Babble Wrap: Air France Jet Missing Over Atlantic

Australian Post Posted by Kym Weathersten at 2:14 PM on June 2, 2009

Air France Jet Missing Over Atlantic
The plane was carrying 216 passengers of 32 nationalities, including seven children and one baby, Air France said. Sixty-one were French citizens, 58 Brazilian and 26 German. Twelve crew members were also on board. Reuters

Parents Leap To Death With Body Of Son
A couple killed themselves by jumping to their deaths from a notorious suicide spot with the body of their five-year-old boy in a closed rucksack. The parents were said to have been unable to come to terms with their son’s death, believed to be the result of an illness. Independent

Accused Mother Devoted To Child
A mother accused of killing her baby by neglect gave the infant her devoted attention “minute by minute throughout her life”, a jury has been told. SMH

Child’s Head Looked Like A Skull Wrapped In Skin: Court
The head of a seven-year-old girl who died of starvation resembled a skull wrapped in skin, a NSW Supreme Court jury has been told. SMH

Blood Loss From Caesarean Was Mistreated, Inquest Told
Rebecca Murray was chatting to her husband and doctor less than an hour after delivering a healthy baby girl by caesarean section. SMH

Batle For Baby Jack
Watching a lumbar puncture being performed on a six-week-old baby is a pretty frightening sight. Herald Sun

Girls Worse At Maths? No Way, New Analysis Shows
Girls can do just as well at math as boys — even at the genius level — if they are given the same opportunities and encouragement, researchers reported on Monday. Reuters

Is This The World’s Coolest Family?
They have a modelling contract, a $25m mansion and a reality TV show on the way – the Novogratzes could soon be a household name. Times Online

‘I Found The Child I Wanted- In Iraq’
War reporter Hala Jaber longed to be a mother. So when she saw Baghdad families shattered by conflict, she simply couldn’t walk away. Independent

Kidman Rubbishes Vietnam Adoption Claims
Nicole Kidman has denied she and her husband Keith Urban are seeking to adopt a child from Vietnam, labelling the claims made in an Australian magazine as “rubbish”. Ninemsn

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