2. The USsays it played no role in the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist. Reportssay the man was killed by two assailants on a motorcycle, attaching a magneticbomb to his car. 

 

 

 

3. Joran Van der Sloot pleads guilty to the 2010murder of a Peruvian woman he met in a casino. The murder taking place fiveyears to the day after the disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba. Vander Sloot is a suspect in that case.    

 

 

 

4. In Germany, out with the old bytossing old Christmas trees like javelins, hurling them over high jumps.Victory in this festival is measured by how far trees travel, before the partywith beer and fireworks.