, officials said Thursday. Fourth District Judge Donald Eyre on Wednesday signed such a death warrant for Michael A. Archuleta, 49. But the April 5 execution is not likely to happen, considering Archuleta still make can federal appeals. The last convicted killer...

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