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How soldier’s brutal murder unfolded
May 22 • 2.20pm - Police respond to a “serious incident” in John Wilson Street following reports of an assault. London Air Ambulance are also called. • Eyewitnesses say two men have been shot by armed police after a man wearing a Help for Heroes...
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EU makes U-turn on olive oil jugs ban
The European Commission has torn up new rules on how restaurants should serve olive oil less than a week after unveiling them, following widespread ridicule and accusations of unwanted interference. Last week, the Commission said restaurants would...
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Islamists kill 20 in Niger suicide attacks
Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger yesterday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant violence spreading across West Africa. The coordinated dawn...
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EU slips up with olive oil ban, reverses course
The European Commission has torn up new rules on how restaurants should serve olive oil less than a week after unveiling them, following widespread ridicule and accusations of unwanted interference. Last week, the Commission said restaurants would...
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London attackers British, of Nigerian origin
British authorities believe that two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries are British of Nigerian descent, a source close to the investigation said. Local media named one of the two...
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Nissan to recall 841,000 vehicles due to steering wheel glitch
Nissan Motor Co Ltd will recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide including the Micra compact car, also known as the March, as a result of a steering wheel glitch, Japan's No.2 automaker said. Nissan is recalling certain models of the Micra compact...
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Shock over London killing
The killing of a British soldier on the streets of London in a suspected Islamist attack has shocked the nation. The victim was hit by a car in broad daylight, then hacked to death by two men wielding machetes and knives. Witnesses said the...
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Britain investigating possible Nigerian link in London attack
Britain is investigating a possible Nigerian link to attackers suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London while shouting Islamic slogans, two sources with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Two suspects...
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Sweden’s capital city is hit by worst riots in years
Hundreds of youths have set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in poor immigrant suburbs in three nights of rioting in Stockholm, Sweden’s worst disorder in years. On Tuesday night, a police station in the Jakobsberg area in the...
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Pussy Riot member starts hunger strike
A member of the Pussy Riot band who was jailed over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Russian cathedral said yesterday she was starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing. Maria Alyokhina also told her lawyers...
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Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai
Seven Egyptian security men kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed yesterday and President Mohamed Morsi vowed to pursue a crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. The abduction underlined the threat posed by...
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Soldier is hacked to death in apparent militant attack
A man was hacked to death in a street near an army barracks in London yesterday in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a politically motivated attack. The victim was a British soldier killed in broad daylight by unidentified...
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US may increase support for rebels
Washington threatened yesterday to increase support for Syria’s rebels if President Bashar al-Assad refuses to discuss a political end to a civil war that is spreading across borders. Rebels called for reinforcements to combat an “invasion” by...
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Rescuers search Oklahoma town ruins after tornado
Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins of an Oklahoma town yesterday to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly tornado left thousands homeless and trying to salvage what was left of their belongings. “Yesterday I was...
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Iran rulers disqualify Hashemi Rafsanjani
The Iranian Guardian Council, a vetting body, has disqualified ex-President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, despite his hefty political role in the past three decades, as well as Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s former chief of...
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FBI shoot man questioned on recent Boston bombings
An FBI agent has shot and killed a Florida man who turned violent while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombings early yesterday, the bureau said. A friend of the dead man identified him as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando, a...
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Vatican watchdog investigates possible money laundering
The Vatican’s new financial watchdog said yesterday it had detected six possible attempts to use the Holy See to launder money last year, citing this as proof of its commitment to transparency. The head of the Vatican’s Financial Intelligence...
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Disaster captain must face trial
The captain of the Costa Concordia has been ordered to stand trial over the shipwreck of the cruise liner, which struck a reef off Tuscany last year, killing 32 people. Francesco Schettino will be the only defendant in the trial, which begins on...
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World briefs
James Bond’s geiger counter wristwatch from hit movie Thunderball has turned up following years of mystery about its whereabouts after it was found at a car boot sale. The prop was key to the plot of the film as it helped the agent locate stolen...
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Video - Soldier hacked to death in London terror attack
Two suspected terrorists "brutally murdered" a soldier in broad daylight in London this afternoon, prompting a major emergency response from the British Government. One of the men behind the attack in Woolwich, south east London, was filmed wielding...
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