KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese court upheld a death sentence Monday against four men convicted of murdering a U.S. diplomat and his driver in Khartoum last year in a New Year's killing that shocked the city. The four, described by the prosecution and witnesses as "religious extremists," were condemned to hang for shooting and killing John Granville, 33, who ...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Four Sudanese who face the death penalty for killing a U.S. diplomat dismissed their defense team on Sunday, denounced the trial as political and labeled the United States murderers of Muslims. The four were condemned to hang for the 2008 murder of John Granville, 33, who worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, and his ...

Around 2,600 years ago, on the banks of the Nile, a bed-ridden lady of high rank coughed and wheezed as tuberculosis ravaged her body, driving her ruthlessly towards the afterlife. The snapshot comes courtesy of a hi-tech molecular probe into "Dr. Granville's mummy," one of the most celebrated and debated mummies of ancient Egypt. Its name is owed ...

PARIS (Reuters) - A French town has banned circus elephants from bathing at its beaches over concerns the animals' excrement could pollute the water and pose a health hazard to other swimmers. Last year, elephants from one of the circuses that tour many French towns in the summer months were allowed on to the beach at Granville, in Normandy, to exercise ...