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f61419613938fad37b60eb4b6a71254ad3a31674 | By . Kieran Corcoran . The richest people in Britain had a bumper year as their wealth surged to a combined total of £518billion. Between them the thousand richest Britons now have assets worth as much as a third of the entire UK's annual output - up from £450billion this time last year. The huge total is further proof... | Between them the richest Britons got £68billion richer in just one year .
Britain has more billionaires per head than anywhere else in the world .
Details of the super-wealthy appeared in the Sunday Times Rich List .
Glamorous figures like Emma Watson were listed alongside big businessmen .
The Queen featured in the to... |
f61438341f96fd1556b3f8649af6474074285470 | Shoplifter Danny from Channel 4 documentary Benefits Street . Channel 4 was facing a police probe last night over a documentary featuring a thief showing how to shoplift. Detectives are considering whether to investigate the criminal activities seen in the programme on welfare claimants. The prolific shoplifter explain... | Benefits Street features the lives of several jobless living in Birmingham .
West Midlands Police admit they are reviewing footage for crimes .
Star Dee Roberts was held after drugs raid on street last year .
'I'm innocent and have not been charged with anything,' she said .
Force founds bullets, cocaine, cannabis and ... |
f61441151460d81d61f445e3a5bbab5e406cf861 | By . Louise Boyle . A woman who is 18 weeks' pregnant was asked to leave a Planet Fitness gym during her workout because her 'belly was hanging out'. Melissa Mantor, 31, was told by a female employee on Monday that her outfit - of a tank top and leggings - violated dress code at the gym in Charleston, South Carolina. T... | Melissa Mantor was asked to leave by a .
female employee on Monday who said that her outfit violated dress code .
at the South Carolina gym .
Mrs Mantor, 31, who has a 3-year-old daughter, said she was deeply embarrassed by the confrontation .
The stay-at-home mom has worn the tank top to the gym countless times over 3... |
f614c1cd5be78910b2d54b26d2f0871c9e3aefb6 | A terrified woman was forced to make a desperate 999 call while locked in a bathroom as neighbours fatally stabbed her cousin to death in the next room. Half-brothers Gavin Harris, 39, an ex-soldier, and Raymond Ball, 33, both of Risca, Caerphilly, stabbed epileptic neighbour Stephen 'Lammy' Lambert with kitchen knive... | Half-brothers Gavin Harris, 25, and Raymond Ball, 33, stabbed neighbour .
Stephen 'Lammy' Lambert was fatally injured by brothers following a row .
Group had been drinking in Mr Lambert's home when he told Ball to leave .
Brothers then turned on Mr Lambert and began stabbing him .
Mr Lambert's terrified cousin locked h... |
f614e9f4b62ad4b468f7eef986bb20fb93545a42 | All action: Met Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe broke off an interview when he saw a taxi driver allegedly being robbed, jumped into the cab and soon afterwards arrested a suspect . It is never a bright idea to commit a crime in front of a policeman, let alone Britain’s most senior officer. Perhaps the braze... | Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, 56, taking part in pre-recorded interview .
A taxi pulled up alongside him and four men leapt out and ran off .
Driver called for help, and Sir Bernard jumped into cab to look for suspects .
He continued the pursuit in squad car and arrested a 19-year-old suspect .
Driver said Commissioner was a... |
f61518ee1da0ce66a53bc1663e894642ab8e9777 | By . Adam Shergold . PUBLISHED: . 05:55 EST, 7 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:28 EST, 7 August 2012 . Team GB's 'Invisible Man' made a much-anticipated appearance at the Olympic Stadium today - but crashed out in his qualifying round. Phillips Idowu's fitness and whereabouts had fascinated fans and frustrated coaches ... | Beijing silver medallist fails to qualify for the final, finishing two places outside the top 12 .
Best jump of 16.53m a long way short of qualification mark of 17.10m .
Raises more questions about his form and fitness after he rejected Team GB guidance before Games . |
f615458419bd1989d5c40dfb3c8fd90246b9f6fc | Aachen, Germany (CNN) -- Three men have been sent to prison for the acid attack that nearly blinded Sergei Filin. But the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet says that nothing can give him back what he has lost. In an exclusive interview with CNN in Aachen, Germany, on the day his attackers were sentenced in a Mosc... | "It's not just a problem with my eyes, it's a problem with my heart," says Sergei Filin .
Filin says he accepts court's verdict for his attackers but cannot forgive them .
"It hurt all over my skin and I immediately felt an atrocious pain in my eyes," he says of attack . |
f615e646e2932af05cab3d3e4386faa6efd05c01 | Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told House Ways and Means Committee members on Wednesday that she expects health insurance rates to increase as the Affordable Care Act takes full effect. 'I think premiums are likely to go up,' she conceded under questioning, 'but go up at a slower pace' than they ... | The HHS secretary faced a hostile House Ways and Means panel on Wednesday .
She conceded that health insurance rates will be higher next year, but suggested that they will rise 'at a slower pace' than they have so far .
But despite delaying fines and penalties for businesses, she said there would be 'no delay' for enfo... |
f616298abf1571c67165c1d155b2bdb466fda3ad | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 05:49 EST, 21 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:41 EST, 21 May 2013 . 'Left in tears': Kayleigh Crawford killed herself just five days after being sexually assaulted on a night out with friends, an inquest heard . A coroner has criticised health experts for the way they treated a sex-assa... | Kayleigh Crawford, 25, sent to counselling centre hours after being groped .
But health worker didn't ask how she was feeling emotionally, inquest told .
British Gas worker took her own life at her home in Cardiff five days later .
Coroner: 'I'm really, really concerned about the way that conversation went' |
f616340ee721d3a9a2b06bd39cc5eabf308d2ca9 | (CNN) -- School administrators in Ohio voted Friday to begin the process of firing a middle school teacher accused of burning a cross into a student's arm and refusing to keep his religious beliefs out of the classroom. The Mount Vernon School Board passed a resolution to terminate the employment of John Freshwater, an... | Ohio teacher accused of branding cross on student's arm, teaching creationism .
John Freshwater was reprimanded for refusing to move his Bible from his desk .
School board passed resolution to terminate Freshwater's employment . |
f616be6f2c5f971dc228ec5e9896a5a4ac65f6b7 | By . Jaya Narain . PUBLISHED: . 07:03 EST, 18 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:50 EST, 18 November 2013 . George Moore died aged just 10 months old after going on his first foreign holiday to Tunisia with his mother Emma, 24 . A baby who fell ill on a flight to his first foreign holiday died hours later from suspecte... | George Moore died aged just 10 months old while on holiday .
Mother Emma, 24, took him to Tunisia with her parents on October 6 .
However within hours the boy was rushed to hospital after becoming ill .
He died later the same day of suspected meningitis . |
f6177749e0a423c19a9066e6a57fac383f192dec | By . Ashley Collman . PUBLISHED: . 16:29 EST, 16 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 18:57 EST, 16 January 2014 . Charged: Miriam Keren Contreras is facing child endangerment charges after accidentally leaving a child on her bus Tuesday in Houston, Texas . A Houston bus driver was arrested for leaving a child on the bus to w... | Miriam Keren Contreras thought all the children had exited the bus when she drove to a Zumba class .
The child was located in the parked bus at the Zumba facility after the school called the parents to report an absence .
Contreras was charged with felony child endangerment .
It's uncertain where Contreras still has he... |
f6177f325f6ed60e4c798f44ec2327ff2c4a7539 | Two miners have made a lot of people's Valentine's Day more bearable by posting a hilarious video online of them singing and dancing to a famous Whitney Houston love song. While they can't believe the global attention they have received, 27-year-old Jamie Byers from Perth and 26-year-old Jason Allen from Cairns told D... | Two miners have made a hilarious video lip-syncing to Whitney Houston .
Jamie Byers and Jason Allen work in Pannawonica, Western Australia .
They lip-sync to 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'
The video has been viewed over 470,000 times in 23 hours .
It comes after a US cop became a worldwide hit lip-syncing to Taylor Swif... |
f617ebbf71217297aa73bafb307a2cc6a6747a72 | By . Sean Poulter . PUBLISHED: . 01:57 EST, 17 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:11 EST, 17 April 2013 . Profits at Tesco slumped by 51 per cent last year as it wrote off £1.2billion on a failed attempt to conquer the United States. The fall in pretax profits – down by £2billion to £1.96billion – was its first in 20 year... | Tesco group reports first fall in full-year group profits for two decades .
Down 52% to £2bn after property writedowns and slowing sales growth .
But it saw best like-for-like sales growth for three years in final quarter . |
f6186eac846faa26976da5f16d4cc1548bf07aa9 | A mother who was looking over photographs of a family day out was left shocked after discovering the face of a 'ghost child' next to her children climbing a tree. Michelle Mason from Stoke-on-Trent, had taken the picture in August of two of her children while on a family outing to Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. While ... | Michelle Mason took a snap of her children climbing a tree on a day out .
Later discovered a 'ghost-child' standing next to children Sophia and Lee .
Says she believes the figure appears to be that of a Victorian child .
Adds that it bares a resemblance to previous ghost sightings in the area . |
f618dcecc9f587fc119d121b52407642b2fa59bb | New York (CNN) -- On a chilly Saturday afternoon, a man with all the time in the world stands outside the bus he calls home. While he takes in a view of the Brooklyn Bridge, Bob Votruba boasts he lives on 84 square feet of pure luxury. "It's a cherished spot for me," he says, "something that is a little sacred." Votrub... | Bob Votruba has traveled nearly 60,000 miles across the U.S. to talk about kindness .
After the tragedy of the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings, he decided to change course .
He rides with his Boston terrier, Bogart, as company and sometimes bikes .
He gives himself reminders each day to be kind and gives assignments to ot... |
f61a10fb64a714eb0557b59f39d6230456dd74f9 | (CNN) -- It's not the most ambitious Kickstarter in history, but maybe that's the secret ingredient that's making one man's pitch on the crowd-funding website so successful. Well, maybe that and a little dill. "Basically I'm just making potato salad. I haven't decided what kind yet," wrote Zack Brown on his campaign's ... | Ohio man hoped to raise $10 on Kickstarter to make potato salad for the first time .
By Sunday evening, more than 850 pledged nearly $5,000 to Zach Brown .
"Entire Internet" invited to a party to taste Brown's recipe . |
f61a17faff6f1f548c3b63bff4d36917e4460ca6 | New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Hours after it snapped power lines, overturned cars and ripped away bamboo homes, the most powerful cyclone to hit India in years weakened Sunday, but not before it left at least 14 dead. Morning light revealed damage from Tropical Cyclone Phailin after it pounded the eastern coast, the strong... | NEW: Save the Children: It could take time before the extent of damage is known .
Massive evacuation efforts helped limit the number of casualties .
At least 14 people were killed, authorities say .
To avoid electrocution, authorities cut the electricity in affected districts . |
f61aadae251905688458e9997ba6cd69ba10f9a7 | By . Martin Robinson . Victim: Author Alex Wheatle says a paedophile ring targeted the children's home he was in in the 1980s, but abuse was covered up when it was linked to a Labour MP . An MP in Tony Blair's government was part of a paedophile ring which infiltrated a council children's home where an award winning au... | Alex Wheatle says he and others were abused at council children's home .
A high-flying MP in the 1980s is linked to Shirley Oaks in Surrey .
'I'm convinced there was a paedophile ring operating and that the authorities knew about it at the time but did nothing', he said . |
f61b22b126c04f6059731c23709a3688db88392d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:07 EST, 23 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:58 EST, 23 July 2013 . A 57-year-old deaf woman heard her baby granddaughter laugh for the very first time with the help of a cochlear implant while cameras rolled on the Today show. As America watched this morning, Sarah Campbell, of N... | Sarah Campbell's grandaughter giggled as cameras rolled and her family and Matt Lauer stood by on Today .
Experts weren't sure how well or quickly the implant would work . |
f61c1cdfcccfd700e3b367b230dc45c0757d9ea8 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- The conviction of a terrorist doctor in the UK exposes how any section of society can become radicalized, a top police officer said Tuesday. Bilal Abdulla is shown being arrested after the attack at Glasgow Airport. Bilal Abdulla was well-educated and working as a doctor when he carried out his... | Dr. Bilal Abdulla's professional life is different to radicals seen before in UK .
Anti terror officer tells PA Abdulla was a self-taught, self-starter .
Abdulla planned car bomb attacks in June 2007 on targets in Glasgow and London .
He was found guilty of conspiracy to murder in June 2007 . |
f61dee6aad9c802df39f9cb75557ec63ba61eb5b | By . Lydia Warren . Jerry Sandusky's adopted son will open up about the years of sexual abuse he endured at the hands of his pedophile father in an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey. Matthew Sandusky's interview, which will air on OWN at 9pm on Thursday night, will be his first television since his father was conv... | Matthew Sandusky previously told investigators that he suffered seven years of sexual abuse at the hands of his adopted father .
On Thursday, he will speak out in his first TV interview since Jerry Sandusky was convicted and sentenced to 30-60 years in 2012 . |
f61e3e8266b29791b491331e2ac0a5ba2ee5e06a | (CNN) -- Briton Lewis Hamilton set the pace in Friday practice at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. After lapping the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in one minute 15.564 seconds in the morning to beat Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, Hamiton went even quicker in the afternoon to edge out Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. Brazilian ... | Lewis Hamilton is fastest in Friday's practice at the Canadian Grand Prix .
Hamilton's McLaren teammate Jenson Button is dogged by oil leak proble .
Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in second and third .
"It's wild and rough, but it's fun," says Sebastian Vettel of the Gilles Villeneuve circuit . |
f61eb0c7863926c345677c258446be843b662d96 | Rugby union's world governing body has requested 'a full report' from Welsh rugby chiefs after George North suffered two blows to the head during Friday night's RBS 6 Nations opener against England. The juggernaut Wales wing took an accidental boot to the head from England lock Dave Attwood in the first-half, and he wa... | George North suffered two head injuries in Wales' 21-16 loss to England .
Wales wing appeared to be knocked out twice at Millennium Stadium .
The 22-year-old Northampton winger played the entire 80 minutes though .
World Rugby is seeking to establish from the WRU whether all concussion management protocols were appropr... |
f61ed6383a29bc05292a9676aeb2e357e1e08e65 | By . Zoe Szathmary . The New Jersey couple whose slain daughter became the namesake of a sex offender registry law have spoken about their lives since and advocacy work. Parents Maureen and Richard Kanka gave an exclusive interview to The New York Daily News almost twenty years to the day after their daughter Megan was... | Maureen and Richard Kanka, parents of slain Megan Kanka, have spoken out nearly twenty years to the day after their daughter was raped and killed at age seven in July 1994 .
The Kankas have said they sprang to action .
after they learned neighbor and convicted sex offender Jesse .
Timmendequas committed the crimes .
Th... |
f61ee5feb32e2ffe4e7f46eaae4e40313f6065e8 | By . Lucy Crossley . Two families ended up in a violent brawl after their 13-year-old daughters fell out in a playground row over One Direction tickets, a court heard. The families of Lucy Brough and Chloe Warley had previously been close, but after the teenagers argued at their school in Hessle, Hull, East Yorkshire, ... | Lucy Brough and Chloe Warley fell out and argued over concert tickets .
But the deterioration of their relationship spread over to their parents .
Lucy's parents hoped to resolve the displute with a meeting at school in Hull .
But meeting did not go well and later that afternoon the girls rowed again .
Nicola Brough pu... |
f61f03b14e9ede766c1bbb91b99cf31cc7c02409 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:58 EST, 6 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:46 EST, 6 September 2012 . A 29-year-old was the victim of a bomb hoax on Thursday, after a mystery caller, thought to be an angry ex-girlfriend, tipped off police that he had taken explosives on an airplane. The anonymous caller cl... | Two people, one male and one female, in police custody over prank .
Police say ex-girlfriend was behind hoax .
Philadelphia-Dallas flight forced to do a u-turn after anonymous tipster told police passenger Christopher Shell was carrying explosives .
Shell was removed from the plane in handcuffs and taken off for questi... |
f61f268ffd76bb69efed8508f962c82d9f8b5c91 | By . Darren Boyle . A pair of bogus brides recruited using Skype to take part in sham marriages in the UK have been jailed. Bulgarians Nadya Kamenova, 20, and Tamenuzhka Slavcheva, 21, were paid in total more than £4,000 to ‘marry’ two Pakistani men facing deportation. The young mothers were both flown to Manchester af... | Tamenuzhka Slavcheva received £1,000 to marry Muhammed Saleem .
Nadya Kamenova had earlier married the gang's suspected ring-leader .
The deal was arranged over Skype by Kamenova's UK based aunt .
Saleem paid for the bogus wedding after his student visa was rescinded .
Suspicious Manchester Register Office staff tipped... |
f61f3dafbc7eae639335d66002f107ca6f0ebd67 | No, the richest fight of all time has not been set in paper, let alone stone. Not yet. Yes, the lines on the contract still wait to be dotted, let alone signed upon by Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. But yes, also, the big businesses needed to help generate the prize-ring’s first £200million bonanza are swinging i... | Floyd Mayweather in talks to fight Manny Pacquiao .
Las Vegas fight could be worth a world-record £200million if it goes ahead .
Deal not signed yet but travel companies already offering packages .
George Groves has been promised a world title fight by the end of the year .
Martin Murray believes he can beat Gennady Go... |
f61f852a602f61a72939d1f80a934e4b80557250 | A young athlete who dreamed of playing college basketball will get her chance to start in her first game - even though she has an inoperable brain tumor and just weeks to live. Lauren Hill, 19, of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, was a standout high school player who committed to playing at Mount St. Joseph’s University, also in... | Lauren Hill, a college freshman at Mount St. Joseph's, will get to play her first college basketball game on November 1 .
Hill, 19, has just weeks to live as the result of an inoperable brain tumor she learned about last November .
The Lawrenceburg, Indiana, native is getting a chance to take the court after the NCAA a... |
f61fd1466639e86e61553be3bcc27251922773ca | By . Katy Winter . Missionary has given way to the cowgirl, meaning British men are now very kindly allowing their partners to do more of the graft . Tradition has it that the British man is no good in bed. Lazy, timid and unadventurous, his most daring sexual exploits are leaving the lights on and the occasional remov... | Over one in five British men masturbate at least once a day .
One in four have even tried bondage for the first time in last 12 months .
Half have had sex in public and quarter have received oral sex driving . |
f61ff065ee34cef9149a28734bccc09ef4dac4b3 | By . Alexandra Klausner . PUBLISHED: . 15:22 EST, 15 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:36 EST, 15 November 2013 . A 9-year-old boy was shot in the face on Friday morning during a drive by shooting past his Miami home. Miami Police were called to the 800 . block of Northwest 55th Terrace at around 3:30 am after the shoo... | The boy identified as Dontrell Darling is alive in stable condition .
The reason for the drive-by shooting is still unknown and police are looking for suspects .
According to a neighbor, shootings such as these happen 'weekly' |
f620004ae5dfc90d8bb67fb777cdc8b74bc9d5e6 | (CNN) -- Doug Kirchoff doesn't think chance explains why a bottle full of messages washed up on the shore of Horn Island, Mississippi. Kirchoff, the supervisor of a crew doing cleanup after the BP oil spill, was astonished by the content of the four letters found inside the bottle last month. "What we found was it was ... | Gulf oil cleanup crew finds four letters in a bottle .
The letters were written by relatives of a Welsh soldier slain in Afghanistan .
They put the bottle in the Atlantic Ocean at Barbados . |
f620d646c28cb9ad3e4f006efc8d780897f35dfa | A 36st chef who was bombarded with mocking texts about his size from a well-meaning friend has lost a massive 21st in a year - and finally found love. Jamie Brooks, 31, piled on the pounds from the age of 14, when he started a part-time job in a kitchen and began picking at food all day. His weight rapidly spiralled ou... | Jamie Brooks, 31, piled on the pounds while working as a pub chef .
But after a friend texted him daily to call him 'fat', he began to diet .
He then dropped from 35st 10lb to 14st 4lb in just twelve months . |
f621285ae85b7f0aa117076bfb7c4a1c88e90d78 | The younger generation is becoming more and more social media savy, some even starting to cash in on the 'selfie' craze. Sydney schoolgirl, Indy Clinton has got the attention of a number of Aussie companies, who are willing to pay the 17 year old big bucks to post on her Instagram account, which has gone global. With o... | Schoolgirl, Indy Clinton, 17, is being offered up to $750 per post on her Instagram account .
She has more than 50,000 followers and her profile has gone global .
Ms Clinton posts 'selfie' pictures of her lifestyle at Palm Beach .
She describes herself as the quintessential Aussie girl . |
f62132b672a854087104e30a7d82b29a5ae051d7 | By . Chris Pleasance . PUBLISHED: . 07:58 EST, 13 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:27 EST, 13 October 2013 . Wine making is often though of as a fine and delicate art, but as these pictures show it requires a good amount of hard graft and a good head for heights. These workers on the Cruceiro Reixo and Cividade Cellar ... | Two wine estates in Spain's Riberia Sacra region are carved into the steep hills .
The region has been producing wine for 2,000 years since the Romans first planted vines .
It was taken over by monks and the name Riberia Sacra means 'holy river bank'
It was nearly abandoned because of a plague of aphids which devastate... |
f6213d15adee9dbfcc18e88bde8679e5d9016219 | By . Hugo Duncan . With its white stucco-fronted facade and neatly-trimmed rows of box trees, it is certainly an address that’s easy on the eye. But the properties on Egerton Crescent, SW3, are most definitely not easy on the pocket. In fact the terrace in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London has just ... | The house in Chelsea, London, is more than 74 times the price of the average UK home .
Prices in the centre of London, driven by foreign investors, have soared in last decade .
20 most expensive streets in the country are all in London, according to report .
Central London prices still rise as rest of UK property marke... |
f6215ca607959064b044d6cd7bdd042b4936c612 | By . Martin Jay In Beirut . PUBLISHED: . 10:52 EST, 18 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:34 EST, 18 April 2013 . An Egyptian woman has been ordered to pay her former husband £5240 in compensation after he discovered she had lied to him about her virginity. The man accused his wife of deceiving him into believing she had n... | He accused her of lying to him about her virginity before marriage .
Alleged she had operation to make it look like she was still a virgin .
Court in Abu Dhabi ordered her to compensate him for 'emotional damage' |
f62173f1a52188766ea1cbc3dec913aa63dfdc6d | By . Helen Lawson . PUBLISHED: . 08:17 EST, 14 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:48 EST, 14 March 2013 . MSNBC host Ed Schultz has announced he is leaving his weeknight 8pm slot to move to weekends from next month. The talkshow host revealed the move to a 5-7pm weekend slot at the end of his show last night, just after hi... | Will be replaced by fellow MSNBC host Chris Hayes .
Schultz says move gives him more time to 'tell stories' from around the US .
Host presents final 8pm show tonight and moves to weekends next month . |
f621a3fc7755762e3598255cd94e0c7c282ac590 | (CNN) -- An armed group in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has kidnapped eight international Red Cross staffers -- seven Congolese and a Swiss delegate -- the aid group said Tuesday. The eight International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) personnel, who had just completed an assessment of displac... | Armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo kidnaps 8 Red Cross staffers .
Aid group says seven Congolese and Swiss delegate among group being held .
Ethnic clashes in South Kivu, related to '94 Rwanda genocide, have displaced civilians . |
f621bcf7abad37bded00427348a430c0c9a76c8e | By . Kerry Mcqueeney . Door trouble: James Allan's getaway was thwarted when he had trouble distinguishing the difference between push and pull . In the cut and thrust of armed robbery, negotiating a door is likely to be the least of your problems. However, it was a door that led to the undoing of criminal James Allan ... | James Allan was seen grappling with a door that opened inwards .
He took off his balaclava and asked the shop manager to let him out .
Crime mirrors a scene from the film Snatch depicting a disastrous robbery . |
f6223277a0e8a0422e94321c92a196eca231df5e | Teachers on a school trip to Spain repeatedly got drunk and fought in front of the children, it has been claimed. Scared pupils from Stanley Park High sent frantic text messages to their parents complaining that staff were out of control. Four teachers are alleged to have had regular drunken nights out in Lloret de Mar... | 'At least one teacher injured in fracas on sports tour to Barcelona'
Pupils claimed they couldn't get to sleep because of the fighting .
Parent: 'My child sent me a text message saying how scared she was'
Investigation launched after parents demand the teachers are sacked . |
f622b7008e3229f3d931f457c743d18917ddabdd | By . Ted Thornhill . Last updated at 3:38 PM on 9th February 2012 . Controversial manufacturing behemoth Foxconn has apparently been hacked by a group calling itself Swagg Security, which says it made public passwords and staff log-in credentials that could be used to make fraudulent orders. The shadowy organisation po... | Passwords and log-in credentials posted online could be used to make fraudulent orders, says Swagg Security, who claim responsibility .
Several Foxconn workers are linked to suicide attempts . |
f62302e629467eca36a8f10b374f5843c619cf12 | Jerusalem (CNN) -- "Lift the siege." "Stop the rockets." The dialogue of the deaf continues after nearly three weeks of conflict and well over 700 deaths. Hamas has rejected one Egyptian proposal to silence the guns. It wants assurances that any deal includes an end to the blockade that has wrecked Gaza's economy and i... | The Gaza conflict has lasted almost three weeks with over 700 deaths .
Israeli leaders are demanding the 'demilitarization' of Gaza .
Khaled Mashal -- leader of Hamas political wing -- is against this .
Is there a halfway house providing Israel with security guarantees? |
f62349b878b9207fd1c20a594b2771fd8de7ad24 | (CNN) -- Police have released more than 60 soccer fans detained Saturday in downtown Moscow riots that injured 29 people, an interior department spokesman said Sunday, according to state-run media. Hundreds of soccer fans clashed with Moscow police as an unsanctioned nationalist-tinged mass memorial for a fellow suppor... | A confrontation occurs at an unsanctioned mass memorial for a slain soccer fan .
About 5,000 Spartak Moscow supporters clashed with police near the Kremlin .
Report: More than 60 fans who were detained are released .
The head of the team's fan club says the incident has nothing to do with soccer . |
f623ae9f2f62a4a619e16eff00af3bceea1a6f88 | By . Jonny Singer for MailOnline . Follow @@Jonny_Singer . A debut goal from Ipswich loanee Frank Nouble gave Coventry the perfect start to life back at the Ricoh Arena. The Sky Blues were playing their first game at their home stadium since April 2013, following a dispute between the stadium's operators Arena Coventry... | Coventry playing at Ricoh Arena for the first time since April 2013 .
Fans flock to the stadium as Steven Pressley's side return .
Kick-off delayed as over 27,000 fans return to support their team .
Frank Nouble scores in tenth minute to put home side ahead .
Debutant, on loan from Ipswich, gives Coventry perfect start... |
f623c7185851d5258e3b1052942e19c8979f107d | By . Richard Kay . PUBLISHED: . 18:42 EST, 17 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:54 EST, 18 April 2013 . Dramatic plans: Heiress Fawn James wants to turn one of her father's lap-dancing clubs into a theatre . Five years ago she inherited a 60-acre property and publishing empire in the heart of London, including, of course,... | Fawn James, 27, inherited vast chunk of red-light area along with sister .
Will apply to Westminster Council for 'change of use' next month .
Wants to turn table-dancing club into 120-seat theatre . |
f623e7887792e05cca71b20297a34629004af7b5 | A disgusted couple say their romantic evening was ruined after discovering a giant cockroach during their meal. Stu Beevers made the sickening discovery while dining out with girlfriend Natalie Roberts, 27, in Manchester's Curry Mile. The 28-year-old said he had been enjoying his chicken kerala at Mughli Restaurant whe... | Stu Beevers and his girlfriend went for a meal on Manchester's Curry Mile .
But the 28-year-old became ill after finding a huge cockroach in his curry .
Disgusted they both left Mughli Restaurant and refused to pay in protest .
The restaurant closed temporarily as staff launched an investigation . |
f62442ab6a3406bebe04e16a81aa59cc4c0cd9c2 | The President of Turkey has suggested French security forces are to blame for the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris last week, since the culprits had recently served prison sentences. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused the West of 'playing games with the Islamic world', warning fellow Muslims to be 'aware'. Erdogan said Musl... | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan suggested French security forces knew of attack .
Turkish President said the West is 'playing games with the Islamic world'
Said: 'French citizens carried out massacre, and Muslims pay the price' |
f62442d8d6dc54e3a9fd1df4158be93383d58ba7 | By . Charles Walford . Last updated at 7:48 PM on 10th January 2012 . Four thugs who were caught laughing as their dogs tore wild animals to pieces have been jailed for their part in ‘barbaric’ and ‘abhorrent’ badger baiting. Scarborough Magistrates’ Court heard how a group of six men and a teenage boy dug out and kill... | Alan Alexander, 32, Richard Simpson, 37, .
and Paul Tindall, 31, and William Anderson, 26, were jailed for 16 weeks .
Christopher Holmes, 28, and Malcolm Warner, 28, were handed 12-week custodial sentences suspended for 12 months . |
f624660ebd30448b3f28dd1c686dfd404bece2cf | By . Emma Glanfield . BBC economics editor Robert Peston has received mixed reaction to his debut in the Newsnight presenting seat – after he failed to wear a tie for the appearance. The 54-year-old journalist, who is set to host two more editions of the show this week, chose to go without a tie as he took up the seat ... | Robert Peston failed to wear a tie for debut appearance hosting Newsnight .
BBC economics editor criticised by viewers for looking 'scruffy' on air .
He is a guest host until Evan Davis starts as replacement for Jeremy Paxman . |
f624a4a0232c40b6c4379b96cea0dcc4298575db | MINGORA, Pakistan (CNN) -- Gen. Nadeem Ahmad swirls the helicopter over Pakistan's ground zero. Below is the Swat Valley of North West Frontier Province. A Pakistani soldier patrols a ruined street in Mingora. From the air, the valley in the foothills of the Hindu Kush looks undisturbed. Green fields amid clusters of d... | Pakistani forces in Swat Valley claim victory in fight against Taliban militants .
Refugees trickling back to the region find towns, bridges destroyed .
Up to 2.5 million Pakistanis estimated to have been displaced by conflict .
Local businessman: "Everything is in ruins. It will take months to return to normality" |
f62583b60cb311942e495ea23f2770ec91fa94bf | Hurricane Gonzalo gathered strength moving over open water away from the eastern end of the Caribbean, and forecasters said it could become a powerful category 4 storm Wednesday as it headed toward Bermuda. Authorities on some of the smaller islands buffeted by Gonzalo said at least one person was dead and two were mis... | An unidentified elderly man was killed while aboard a boat in St. Maarten's Simpson Bay Lagoon .
The place looked like a ship graveyard Tuesday with several masts protruding from the water .
Hurricane Gonzalo continues to gather strength as it moves over open water away from the eastern end of the Caribbean .
Forecast... |
f6259bbb55afb61d1e0b0b203147434a2eb0cb6f | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Americans back Barack Obama's plan to move U.S. troops from Iraq to Afghanistan, a new national poll indicates. U.S. soldiers gather at the "Cross Swords" in Baghdad's secure Green Zone earlier this year. Fifty-five percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released T... | New CNN/Opinion Research Corp. Poll released Thursday .
Poll: 55 percent support Obama's plan to withdraw troops from Iraq .
A majority of those polled -- 52 percent -- "favor" the war in Afghanistan .
79 percent are confident that Obama will improve foreign relations . |
f6259f9e0e735326c9cf6379a8c54b4ab3346f74 | Fashion designer Lela Rose has unveiled a chic new plus-size collection for clothing retailer Lane Bryant. The collection, which will hit stores in April 2015, offers bold watercolor prints, peekaboo lace and sheer pieces and sleek, tailored silhouettes in sizes 14 to 28. The New York designer told Refinery29 that she... | This is the first foray into plus-size fashion for Ms Rose, whose designs have been worn by Kate Middleton and Michelle Obama .
The collection features watercolor prints, peekaboo lace and sleek, tailored silhouettes . |
f625d7a6a2b85beccd0c3c155633bfcb95d1aceb | NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- An Indian woman accused of being a witch was tied to a tree and beaten by a mob, with television footage of the incident aired in India on Friday. Villagers tied the woman to a tree after a man accused her of practicing black magic. Nishant Tiwari, a police official in northeastern India, said... | Indian woman accused of being witch is tied to a tree and beaten by a mob .
Journalist filmed incident, aired on Friday, and then called the police .
Police say woman's hair partially cut and she was slapped, but no serious injuries .
Six arrested, including the man who admitted to hiring her services as a witch . |
f625e28a3164426b3b6cc271cd76f545b370ba7e | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 07:41 EST, 6 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:37 EST, 6 November 2013 . An Iron Man-style suit may soon be created to give US army troops a 'superhuman strength' on the battlefield. U.S. Special Forces Command, Adm. William McRaven has given the go-ahead for the creation of a Tactical A... | U.S. Special Forces Command has given the go-ahead for the creation .
Suit is called the Tactical .
Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS)
It would have an in-built computer and smart .
materials fitted with sensors .
Predicted to be ready in a 'two-to-three-year time frame' |
f6261227e20a315a98edb9bc5a3360a064ff311c | By . Nina Golgowski . PUBLISHED: . 23:17 EST, 22 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:11 EST, 23 March 2013 . Newly released interviews by witnesses from the Steubenville rape case reveal shocking admissions by those who say they saw the 16-year-old girl getting dangerously drunk and abused but did nothing to help. 'I could ... | At least two of the teens heard here later testified in the trial that found Ma'Lik Richmond, 16 and Trent Mays, 17, guilty of rape .
Teens who witnessed the crimes used their phones to snap pictures and photos - never to call 911 .
Witness tells detectives he heard a teen offer $3 for someone to pee on victim while sh... |
f626441a2c3d74f8a208a7f2442a01adeebf9cc0 | By . Helen Lawson . PUBLISHED: . 07:11 EST, 23 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:12 EST, 23 March 2013 . These Siberian tigers nuzzled each other contentedly after a hearty lunch at a Chinese sanctuary. The affectionate pair were spotted rubbing their scent against a tree trunk in the Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, China ... | The pair were spotted at the Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, China . |
f6265a15994c91b18b3edd05d98ee76804131174 | Washington (CNN) -- While international sanctions continue to mount against Iran and its nuclear program, the Obama administration acknowledged Tuesday that the steps have done little to change Iran's behavior. National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon said at a conference at the Brookings Institution that Iran is payin... | National security adviser says Iran is paying for intransigence .
But regime has not altered its behavior, Thomas Donilon says .
U.S. and partners will eventually have an impact, he says . |
f6269dbc2aee07d5c3d63b2aaf8859ade27b4d85 | (CNN) -- At least 13 people were killed in explosions and shootings in three of Iraq's most strategic cities on Monday, police officials said. The deadliest incident was in the southeastern part of Mosul, where a car bomb exploded by Iraqi army convoy. Five people were killed, including two Iraqi soldiers, in the neigh... | Mosul, Kirkuk and the capital of Baghdad are all the scenes of deadly violence on Monday .
A car bomb in Mosul claims the lives of five people, including two soldiers .
Iraqi security forces are conducting a large-scale operation against al Qaeda . |
f626d4b9cf4eeb08164f692c377e7dcf4d9238b0 | By . John Stevens . PUBLISHED: . 20:28 EST, 19 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:28 EST, 19 February 2013 . White people are suffering from an unspoken racism in Britain, according to the mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence. Doreen Lawrence will this week warn that British society is going ‘backwards’ in... | Mrs Lawrence: 'White minority groups are among those .
facing racism'
'Politics are dominated by an ‘old boys’ network’, she says .
It comes as she prepares to open research centre specialising in race and education at Birmingham University . |
f62744d47732a7c7f6815c57cd8e65147b67d366 | The Colombian women's cycling team were meant to be showing the world what they were made of as they posed in their new kit this week. But they appeared to show a little too much as all eyes were drawn to the bizarre new flesh-coloured design stretching across their lower torso. As the smiling athletes took to the stag... | Six athletes mount podium to reveal their startling new kit design .
Strip features flesh-coloured section covering lower torso and groin .
Bizarre outfit has caused stir on social media ahead of race in Italy this week .
Comparisons have been made to a 2010 Tour de France team with similarly shocking race outifts . |
f6286f515e774a78de280841ba238717d9b46190 | The Ukrainian parliament has renounced Ukraine's 'non-aligned' status with the aim of . eventually joining NATO - a move angering Moscow which views the Western . alliance's eastward expansion as a threat to its own security. Kiev first announced its intention of seeking the protection . of NATO membership in August fo... | Ukrainian parliament has taken steps towards closer ties with the West .
The decision to begin seeking NATO membership is likely to anger Russia .
Russia said it was 'counterproductive' for stability in Ukraine's east . |
f629122b8e2ee9d474d0f300b501eed42d4d47ac | (CNN) -- In light of reports that linked the name "Geronimo" with the operation that took down Osama bin Laden, Native Americans expressed disappointment Thursday and pointed to the sacrifices they have made in the service. "To associate a Native warrior with bin Laden is not an accurate reflection of history and it un... | Tying Geronimo to bin Laden "undermines the military service of Native people," official says .
Dozens of Native Americans have died serving in Afghanistan and Iraq .
Geronimo was an Apache leader in the late 1800s . |
f62913c5c1eb3563b08f15043d9d0b6e4e0edfd0 | This is the photo of a romantic kiss which got a pair of Moroccan teenagers arrested for being a 'danger to social order'. Police detained the couple, aged 14 and 15, for 'public indecency' after the image they posted on Facebook was picked up and printed by a local paper. But the incident spawned a wide online protest... | Police swooped on couple, 14 and 15, after image was posted on Facebook .
Authoritarian Moroccan regime accused couple of 'gross indecency'
Teens are due in court today for a closed hearing on their case .
Protests and 'kiss-ins' staged to campaign against the clampdown .
Thousands take to social networks to mock autho... |
f62a498656f05e0568d9646609880891900d8160 | A two-shot swing on the final hole of the final women's major of the season saw South Korean teenager Hyo-Joo Kim clinch a remarkable victory in the Evian Championship at the expense of Karrie Webb of Australia Sunday. Webb chasing an eighth career major, but first since 2006, was one ahead going into the 18th hole, bu... | Teenager Hyo-Joo Kim wins Evian Championship .
Two-shot swing on final hole of final women's major of the season .
Australia's Karrie Webb bogeys to finish in second .
Kim shot a course record 61 in the first round . |
f62a702253acbb5842ce42e73c28a1b309d2971b | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 19:32 EST, 25 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:41 EST, 25 March 2013 . Regrets: Amy Roberts committed 30 drunken offences between the ages of 16 and 18 . A young woman who was arrested 30 times for drunken attacks - including punching police officers - has warned against the dangers of b... | Amy Roberts from Glasgow was arrested 30 times .
She bit a police officer and punched a landlord in the face when drunk .
Wake up call came after she was sent to prison .
Now she's warning others how binge drinking 'wrecks lives' |
f62ad61ab57b3210ee557296b932c438568ab521 | Jack Wilshere has not suffered a setback in his bid to recover from an ankle injury, insists Arsenal's communications director. Mark Gonnella took to Twitter on Monday to deny that the Gunners and England midfielder would now be out for longer than the originally-diagnosed period of 12 weeks after reports last week had... | Jack Wilshere suffered ankle ligament damage in November for Arsenal .
Midfielder was ruled out for 12 weeks after undergoing surgery on ankle .
Communications director Mark Gonnella denied Wilshere suffered setback .
Gonnella said on Twitter: '(Wilshere's) on schedule for return' |
f62b361b2071ae4c7eba85ead9b77c61c81d6009 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Different reality: Andrew Firestone married Ivana Bozilovic in 2008. The couple has two children . As he appears to leave reality TV behind him, former Bachelor star Andrew Firestone is now looking to politics - and handing a rose to Mitt Romney. Firestone, 37, of Santa Barbara, has latched ... | Firestone comes to Florida in first appearance as a political delegate .
Son of former Assemblyman Brooks Firestone, an avid supporter of Bob Dole when he ran for president in 1996 .
Grandson of Harvey Firestone, the co-founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber company . |
f62b36363752351312efa1c32a5c11e99527c729 | By . Peter Campbell, City Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 12:01 EST, 2 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:45 EST, 2 August 2013 . Overpaid: Moya Greene has to pay back the the £250,000 and any capital gains that was made on the property that she bought with it . A controversial £250,000 payment to help the boss of Royal Mail... | Business Secretary Vince Cable has to sign off on any pay increases for Royal Mail boss .
He was kept in the dark about the payments for more than a year .
Embarrassing set of events for executive who earns £1.5million . |
f62b86df7e8722309af99bdb6ca97f1d0300eb15 | (CNN) -- This year's Forbes Rich List is notable for the absence of Bill Gates at the top. After 13 years as the world's richest man, he has finally been toppled by his friend Warren Buffett who has an estimate fortune of $62bn. The Middle East's richest man: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud . The list -- which is a ru... | The Middle East's richest man is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud .
He ranks 19th in the world in the Forbes Rich List .
Seven other billionaires from the Middle East rank in the top 100 . |
f62be26971b480bc1165db29df6007bc9a3e2622 | The trial of a 25-year-old Maine mother who allegedly drugged and smothered her young daughter to death in June 2013 began Monday. Defendant Leanna Norris pleaded not guilty to intentional or knowing murder in 2013, and in September entered a not guilty by reason of insanity plea, Bangor Daily News reported. Martha Har... | Leanna Norris, 25, charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter, Loh Grenada, in June 2013 .
Police say she plied the toddler with Benadryl, placed duct-tape on her mouth and smothered her .
Norris initially pleaded not guilty to murder but changed her plea to not guilty by reason of insanity in September 2014 .
The mo... |
f62beefc3a8e8eeed67ca31ed3021a2080bd943f | (CNN) -- The forthcoming trial in Germany of John Demjanjuk could be the last occasion on which a Nazi war crimes suspect faces prosecution. German officials claim John Demjanjuk was an accessory to 29,000 murders in a Nazi death camp. But the legacy of decades-old efforts to bring the perpetrators of World War II atro... | Expert: Trial of Nazi war crimes suspect John Demjanjuk could be last of its kind .
Leading Nazis prosecuted at Nuremberg but many lesser Nazis escaped justice .
Struggle to prosecute Nazis influenced creation of International Criminal Court .
ICC has remit to probe war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity . |
f62c491647a9acd98f77be2dd029e1a8a7d043e1 | By . Chris Kitching for MailOnline . More than 200 years after the original was wrecked at sea, a life-sized replica of the Hermione has embarked on a series of sea trials to prepare for its maiden transatlantic voyage. The replica of the French navy frigate that shipped General Lafayette to America in 1780 tested the ... | Replica of the Hermione embarks on sea trials before transatlantic journey .
Original warship carried General Lafayette to the US War of Independence .
New ship will sail to the US in April 2015 once its sea trials are complete . |
f62c84990f19114cd5921496e756d6c092c8e56e | By . Katy Winter . A mother-of-four lost 10st the hard way after being refused gastric surgery when she weighed 22st. Charlotte Green, 39, of Cannock, Staffordshire, was told by her GP that she was not large enough to qualify for a gastric band surgery, despite suffering a uterine prolapse caused by her obesity a year ... | Found it hard to control her weight gain following the births of her children .
In 2005 suffered a uterine prolapse caused by her obesity .
Was refused weight loss surgery on the NHS and decided to take control .
Began exercising and found she loved it, running four times a week .
Also totally overhauled her diet of ju... |
f62cc0a27e763023fae28e717b609253eb22ac68 | By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 13:14 EST, 9 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:19 EST, 9 December 2012 . President Obama and his family will attend this year’s annual ‘Christmas in Washington Concert,’ where Korean rapping sensation PSY is slated to perform, despite controversy surrounding the ‘Gangnam Style’ singer’s... | TNT confirmed Psy will still close the annual 'Christmas in Washington' show .
President Obama and first lady Michelle will attend the concert as per tradition; show airs on December 21 .
South Korean rapper whose song has nearly 1billion views appeared at anti-US protests in 2002 .
Violent language suggested killing A... |
f62dde894632f6caccf859eccc3dc4bbec2f7ade | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 07:55 EST, 11 November 2011 . Late night calls: Barack Obama made contact with several European leaders to demand faster action . Barack Obama has read the riot act to the leaders of several European countries - saying more dramatic action is needed to avert a eurozone meltdown. Th... | U.S. Treasury Secretary: 'The crisis in Europe remains the central challenge to global growth'
Obama embarks on eight day Asia-Pacific tour to 'hitch' U.S. economy to growth opportunities . |
f62e341438864da4f721c3ec2c89cae2f625aa91 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:28 EST, 27 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:29 EST, 27 February 2014 . This photographer has ignored all warnings about playing with her food, instead creating a set of unusual scenes that bring peanuts to life. Nailia Schwarz, a Russian artist now based in Speyer, Germany, u... | Nailia Schwarz, a Russian photographer, created the peanut images at her new home in Speyer, Germany .
She came up with the idea for the photographs after spotting other works of food art on the internet .
Each scene takes several hours to create, and only the most 'expressive' peanuts are allowed to be used . |
f62e4e13af531654bcf7ce635600b3c240bb0308 | (CNN) -- Twelve suspected members of the Zetas drug gang and a member of Mexico's Navy were killed in a shootout on an island in a lake that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said Monday. The Mexican Navy said the shootout occurred Sunday on Falcon Lake, located between Texas and the Mexican state of Tamaul... | Mexico's Navy says a shootout occurred around an island used to store marijuana .
Twelve suspected members of the Zetas drug gang and one member of Mexico's Navy are killed .
Falcon Lake is between Texas and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas .
It drew attention last year after an American was reportedly shot there . |
f62e7d4579a46c22fead84b98cf0638da45ef7cc | (CNN) -- A fire at a refinery in Washington state killed four people and injured three, a spokeswoman for a medical center said Friday. The company that owns the refinery, the Tesoro Corp., earlier had announced three deaths from the fire. A fourth person, a 29-year-old woman, died from her injuries at Harborview Medic... | Fire injures 3 at the Anacortes, Washington, refinery owned by Tesoro Corporation .
Cause of the blaze not immediately known .
Tesoro Corp. is refiner, marketer of petroleum products, says its Web site . |
f62eb035b070d9efeb29224f54a80f3225494dbe | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 04:49 EST, 20 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:11 EST, 20 February 2013 . A shocking video has emerged showing a young girl being egged on by teenagers to attack another child in a New York park. The footage, which is a little over two minutes and half long, was uploaded to the video... | The two minute, 34 seconds long footage was uploaded to YouTube .
It shows two young schoolgirls - no older than 10 - being forced to fight .
Teenagers - perhaps older sisters or even parents - can be heard egging them on, shouting: 'Slap her. Punch her. Harder' |
f62f07977118124d68e99d68970c7d9ce8556832 | Jerusalem (CNN) -- Hundreds of protesters from the Gaza Strip and Israel converged on both sides of the main border crossing Thursday in an organized rally to call for the end of the economic blockade of Gaza maintained by Israel and Egypt. In Gaza, approximately 100 international activists were joined by several hundr... | Several hundred Palestinians join about 100 international activists in march to border in Gaza .
On Israeli side of border, about 300 Israeli, international and Palestinian activists demonstrate .
Rally participants said they were trying to draw attention to the plight of Palestinians in Gaza .
Since Hamas takeover in ... |
f62fdac37d74534bc138862c48532cebfba40f98 | Tommy Seymour believes Scotland will only become a threat on the global stage once they stop being pleased just to have avoided a hammering against the big guns. Scotland put on a brave display as they held New Zealand for large chunks of Saturday’s Test at Murrayfield before eventually losing 24-16. They even had a ch... | Scotland pushed New Zealand to lose 24-16 on Saturday .
Try scorer Tommy Seymour said the Scots aren't happy with second best .
Scotland's 109-year wait for a win over the All Blacks continues . |
f631b3ab3c2cf11525bdb956e48c2a42cd3dd5cb | (CNN)Thailand's military-appointed National Legislative Assembly (NLA) has voted 190-18 in favor of impeaching former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for her role in a controversial rice subsidy program that cost the country billions. Though the vote was largely symbolic, as she had already lost her post, it also ca... | Yingluck Shinawatra says she will "fight to prove my innocence to the very end"
She is being investigated for her role in a failed rice subsidy scheme .
Ex-PM is the sister of Thaksin Shinawatra, who was overthrown as prime minister in a 2006 military coup . |
f631dba564bd5de8d791c3ee9e275aa0aafe45ce | By . Josh Ilan . Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko found time out on a visit to homeland Bosnia and Herzegovina to visit a fledgling football school. The 28-year-old went out of his way to make a trip to the Walter football school, which is located in his home city of Sarajevo. He is one of a few players who have gone... | Became first Bosnian to score at a World Cup back in Brazil this summer .
Helped Manchester City regain the Premiership title with 16 league goals .
The record international scorer for Bosnia, with 36 goals for his country . |
f631e00b865346d25d8ba29bf38e7a414aea5042 | By . Helen Pow . Lawsuit: Chris Sevier, 36, pictured, filed a 50-page complaint in federal court last month blaming Apple for letting his access porn . A married Nashville lawyer and amateur model is suing Apple claiming the tech giant should have blocked him from accessing porn when he, apparently by accident, typed '... | Chris Sevier, 36, claims the supposedly innocent spelling mistake resulted in him viewing a plethora of pornographic images .
He says the images 'appealed to his biological sensibilities as a male and lead to an unwanted addiction' that 'poisoned his life'
Sevier claims all Apple products should have a pre-installed po... |
f631f6bb9ba88b67b39727300586ad6d5462b7e5 | Daisy-Ray Anderson drowned in the bath when her father popped downstairs to get towels and her mother was out visiting a neighbour . A nine month-old girl drowned in the bath after her father went downstairs to get towels and nappies and her mother popped out to visit a neighbour, an inquest heard. Daisy-Ray Anderson w... | Daisy-Ray Anderson drowned in the bath when her father went downstairs .
Nine-month-old was found face-down in the water after father briefly left .
The baby's mother was visiting a neighbour on the tragic day in 2012 .
Her 18-month-old sister was in the bath with Daisy-Ray when she drowned .
Bath was just metres away ... |
f6321ad07f2f1b92742e04d802d17389e9b49274 | Editor's note: This story is part of an ongoing series of profiles CNN is doing about economic survival in this time of financial crisis. Married couple Lindsay De Vore and Eliot Kohan on their delayed honeymoon to Orlando, Florida. (CNN) -- At age 23 and fresh out of college, Eliot Kohan was diagnosed with an aggress... | The couple will close on their first home next month in St. Paul, Minnesota .
They benefited from low mortgage rates and prices on foreclosed homes .
Eliot Kohan's leukemia diagnosis helped him realize they had to start saving early .
"We worked hard. We didn't cut corners," Lindsay De Vore says . |
f6324331bc2be01da685c35241e30403a6712708 | (CNN) -- Financial crisis-stricken Iceland formally applied for European Union membership on Friday, a day after lawmakers narrowly backed a government plan to take the island nation into the economic and political bloc. Icelandic PM Johanna Sigurdardottir pledged to take Iceland into the EU during April's election cam... | Iceland applies for EU membership after lawmakers back government plan .
Island's economy was devastated by collapse of banking system last year .
Iceland already enjoys free trade deal with EU member states .
European Commission President hails Iceland's "long, deep democratic roots" |
f63320db33958779b819b065256337530209bc1a | Liverpool have been told they can sign Sevilla left-back Alberto Moreno - as long as they meet the club's asking price. The club's president Jose Castro confirmed that Brendan Rogers' side are one of several teams interested in signing the highly-rated 21-year-old, but explained that serious negotiations were yet to be... | The Reds are looking for defensive reinforcements before the new Premier League season .
Sevilla president Jose Castro says club are under no pressure to sell .
Spanish side have already sold Ivan Rakitic to Barcelona . |
f6339b966f68ba7b30d1cbf2f15d921e6fe197f2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:07 EST, 12 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:20 EST, 12 January 2014 . Tipping the scales at less than six stone and dangerously thin, Ollie Orchard, now 22, was struggling with anorexia when he first joined a gym at the age of 18. Four years later, Mr Orchard, from Bristol, ha... | Ollie Orchard weighed less than six stone when he took up bodybuilding .
Sport helped him to overcome anorexia and he now weighs 18st .
22-year-old made it to finals of British bodybuilding championships . |
f633a68c2f1aa80d05d6af1a8c66a75a51788cb1 | A convicted sex offender has struck it rich playing the Florida lottery. Timothy Poole of Mount Dora, Florida, just won $3million from a scratch-off ticket he purchased at a 7-11 over the weekend. Poole, a driver and dispatcher for his mother's cab company, Triangle Cab, is also a registered sex offender. Scroll down f... | Timothy Poole, a convicted sex offender from Mount Dora, Florida, won $3million over the weekend from a scratch-off ticket .
Poole was sent to prison for three years in 2003 after pleading guilty to the attempted sexual assault of a 9-year-old boy back in 1999 .
Poole, who maintains his innocence, initially received pr... |
f633f115ac51b8f520353be8d36de81762fa22f5 | Clad in white jodhpurs and blinking in the bright Spanish sunshine, Athina Onassis looked every inch the showjumper as the opening round of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Finals got underway in Barcelona yesterday. Unfortunately, the heiress' bid for the Coca-Cola Trophy came to an early end, after she clocked ... | The heiress, 29, was hoping to get her hands on the Coca-Cola Trophy .
Unfortunately, she clocked up 12 faults and ended up in 57th place .
The trophy was eventually won by Canada's Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady .
She was competing at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Finals .
Husband Doda also took part in the competi... |
f63417365409244231a21a45d9626f9b3ecfeefc | By . Joshua Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 10:41 EST, 29 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:01 EST, 29 April 2013 . Inquiry: Dan Halloran faces inquiry on charges he slept with an employee as a city councilman . A New York City councilman who was already charged this month in a plot to rig the city’s mayoral race can now say bad h... | Dan Halloran was arrested April 2 on charges he paid off state officials in order to rig the mayoral race in favor of State Senator Malcolm Smith .
23-year-old Denise Batista was Halloran's intern, allegedly while they were already having an affair .
Now embroiled in a divorce, it was reported earlier this month that t... |
f63438fd50b93bdd852c69670f245e71f14f80f6 | (CNN) -- At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 wounded following a pair of bombings Saturday in the southern Thai city of Yala, Thai media reported. The two blasts were the result of bombs stashed in stolen trucks, Police Lt. Gen. Paitoon Chuchaiya told CNN affiliate MCOT. Video from the scene showed damage ... | Police: Two apparent car bombs exploded in the city of Yala .
At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured .
Bangkok was hit by a series of bombings last month . |
f634b25fb8c3e6667d02fe1ae55954fbefd44923 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Some "Occupy" demonstrators who've clashed with police in New York City have migrated south as the new year begins, joining their colleagues in the nation's capital where authorities continue to allow protest camps at two locations. "We're here because we got pushed out of New York, but we're also h... | Occupy Wall Street demonstrators migrate south .
Authorities extend permit in Washington, D.C.
Congressman questions continued forbearance . |
f634c24b598208708c86afaadfe7aab386a4c310 | By . Alasdair Glennie . PUBLISHED: . 08:45 EST, 10 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:26 EST, 10 February 2014 . It was a moment she had dreamed of since she was a girl and saw her claim Britain’s first medal in a snow event at the Winter Olympics in 90 years. But for many, Jenny Jones’s bronze in the snowboarding slope... | BBC apologises after receiving more than 300 complaints .
Viewers branded Ed Leigh, Tim Warwood and Aimee Fuller 'hyperactive'
Broadcaster says 'excitement got the better' of commentators .
Presenters cheered when Austria's Anna Gasser fell over on the slope .
Jenny Jones, 33, won Great Britain's first ever medal on sn... |
f636098a11519dd080570218b6dbd6166fe5d6f5 | Alexander the Great built a legendary empire before his untimely - and mysterious - death at the age of just 32 in 323 BC. Some historians argued was death was due to natural causes, while others maintained he was secretly murdered at a celebratory banquet. Now, an Otago University scientist may have unraveled the case... | Alexander the Great died in 323 BC at the age of 32 .
His death has been a point of mystery, with numerous theories as to what caused it .
What is known is that he suffered for 12 days before dying .
A new theory from the University of Otago in New Zealand claims his wine had been spiked with a plant that, when ferment... |
f63638fd584188979e4a76a1e809008d234cd9c1 | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 04:35 EST, 20 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:28 EST, 20 August 2013 . Couple: Errol Damelin, 43, lives with his wife Julie, 45, and their three children aged four, 12 and 14 . The founder of Wonga is splitting from his wife after 15 years of marriage, it has been revealed. Errol Damelin,... | Errol Damelin, 43, is married to Julie, 45, with children aged 4, 12 and 14 .
Founded Wonga in 2007 and they live in six-bedroom Hampstead house .
Couple say split is 'with sadness' but they 'remain committed to children' |
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