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Patricia Lefranc was left terribly disfigured after her jilted lover sprayed sulphuric acid on her face. The 48-year-old woman spent three months in a coma. She lost the sight of one eye, became partially deaf, and had to endure 86 surgical operations. Two years have passed since the attack; still the acid continues to erode her skin and eat away her nose. Being mocked by her son�s school friends, being stared at in the street, being cited as example to unyielding girls by threatening lovers..., the horror and shame of it haunts her in innumerable forms. Remes has ruined my life as a woman. I am determined to seem to be him in the eye and show the jury what he has done to me. I would also appeal to his wife. She paints me as a manipulator who hooked her husband. I think that's an insult - a dagger in my back. �Richard Remes, the accused, has apologized for the attack; but he denies that he planned to murder or even maim her, confessing that he did not realize that the acid would ha...

The remainders of what may be a previously unknown human species have been identified in southern China. The bones, which represent at least five persons, have been dated to between 11,500 and 14,500 years ago. But scientists are calling them merely the Red Deer Cave people, when one among the sites where they were unearthed. The team has told the PLoS One journal that much more detailed analysis of the fossils is needed before they will be ascribed to a new human lineage. "We're trying to be very careful at this stage about definitely classifying them," said study co-leader Darren Curnoe from the University of New South Wales, Australia. "One of the reasons for that is that in the science of human evolution or palaeoanthropology, we presently don't have a generally agreed, biological definition for our own species (Homo sapiens), believe it or not. And so this is a highly contentious area," he told BBC News. Much of the material has been in Chinese collecti...

In the past when people got married they never had much of a choice to choose from when it came to engagement rings. They prefer traditional gold. But today, the range of rings available is much wider. From centuries, gold rings were used for engagement and wedding purpose. But nowadays, yellow gold is used for engagement purpose. While buying gold for engagement or wedding purpose, do check the carat mark. If you buy pure gold (24k) it is considered soft jewelry. But 9, 18 or 22 carat gold is considered more durable. At present, yellow gold is replaced with white gold. White gold is obtained from small amounts of palladium. Nowadays most of the couples buy white gold as it complements diamond beautifully. There are various unusual diamond engagement rings which are unique. Tension rings, diamond rings with multiple stones and rings with a metal pattern. While buying an engagement ring you have to keep in mind four C's like color, cut clarity and carat. Novori  had a collection of...