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A 1980s edition of The Beano comic spotted in an episode of Dr Who has been reprinted for its fans, allowing them “to travel back in time”. Matt Smith, who plays the Doctor, was seen reading a Beano summer special from 1981 in an episode aired on...
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Dad was unaware of Jolie op
Angelina Jolie's dad Jon Voight has told how he only found out that his daughter had undergone a double mastectomy when he read the news - despite having just seen the actress. The actor told the New York Daily News that he "absolutely" respected...
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HSBC Holdings to cull up to 14,000 more jobs in war on costs
HSBC will redouble cost-cutting efforts, including axing up to 14,000 more jobs globally, as Europe's largest bank seeks to drive earnings and dividend growth in the face of muted revenue. London-headquartered HSBC is seeking up to $3 billion in...
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Lion Air pilots criticised over Bali crash
Indonesia's largest low-cost carrier Lion Air has been criticised after a preliminary investigation into last month's Boeing 737 crash off Bali found a young, second-in-command pilot was at the controls at a "critical time". The National...
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Goodluck declares state of emergency
Nigerian President declares state of emergency in latest effort to stem Islamist insurgency. Julie Noce reports.
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Workers killed in building collapse
A four-storey building under construction in Rwanda has collapsed, killing at least six workers and injuring dozens more people, police said. Authorities are searching for survivors after the building collapsed in the eastern district of Nyagatare,...
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UN set to approve Syria resolution
The UN General Assembly is poised to approve an Arab-backed resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and strongly condemning president Bashar Assad's regime for its escalating use of heavy weapons, UN diplomats said. The 193-member...
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France slides into recession, Germany ekes out growth
Germany's economy crept back into growth in the first quarter of the year, after a sharp contraction at the end of 2012, while France slipped into recession, data issued today showed. Germany grew by just 0.1 percent on the quarter, weaker than...
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Tories publish vote draft Bill
The Conservatives yesterday unveiled the question which will be posed in a referendum on Britain’s future in Europe if David Cameron wins the next general election. Voters will be asked the yes-or-no question: “Do you think that the United Kingdom...
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Russia arrests and expels US diplomat
Russia expelled a US diplomat yesterday after saying he had been caught red-handed with disguises, special equipment and wads of cash as he tried to recruit a Russian intelligence agent to work for the CIA. The announcement, a throwback to the Cold...
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Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie has revealed she has had a preventative double mastectomy after learning she was likely to develop breast cancer. Writing in the New York Times, the actress said she finished three months of medical procedures on April 27 and her...
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Syrian rebels unite to retake strategic town
Syrian rebels including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front have counter-attacked east of Damascus to retake a town that served as a conduit for arms from Jordan into the capital before it was seized by government forces last month, rebel sources...
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Deadly Benghazi blast caused by fishing explosives
A blast that killed three people in Libya’s second city Benghazi on Monday night was caused by fishing explosives that detonated accidentally, not a car bomb as originally thought, a local government official said yesterday. But rights activists...
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Distinctive black aluminium finger signs which have directed Londoners and tourists to world famous landmarks including Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park are to be auctioned. Estimates range from £20 to more than £1,000 for each of the 362 signs,...
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Jolie is heroic, says Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie's decision to have a preventative double mastectomy was "absolutely heroic", according to her partner Brad Pitt. The 37-year-old Hollywood star took the decision to have the procedure because she carries the ''faulty'' gene BRCA1,...
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Shell, BP offices searched as EU probes oil price manipulation
European authorities have raided offices of oil majors Shell, BP and Statoil in an investigation of suspected manipulation of oil prices, one of the biggest cross-border actions since the Libor rigging scandal. Authorities have sharpened scrutiny of...
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US Defence Department civilians to go on unpaid leave for 11 days
U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel will announce later today that most of the Defence Department's 800,000 civilian employees will be placed on unpaid leave for 11 days, as the military scrambles to comply with budget cutting targets by the end of...
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Abortion doctor killed babies who were delivered alive
A Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty today of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy clinic, in a case that became a...
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Russia summons US envoy over spy recruitment accusations
Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul today after a US embassy employee was detained on accusations of trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer to work for the CIA. A ministry spokeswoman said McFaul, a former...
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'Starman' falls to Earth after five-month space odyssey
The Canadian astronaut who became a music sensation when his zero-gravity version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" went viral on the web returned to Earth along with two crewmates today after a five-month stint on the International Space...
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