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Too-wit too-who are you? New species of 'owl faced' monkey discovered - after its unique bright blue bottom was spotted

A new species of monkey with a distinctive blue rear end has been identified in Africa, researchers have said.

The species, known locally as the lesula, was discovered after a young female was seen kept captive at the home of a primary school director in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2007.

The young animal resembled an owl faced monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni) but the colour of its rear end was different to that of any known species, the researchers writing in the journal PLoS ONE said.

The lesula, a colourful new species of monkey discovered in Africa

In fact, they say, its blue rear end is unique.
'The blue perineum, buttocks and scrotum displayed by adult males are more extensive than genital patches in any other Cercopithecus', the researchers wrote.
Other wild lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis) have since been found in their remote range in central Democratic Republic of Congo, where they live in forests and feed on leafstalks, fruit and flower buds.
The discovery of the new species, in one of the country’s last unexplored forest areas, is only the second time a new monkey species has been found in Africa in the last 28 years.

Although the 6,500 square mile area in which the shy lesula is found is remote and sparsely populated, the researchers warn the monkey is vulnerable to extinction as a result of hunting for bush meat.

They called for controls on hunting and the creation of a protected area covering its range to conserve the lesula and other wildlife found in the region.

Researcher John Hart said: 'The challenge for conservation now in Congo is to intervene before losses become definitive.

'Species with small ranges like the lesula can move from vulnerable to seriously endangered over the course of just a few years

'These girls just don't like each other!' Diva sparks fly as Mariah Carey 'interrupts' Nicki Minaj on first day of judging American Idol

Well that didn't take long! The race to be crowned queen diva of American Idol is already on.
During their first taping of the talent reality show on Sunday in New York, newcomers Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj are said to have talked over one other in a bid to be the most vocal judge.
The drama began when 29-year-old Super Bass singer Nicki starting critiquing a contestant, but despite it being her moment to reign, Mariah, 42, couldn't resist butting in on several occasions


Meet the gang! Newcomers Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and Nicki Minaj join oldie Randy Jackson on the American Idol judging panel - with Ryan Seacrest keeping his role as host
 

But according to TMZ, each time the Dreamlover star intervened, feisty Nicki just spoke louder.
A source said: 'These girls just don't like each other.

Is that really you, Tyra Banks? Make-up free America's Next Top Model host looks exhausted as she struggles through a work-out

As the host of America’s Next Top Model, she instructs her protégées on how to take the perfect picture.

But Tyra Banks was certainly not ready for her close-up as she went for a jog in New York this morning.
The 38-year-old, long regarded as one of the world's most beautiful women, was almost unrecognizable as she emerged without a scrap of make-up for the exercise session



She also wrapped her hair in a patterned bandana which could be seen underneath her cap.
As she worked out along the Hudson River, she was clearly out of breath pounding the pavements and struggled to endure her session


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But Tyra, whose weight has fluctuated over the years, powered through and it was obvious she was determined to complete the run.
It was a rather different look to her recent public appearances in New York last week.
And she arrived at the Live! With Kelly and Michael studios with a big and bouncy bouffant




Nigerian recycling worker 'smuggled children into Britain before brainwashing them with African withcraft to turn them into prostitutes'

Osezua Osolase, 42, 'cast spells over three victims using juju magic rituals to stop them running away'

He allegedly sexually assaulted teenage girls

Recycling worker believed to have more victims

A Nigerian recycling worker smuggled young children into Britain before brainwashing them with African witchcraft to try and force them into prostitution.
Osezua Elvis Osolase, 42, is accused of 13 offences of trafficking, rape, false imprisonment and sexual activity with a child.
He allegedly cast spells over his three victims, all originally from Nigeria, using juju magic rituals in order to stop them from running away, a court has heard.
He is also alleged to have sexually assaulted the girls - who are now aged 15, 17 and 18 - and it is believed he has many more victims

'In this case the complainants were subjected to juju rituals in an effort to ensure that they would do as they were told, that they would not run away, that they would repay the defendant and that they would never reveal the truth about what really happened to them and the ordeals to which they were subjected for fear of death or serious harm.

'You will hear something about juju ceremonies during the trial and the very powerful effect that they can have on people like the complainants in this case.'
The court heard Osolase, who lives with a German woman in Gravesend, Kent, had found his alleged 17-year-old victim begging on the streets of Nigeria.
The former security guard told her would take her to Britain to help her get an education.


Ms Ellis said: 'He called himself ‘Victor’ and took her to a large house - a place she described as a "place of witchcraft".
'There she was given what she described as "native port", a mixture which looked like blood and a red cloth.
'She was told to use this liquid to bathe and to tie a cloth around herself after doing so.
'A man came and cut hair under her armpits and finger and toenails and blood from her right hand.

'She was told this was to ensure she did not run away and would repay Victor.
'She said it was an "oath" and if she ran away the charm would find her.
'She was told that if she ran away or didn’t pay that she would die. She believed it.'
Ms Ellis told the court the 17-year-old was then given a passport - which had been lost by its genuine owner some years earlier - and flown to the UK then Italy.
However, when she reached the airport she refused to go through customs and begged Italian officials for help, the court heard


The prosecutor said the teenager was returned to Stansted Airport, Essex, where she eventually admitted to being Nigerian.

The same month the 15-year-old was alleged to have been brought to the UK and taken to Osolase’s home where she claimed she was sexually abused.
Ms Ellis said that she was also taken along with the 17-year-old and sent to Italy again with a stolen passport.
In July the 18-year-old arrived in Britain and was locked inside a flat and told she was going to Italy to meet “her madam” and to work as a prostitute, the court heard.
The prosecution claimed that an investigation of Osolase’s travelling in Europe revealed that the three were not his only victims.
The trial at Canterbury Crown Court is expected to last eight weeks and among the prosecution witnesses will be an expert in juju

Sexual abuse, physical assaults and a home filled with drugs: The heartbreaking upbringing of boy, 13, who is being tried as an adult after 'killing his 2-year-old brother'

.Cristian Fernandez was 12 when he 'smashed brother's head against shelf and sexually abused his five-year-old cousin' . Records show he suffered a childhood of neglect and abuse .Born to 12-year-old mother who was sexually abused .Found wandering streets naked and dirty when he was two and neglected by drug-abusing grandmother .Sexually abused by cousin and hospitalised after violent assault by stepfather who went on to kill himself

Police and family services records have given a startling insight into the heartbreaking childhood of a 13-year-old boy accused of beating his two-year-old brother to death. Cristian Fernandez reportedly suffered neglect at the hands of a teenage mother and a drug-abusing grandmother, sexual abuse by a cousin and physical assaults by a stepfather who went on to kill himself. Fernandez, who was just 12 when he fatally smashed his brother's head against a book shelf, could become America's youngest ever 'lifer' after being charged as an adult over the murder. But the case has ignited a fierce debate over whether the punishment is too strict for a child - particularly for one who was left to languish in a poisonous upbringing littered with abuse. Fernandez was born in Miami, Florida in 1999 to Biannela Susana, who was just 12. The boy's 25-year-old father received 10 years' probation for sexually assaulting her. Two years later, both mother and son went to foster care after authorities found the toddler filthy, naked and walking in the street at 4am near the motel where his grandmother, who was taking care of him, was found surrounded by cocaine. In 2007, when Fernandez was eight, the Department of Children and Families investigated a report that he was sexually molested by an older cousin. Officials noted there were other troubling incidents: he killed a kitten; he simulated sex with classmates; he masturbated at school. The boy learned to squelch his feelings, once telling a counselor: 'You got to suck up feelings and get over it.'

By October 2010, Fernandez and his mother were living with her new husband when he suffered an eye injury so bad that his school sent him to the hospital where he was examined for retinal damage. Fernandez told officers that his stepfather had punched him. When officers went to the family's apartment, they found the stepfather dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The family moved north to Jacksonville and Fernandez enrolled in middle school, getting straight A's, and they settled in a bland, beige public housing complex. On June 3, 2011, deputies were called to the apartment: Fernandez's baby brother, David, was dead inside. He was found to have a fractured skull, bruising to his left eye and a bleeding brain. Susana, then 25, admitted to investigators that she had left Fernandez, David and her other children home alone. When she returned, she said she found David unconscious. It later emerged that Susana surfed the internet for four hours while her youngest child lay dying, and she even admitted to looking for information on child concussions before eventually calling police.

Involvement: Biannela Susana, right, is escorted out of the courtroom in shackles after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the death of her 2-year-old son When they arrived, Susana revealed that two weeks before David's death, Cristian had broken the toddler's leg while wrestling. The medical examiner said David might have survived if she had taken him to the hospital sooner for the head injury and she was charged with aggravated manslaughter. She pleaded guilty in March and could get 30 years behind bars. Fernandez was charged with first-degree murder. Another felony charge was filed after his five-year-old half-brother told a psychiatrist that Fernandez had sexually assaulted him. The boy has talked openly to investigators and therapists about his crimes and his life; the gritty details are captured in various court documents. 'Cristian denied any plans or intent to kill his brother,' one doctor wrote. 'He seemed rather defensive about discussing what triggered his anger 'He talked about having a "flashback" of the abuse by his stepfather as the motive for this offense... Cristian was rather detached emotionally while discussing the incident.' Fernandez has been charged as an adult and is the youngest inmate awaiting trial in Duval County. Based on psychological evaluations, prosecutors say that Fernandez poses a significant risk of violence, which is why he has been detained and charged with two first-degree felonies. If convicted of either crime, Fernandez could face a life sentence - a possibility that has stirred strong emotions among those for and against such strict punishment. The case is one of the most complex and difficult in Florida's courts, and it could change how first-degree murder charges involving juvenile defendants are handled statewide. One complication involves whether Fernandez understood his rights during police interrogations. Richard Kuritz, a former Jacksonville prosecutor who is now a defense attorney, said everyone agrees that Fernandez should face consequences if convicted - but what should they be?