13 killed as helicopter crashes off Norwegian coast

OSLO: A helicopter transporting North Sea oil workers crashed off the coast of western Norway today, killing all 13 people on board, rescue services said. The Super Puma chopper went down around midday in the archipelago off the coast of Bergen, Norway's second-biggest city. Eleven bodies have been recovered and the two remaining people are presumed dead, rescue services said. "We presume that all 13 are dead," Sola rescue centre spokesman Borge Galta said. AFP

VATICAN CITY: Vice-President Joe Biden came to the Vatican today to call for a global commitment to fund cancer research rooted in appreciation for the real people's lives that doctors and researchers hold in their hands. Biden, who lost a son to cancer last year, used his appearance at a Vatican conference on regenerative medicine to urge philanthropists, corporations and governments to increase funding and information-sharing in a bid to "end cancer as we know it." AP

Pak woman activist wins Nelson Mandela award 

ISLAMABAD: Tabassum Adnan, a women's rights activist from Pakistan's troubled Swat valley has won the prestigious Nelson Mandela award, becoming the second woman from the restive region to gain international recognition after Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai. Adnan was married at the age of 13. The marriage which was marked by frequent domestic abuse, ended after 20 years when she gathered the courage to divorce her abusive husband. PTI