Ten most popular World stories in 2012
A look at the top stories trending on gulfnews.com this year
The Adarsh Women’s College in Haryana state announced it had banned girls from wearing jeans, short dresses and T-shirts to crack down on sexual harassment, sparking outrage from pupils and rights campaigners. Read the full story here.
US television network CNN's viewers have ranked Los Angeles, Paris, Sydney, Jakarta and Cairo among the 10 worst cities in the world to visit. For a complete list, read the full story here.
A manhunt was under way for Taliban militants who publicly executed a woman accused of adultery, Afghan authorities said, as outrage mounted after a video of the killing surfaced. The brutal shooting of the lone woman before a cheering mob of men is shown in graphic detail. Read the full story here.
A deaf and dumb girl trafficked into the UK to act as a ‘slave' to an elderly couple for almost a decade used sign language to tell of her life of horror. Locked in a cellar each night from the age of 10, she was allegedly raped and forced to carry out household chores. Read the full story here.
An Army nurse in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan showed no alarm or discomfort before suddenly collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife, who saw a bullet hole in a closet behind him, his family said. Read the full story here.
Police in urban Japan were Monday probing the death of a Shoji Fujita, 66, whose body was found outside his home next to a 21-foot python. Read the full story here.
An Australian girl who suffered severe brain damage and was left paralysed by food poisoning won a court case against fast food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken, in an April ruling. Read the full story here.
A woman was married to a dead man in Bihar to ensure their four children would enjoy legitimate status and live their life with dignity. Read the full story here.
New Orleans braced for another hurricane as a strengthening Tropical Storm Isaac drew near this August, seven years after Hurricane Katrina left 1,800 dead in the fabled jazz city. Read the full story here.
Richard Lee Norris, 37, will be remembered as the first man to undergo the most extensive full face transplant in history. Read the full story here.
