Harrowing allegations of elder abuse at a nursing home were sparked by a personal vendetta, the owners have claimed.

A MODEL, a solicitor and their mother, who said she was only guilty of “being too kind” — these are the businesswomen whose private nursing home is at the centre of Ireland’s latest health service scandal.

Philip Deignan (Cervelo Test Team) claimed the biggest win of his career today on the 18th stage of the Vuelta A Espãna besting Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) to the line in a nail-biting two-up sprint finish into Avila

Costa Rica’s health minister today confirmed the death of a 53-year-old patient with swine flu, the first death from the epidemic outside a North American nation.

A LEFTIST television journalist made history by bringing a party of former guerrillas to power for the first time since the end of a bloody civil war and promised yesterday to unite the country after a bitter presidential campaign.

A leftist television journalist won El Salvador’s presidential elections, bringing a party of former guerrillas to power for the first time since a bloody civil war and ending two decades of conservative rule.

Police in central Mexico have arrested a farmworker who allegedly hacked a doctor to death with a machete for refusing to treat his son.

A 17-year-old suspected gang member accused of shooting a three-year-old girl in her Los Angeles driveway was caught after authorities received a tip on his whereabouts.

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A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl who was abducted and murdered in California has been remembered as "America's little girl" at an emotional funeral attended by thousands of mourners.

MOMENTS after a factory worker was charged with murdering five-year-old Samantha Runnion, the lead prosecutor provided a stern assessment of the suspect's future if he is convicted.