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24,707 | 4609f2e4166266e46e11702fac11ae0aed488d7b | PC Howard: The 35-year-old officer says she was 'put through hell' by the Met Police . A black woman firearms officer said she suffered ‘13 months of hell’ before a criminal inquiry into her conduct was dropped yesterday. PC Carol Howard, 35, claimed the inquiry only went on for so long because she had successfully cha... | Carol Howard, 35, won race and sex discrimination case against Met in July .
Was awarded £37,000 over treatment while in Diplomatic Protection Group .
After she won, the force released details of her arrests in unrelated disputes .
CPS says there is insufficient evidence to bring charges against officer .
She claims in... |
278,619 | f4ed390da804a18bdd4d40181bbc487840f689ed | By . Rick Dewsbury . PUBLISHED: . 04:23 EST, 17 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:48 EST, 17 May 2012 . The Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations could keep the UK economy in recession for three quarters of the year, Bank of England boss Sir Mervyn King has warned. Millions of people will take two days off work for a double ... | Output fell by 0.4 per cent after extra Bank Holiday for the Royal Wedding last year.. but economy still grew .
Eurozone crisis could mean economy shrinks for three successive quarters, but Olympics will provide boost . |
32,019 | 5b2061b1c19137d3fd0784d754a4423da03e2c17 | Liverpool legend Steve Nicol has led the chorus of disapproval in the United States after Frank Lampard delayed his move to New York City to remain with Manchester City. Nicol, who was the coach of fellow MLS side New England Revolution until 2011, told ESPN: 'It is a disaster for that new franchise, a disaster for th... | Frank Lampard is on loan at Manchester City from New York City FC .
It has been confirmed that Lampard will stay in England until May .
Steve Nicol described Lampard staying at City as a disaster for MLS .
Nicol is the former manager of MLS side New England Revolution . |
119,685 | 269e0ffd2f39faf0115620f8c26ea86f66099abd | Andy Murray created a public relations storm two months ago with his pro-Scottish independence tweet and we wait to see if more fallout comes on Thursday night. For against him as he fights for his life at the Barclays ATP World Finals is Roger Federer, the player whose popularity transcends national boundaries, nowher... | Andy Murray meets Roger Federer in their final Group B match at the O2 .
The Scot could face fallout from pro-Scottish independence tweet .
Milos Raonic faces Kei Nishikori in the opening session on Thursday . |
268,401 | e7a61fed298276ad46c01df0c6c7e438a6c1d7ce | Proud of her record-breaking afro, Aevin Dugas says her hair is inspiring legions of women to ditch chemical straighteners and 'go natural'. The 37-year-old, whose hair entered the Guinness Book of Records at 4ft 4ins around, says everyone from toddlers to grandmothers are following in her footsteps. Aevin said: 'At on... | Aevin Dugas has spent the last 14 years growing her hair .
Record-breaking natural afro has entered Guinness Book of Records .
It takes two days to dry and five bottles of conditioner to get it in shape . |
176,003 | 6fd50735a70bc406161d97f9e045b687f8379b89 | Per Sandberg has caused outrage in the French media with his comments . A leading Norwegian MP has called for French people to be banned from visiting his country because they are 'notorious criminals'. Per Sandberg - who is head of parliament's judicial affairs committee - said large groups of tourists from France, Ro... | Per Sandberg said tourists groups should be stopped at Norwegian border .
The deputy leader of opposition Progress complained of begging and crime .
He also singled out Romanian and Bulgarian tourists for the ban .
French media reacts, calling Sandberg: 'an idiot in ski boots' |
83,735 | ed87d02b7ddce8140e95830aaf8b428d170c4f5c | (CNN)The blizzard of 2015 isn't done yet. While sparing much of New York and New Jersey, the much talked-about storm managed to wallop parts of New England on Tuesday. And even after producing coastal flooding and dropping several feet of snow (including 30 inches in Framingham, Massachusetts, and up to 6-foot drifts s... | Flights begin arriving again at New York's LaGuardia airport .
Massachusetts governor: 5 to 10 inches more snow could fall in parts of state .
"This is nothing like we feared it would be," New York's mayor says of the impact on his city . |
177,293 | 718338be2ceb402a38efe5038ba985dd76ef28ed | By . Joshua Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 09:15 EST, 28 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:55 EST, 28 October 2013 . As if having been bequeathed $12 million wasn’t enough, infamous heiress Leona Helmsley’s beloved Maltese now has a namesake posh Manhattan cocktail bar. Though Trouble died in 2010, her memory survives in Troubl... | Trouble's Trust pays homage to the Queen of Mean's $12M bequest to her Maltese named Trouble in 2007 .
Trouble Helmsley was once the richest dog alive .
The lavish bar is located beneath the ornate stairway of the New York Palace, the posh Manhattan hotel once owned by Helmsley .
The series Gossip Girl was filmed at th... |
107,981 | 1734dc638e61458526c437e3322f6a5c9b759114 | Argentina superstars including Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez arrived at West Ham's Rush Green training ground to prepare for their international friendly against Croatia on Wednesday. Former Hammers cult hero Tevez will return to the Boleyn Ground after saving the club from relegation during his controversial spell in... | Argentina take on Croatia in a friendly at Upton Park on Wednesday .
Lionel Messi was joined by Premier League stars including Sergio Aguero, Erik Lamela and Pablo Zabaleta at West Ham's Rush Green training ground .
Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano could return to play at former club . |
228,780 | b4375c9430970f3f83d849719af3ca715490996e | (CNN) -- Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro became the second player in the world's top 10 to withdraw from the French Open when a viral infection ruled him out of Sunday's championships in Paris. The world No. 7 revealed that the virus had affected him when losing to Frenchman Benoit Paire in last week's Rome Masters. ... | Virus forces Juan Martin del Potro out of French Open .
Argentine says illness enforced absences in Portugal and Spain .
Former world no. 1 Wozniacki suffers another first round exit . |
155,719 | 55489a474c5bf114b225fe7c7e8f759a3830b106 | Before she fell in love with a 10-year-old boy pupil, tattooed his name on her chest and made him she had cast a spell on him, primary school teacher, Diane Brimble, had once been described as a selfless ‘supermum’. Brimble, a mother of eight who lured the boy to her rose-covered home in country Victoria for sex, is ex... | Mother-of-eight Diane Brimble tried to have sex with 10-year-old student in her house .
Brimble, 48, had his name tattooed on her chest in an infinity symbol .
The boy, who has Asperger's Syndrome, believes Brimble put a spell on him and won't look at his parents .
His parents have labelled Brimble an 'evil woman' and ... |
162,841 | 5e910e36dea1678d755025d45c746b7e4728ff7a | By . Wills Robinson . Francis Matthews, the voice of the iconic 1960s sci-fi hero Captain Scarlet, has died at the age of 86 following a short illness. Anderson Entertainment, the company behind the extra-terrestrial puppet show, said it was 'sad' to announce the passing of the actor, who brought the Mysteron-battling ... | Francis Matthews brought the martian-battling sci-fi hero to life in 1967 .
His voice was based on the accent of Hollywood star Cary Grant .
Childrens show was broadcast in 40 countries including the United States .
He also starred alongside Morecombe and Wise on the BBC in the 1960s . |
197,179 | 8b35e4acd59a90956f7b837a39efaa9538576688 | Some corporations have religious rights, a deeply divided Supreme Court decided Monday in ruling that certain for-profit companies cannot be required to pay for specific types of contraceptives for their employees. The 5-4 decision on ideological lines ended the high court's term with a legal and political setback for ... | White House: Women, not their bosses, should make personal health decisions .
Conservative justices rule 5-4 in favor of Hobby Lobby .
The ruling could serve as template for future challenges to Obamacare .
Issue was whether businesses can opt out of mandate on religious grounds . |
262,628 | e030dac6f3af7f5848286e53659bdc62aa09da49 | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . One of the peculiar laws of quantum physics is that a particle can be in two different physical states at the same time - like how the Cheshire Cat could separate itself from its smile. If, for example, a beam of neutrons is divided into two beams using a silicon crystal, it can be shown tha... | Scientists separated a neutron from its magnetic moment for the first time .
Research was carried out by a team from Vienna University of Technology .
The groundbreaking study involved the so-called 'Cheshire Cat' experiment .
This involves separating a particle from one of its quantum properties .
It is likened to det... |
43,708 | 7b4301094b3eb7fdafcfaacf5765adbd91472d80 | England and Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley is likely to learn the outcome of his latest disciplinary hearing before Christmas. Northampton look set to mount a robust defence of their captain after he was sent off for elbowing Leicester centre Matt Smith in the face at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday. Hartley could mis... | Dylan Hartley was sent off for elbowing Matt Smith in the face .
Northampton beat Leicester 23-19 despite Hartley's dismissal .
The Saints look set to mount a robust defence of their captain .
Hartley could miss at least the start of England's RBS 6 Nations campaign .
The frontrower was handed a 26-week ban for eye-gou... |
28,195 | 4fefd9ae6dac2dcb3dd98721a47d3b664232042b | (CNN)Three billion miles away from Earth, in an unchartered slice of our solar system, a small space probe is shaking off its deep sleep and getting ready to become the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and its moons. It's the "beginning of the mission's primary objective: the exploration of Pluto and its many moons in 2... | New Horizons awakens from its final hibernation .
The NASA space probe will visit Pluto and its moons in July 2015 .
Talk about a long journey -- New Horizons has traveled nine years and 3 billion miles . |
130,311 | 3479d1728d9c0fa7279c269d9fd80a682059343f | (CNN) -- Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama hammered away at each other's judgment on the economy, domestic policy and foreign affairs as they faced off in their second presidential debate. Obama tried to tie McCain to President Bush's "failed" policies, while McCain pushed his image as a "consistent reformer" at the d... | Barack Obama, John McCain spend half of debate discussing economy .
McCain pushes reformer image; Obama ties McCain to Bush Obama, McCain question each other's judgment .
Debate set up like a town hall, with audience of uncommitted voters . |
35,343 | 64746e1e8157e4e8e9207cf5e1ac34309689ce1b | (CNN) -- A cricketer who punched a rival international player in a bar has been fined and banned ahead of one of the sport's oldest and most renowned competitions. Australia batsman David Warner struck young England counterpart Joe Root in an Australian-themed bar in the English city of Birmingham in the early hours of... | An Australian cricketer has been banned and fined for hitting a rival player .
David Warner punched England's Joe Root in an Australian-theme bar .
Warner has been fined $11,000 and banned until July 10 by Cricket Australia .
The batsman will be eligible for the forthcoming Ashes series against England . |
249,178 | ce706332c689ba13c4d3f3d047a652ea0cbf324e | Everton striker Samuel Eto’o is so famous even his team-mates were a little bit starstruck when he first arrived at Goodison Park. Eto’o, 33, has only made two substitutes appearances ahead of Sunday's clash with Crystal Palace but it hasn’t stopped the former Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan and Chelsea superstar m... | Samuel Eto'o joined Everton on a free transfer after leaving Chelsea .
The striker had played for the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona before joining the Toffees .
Steven Naismith is delighted to be playing alongside Eto'o . |
53,896 | 98d09c48e58c14067997103eed3c8387ec990cf2 | Challenger? Liz Kendall, a favourite of Labour's Blairite wing, is widely tipped as a future Labour leader if Ed Miliband slumps to defeat in May . Blairite MP Liz Kendall is being widely tipped as a future Labour leader if Ed Miliband slumps to defeat in May, it emerged yesterday. The Leicester West MP is a member of ... | Leicester West MP was only elected to the Commons in 2010 .
But she is influential among Labour's Blairite right-wing .
She has supported the inclusion of privatisation in the NHS . |
60,655 | ac6b5be4abffc8be6b6251342eda90c508ef38f1 | By . Simon Walters . PUBLISHED: . 17:06 EST, 22 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:26 EST, 23 September 2012 . Foul-mouthed Cabinet Minister Andrew Mitchell should be sacked for insulting police officers who made him get off his bicycle at the gates to Downing Street, according to a Mail on Sunday poll.Two in three bel... | Senior Whitehall officials say he will be 'lucky to survive'
More tales of 'politically incorrect tantrums' emerge . |
176,396 | 7058d11d5fa703e0b1d05e375f1d95e3e062c1de | By . Sarah Griffiths for MailOnline . Archaeologists more accustomed to unearthing coins and jewels during digs have discovered a 2,000-year old wooden toilet seat. While the artefact is less glamorous, it is perfectly preserved and incredibly rare because it is thought to be the only seat of its kind used by the Roman... | The wooden Roman toilet seat is thought to be the only one of its kind .
It was found at Vindolanda fort on Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland .
Oxygen-free muddy trench kept the seat in near- perfect condition .
Archaeologists hope to locate the actual toilet in the hope that treasures were accidentally dropped inside it ... |
54,912 | 9b8cd358ba59c0d7d9a1dc51594e1a4f4fa87c5b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 02:06 EST, 26 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 02:07 EST, 26 February 2014 . Oblivious to what's going on, a zebra wanders across an African river and straight in to a waiting pride of lions. Incredible video footage has emerged showing the moment a zebra escapes a lion ambush afte... | Zebra narrowly escapes after nearly trotting in to a pride of lions .
Footage shows lions watching and waiting for a seemingly easy meal .
Travelers relieved to see the zebra's hasty getaway . |
153,716 | 52a61f944b43aca3c2848517fe85a7a2a2593bc2 | (CNN) -- "Saturday Night Live" was formed in the crucible of the mid-1970s, when Watergate brought respect for politicians to all-time lows, the counterculture was taking over comedy, and many television viewers were seeking out something fresh and bold. Fred Armisen played Barack Obama in a talked-about sketch Saturda... | Recent "Saturday Night Live" sketch attacked President Obama .
Political pundits, media seized on sketch as meaningful .
It marks end of honeymoon, one observer says, but probably not much more .
"SNL" can "intensify" storylines but is mostly a barometer, says expert . |
245,067 | c92f1c599a950e4ee2b6a562b5eb0f19df4c102f | At first glance these beautiful images appear to show a frozen river caked in fresh snow. But these photographs actually reveal the shocking extent of pollution of the Yamuna River in India that has caused a thick layer of foam to completely cover it. Parts of the Yamuna are now described as a 'dead river' meaning the ... | Devotees went for a traditional bath to mark the Karthik Purnima religious ceremony celebrated on the .
full moon day of the Hindu calendar month of Karthik .
Images of the foam-coated river show the extent of the pollution of the Yamuna around New Delhi .
Indian government has spent nearly £200 million trying to clean... |
118,378 | 24d800432f42a311637457c7d6a33e8d54e42f96 | Parts of the UK are becoming no-go areas for police because minority communities are operating their own justice systems, according to the Chief Inspector of Constabulary. The rise in ‘community justice’ means crimes as serious as murder and sexual abuse are going unreported – a situation reminiscent of Belfast in the ... | Rise in 'community justice' in Midlands cutting number of police calls .
Forces warn genital mutilations and honour killings are being kept hidden .
Follows conviction of Muslim Patrol group last year for 'enforcing sharia law' |
151,156 | 4f6e32274ef09ee7fde840a175bdf199c18abf01 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- A Los Angeles inventor who photographed Michael Jackson 33 years ago hopes those images will now help launch an electric motor he claims could solve the world's energy problems. Reginald Garcia will use cash from the sale of 130 unpublished Jackson photos to fund testing of the motor, which he clai... | Reginald Garcia just rediscovered his March 1978 photos of the Jackson 5 .
The images show Michael Jackson in an "awkward teenage stage," a collector says .
Garcia is selling the photos to raise money for an energy-efficient motor invention .
His "self-generating" motor creates more electricity than it uses, Garcia cla... |
181,270 | 76aaa70a0f9f602bfddf30cdf3c7f3f7c281ece2 | MADRID, Spain -- Lionel Messi scored for the sixth game in a row as Barcelona defeated big-spending Atletico Madrid 3-0 to stay in touch with Primera Liga leaders Real Madrid. Messi (left) is congratulated by Ronaldinho after scoring again in Barcelona's 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid. Barcelona had thumped Atletico 6-0 ... | Lionel Messi scores for the sixth game in a row as Barca defeat Atletico 3-0 .
Real Madrid stay top of the Primera Liga table after defeating Recreativo 2-0 .
Sevilla's crisis continues as they lose their four league match in succession . |
14,256 | 2872b3d198be5bbeb525390ae35e6b1d208c6da2 | Adam Scott, Scott Strange and Wade Ormsby lead the Australian PGA Championship on 10 under par going into Sunday's final day. Ormsby and Strange led at the halfway stage after Friday's rain-hit play, and a day later they were joined at the top of the leaderboard by world number three Scott to set up an intriguing final... | Scott Strange and Wade Ormsby led at halfway stage after Friday's play .
Adam Scott joined them at top of the leaderboard to set up Sunday's finale .
The world number three is on 10 under par with Strange and Ormsby . |
84,734 | f064ec4e5441e7ba8f4741bbd6da3f4a78396170 | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 14:01 EST, 16 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:29 EST, 17 January 2013 . Pictures of the Shetland skeleton taken before a landslide covered it. Researcher also took a bone sample which will now be analysed . A series of storms on Scotland's Shetland Islands temporarily revealed what archa... | Police called to scene when December storms revealed human remains .
Archaeologists believe remains were 2,000 years old - but were recovered by landslide days later .
Storms believed to have damaged several archaeological sites in Scotland . |
204,873 | 953ea712dd56f757959639fbe751da5951710f0c | By . Martha Cliff . Ponies, iPads and enough handbags to make Victoria Beckham blush: no, these aren't the contents of Harrods but some of the many gifts bestowed on 12-year-old Chase McKenna. Like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's Veruca Salt, Chase, and her siblings Mackenzie, seven and Rhys, 14, are given everythi... | Chase McKenna, 12, rarely asks for something and doesn't get it .
Presents include a personalised iPad and a £2,000-a-year horse .
Her mother insists that Chase deserves everything she gets .
Chase says if her parents refuse, they're subjected to 'The Face'
Pocket money is up to £300 a week - and occasionally more . |
170,135 | 68334d1144fc7775ce37cb1f2fb682c764bcab93 | By . Richard Spillett . A toddler who suffered a fatal wound to the head was unlawfully killed, a coroner has concluded, despite no-one being charged over her death. An inquest into the death of Summer Rogers-Ratcliffe, who was 21 months old when she died, heard she was subjected to a non-accidental 'blunt force trauma... | Summer Rogers-Ratcliffe died of a blunt force injury to the head in 2012 .
Mother, stepfather and grandmother all arrested on suspicion of murder .
Charges not brought as it was 'not clear who was caring for Summer at time'
Coroner now rules the toddler was 'unlawfully killed' by hit to head . |
235,187 | bc73c3b296c5d7a582c60035678c3ce4140e6ad8 | By . Francesca Infante . PUBLISHED: . 06:23 EST, 21 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:27 EST, 21 November 2013 . Jailed: Earle was sentenced to six years on Tuesday for brutal attack on his ex-girlfriend Cheryl Thrower . A jilted lover has been jailed for six years after he 'snapped' and brutally stabbed his ex-partner... | Father-of-two Steven Earle, 53, attacked his partner of six years at the home they had shared in Kettering .
Cheryl Thrower, 55, was left in a pool of blood from stab wounds inflicted by the six-inch kitchen utensil . |
177,707 | 720c9517f28098a31bb94c24b0eff66bd4a5089e | By . Gerri Peev, Political Correspondent . Last updated at 8:52 AM on 5th July 2011 . A council boss who earned more than the Prime Minister has left her job with a £219,000 pay-off after being accused of bullying and claiming excessive expenses. Andrea Hill, chief executive of Suffolk County Council, has quit the loca... | Andrea Hill, on paid leave since Easter given £219k compensation by Suffolk County Council . |
73,504 | d061bb49109f167613251b48bba0cc19a15a72b8 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 09:24 EST, 25 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:29 EST, 25 April 2013 . Inquest: Lucy Boughton died aged 20 in a car crash on the A21 in Kent in October 2011, on a road which the Highways Agency had neglected . A former grammar school girl died on a notoriously treacherous bend with suc... | Lucy Boughton, 20, died after her car slipped off the A21 in Kent .
Highways Agency had ignored pleas from motorists to improve surface . |
108,076 | 1757913b746674c02a18cfd7cec6c6e080da9879 | BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- German investigators Thursday acknowledged "credible information" indicating that one of the world's most wanted Nazi war criminals died almost 20 years ago in Egypt. The former the hotel in Cairo where Heim spent his final days. The announcement from the Baden-Wuerttemberg State Criminal Inves... | German broadcaster reports Nazi hiding in Egypt died in 1992 .
Aribert Heim known to inmates as "Dr. Death" performed experiments on prisoners .
ZDF reports he lived lived in Cairo as Tarek Farid Hussein; died of cancer .
Nazi hunter groups says it expects to see documentary evidence Thursday . |
41,491 | 750af28fcbd7f4a886cef58becec7c230a69b82e | (CNN) -- It's hard to imagine Meryl Streep having second thoughts about tackling any role, but the actress admits that she had doubts about "Doubt," her newest project. The cast of "Doubt," from left: Viola Davis, Amy Adams, Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The film -- based on a Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-... | "Doubt" stars Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis .
Film is based on a Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by the same name .
It examines what happens when a nun suspects a priest of abusing a student .
Streep advises co-star to pick out a dress for the Academy Awards . |
162,410 | 5dfde4281fb9e0bff6abca4b073de1544ea31e51 | By . Phil Vinter . PUBLISHED: . 03:56 EST, 23 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:21 EST, 23 July 2012 . Staunch: Barack Obama has shown no inclination he wants to significantly tighten gun control laws in the wake of the weekend shootings . It is considered a basic right by many Americans and Barack Obama has shown no incli... | President says steps need to be taken to protect Second Amendment rights .
No plan to push to renew a ban on assault weapons which expired in 2004 . |
251,266 | d1382dd747184c2dc711345a00ca9c1c19945d03 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 16:22 EST, 28 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:22 EST, 28 January 2014 . A police officer shot a 17-year-old runaway in the wrist at a Hawaii . high school today after the teen cut one officer with a knife and punched two . others, authorities said. The shooting happened at Roosevel... | Roosevelt High School in Honolulu placed on lockdown at 8.30am today .
School staff reported a teenage runaway in the building to police .
Officers went to arrest the teen who lunged at them with a knife .
One of the officers then fired two shots, .
hitting the boy once in the wrist. The teen was hospitalized with .
no... |
42,973 | 7930ce90f93d5dca3c31542b6ced250761b24873 | MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- One small slice Monday of Mexican President Felipe Calderon's war on drug cartels: two shootouts on the streets of two cities; a man and a woman ambushed in their car; at least four people dead; three soldiers wounded, one of them gravely. Suspected members of Los Zetas drug cartel are pres... | Two shootouts in two cities near U.S. border in Mexican state of Nuevo Leon .
San Nicolas de los Garza and Escobedo are cities .
Shootouts leave 4 dead, 3 wounded . |
217,167 | a52a056300c58987ea9c6d46bc1acc8dce4af91e | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- If you're a comedy fan, you've probably heard of him by now. Comedian Brian Regan, 50, is famous for his clean jokes about everyday life. He is on tour. Famous for his clean jokes about everyday life, comedian Brian Regan is at the peak of his career, gaining new followers with every performan... | Brian Regan has become a top-ranked comedian by keeping material clean .
Regan's humor is observational, focuses on everyday life .
One inspiration for comedy career was being able to sleep in, Regan says .
"Comedy is a good way to deal with anything," Regan says . |
273,455 | ee3eff0e98d43e8613dace48001dd84bc719fc08 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . We all love to talk about it in the Britain, but these pictures show that the weather holds a fascination around the globe. From forks of lightning in Poland and New Mexico to flooded fields in Portugal, a snow-covered yak in Nepal and a monsoon in Bangladesh, these pictures all made the fina... | All made final cut in Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers' Weather competition . |
260,865 | ddd8b31850672a54ff5005a3d4275c293f0fd872 | By . Lillian Radulova . A nationwide crash of two of the country's largest mobile phone networks has been dismissed as 'less than perfect' by one of the telco's technology experts - and the reason for the meltdown remains unknown. Vodafone and Optus Mobile customers were unable to call or text for several hours on Thur... | Vodafone and Optus both experienced network outages on Thursday .
Both companies have announced their services are back up and running .
All Vodafone customers will receive unlimited free data over the weekend .
The reason and number of people affected by the outage is still unclear . |
254,111 | d4e5e94250172ae14c97516381258a513ebaa0df | (CNN) -- Iran's parliament has asked authorities to arrest "the main instigators and directors" of Sunday's violent anti-government protests, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Wednesday, the same day massive pro-government rallies were held in Tehran and other cities. Legislator Hassan Noroozi named ... | NEW: Iran's parliament calls on authorities to arrest three key opposition leaders .
NEW: Mir Hussein Moussavi, Mehdi Karoubi and Fa'ezeh Hashemi named .
Massive pro-government rallies were held in Tehran and other cities Wednesday .
Rallies were in response to Sunday's violent protests, which fell on Shiite holy day . |
51,355 | 91631f42d2ad01dbc4ded0c201d686a9bc5a9b3f | Gordon Ramsay says the opening night of hist new restaurant was sabotaged by a rival making 100 fake bookings, but did not name the suspect . Gordon Ramsay may have a reputation for being one of the most brutal head chefs in the restaurant business, but it seems his rivals are capable of being equally devious. Mr Ramsa... | Heddon Street Kitchen opened in Mayfair, London, on Saturday last week .
Ramsay accused rival of sabotage after only 40 of 140 bookings showed .
Said scam left staff 'deflated' and will have to reconfirm every booking . |
254,869 | d5e3ac733278ea31afbced5271a28a82ff2b0ef0 | Washington (CNN) -- Your little post office might be on a proposed list of closings coming out Tuesday as the U.S. Postal Service tries to find ways to cut red ink. Some would be replaced by a "Village Post Office" located within a commercial retail store. Postmaster General Patrick Donohoe planned a news conference Tu... | The U.S. Postal Service considers closing low-use post offices .
The service will detail a plan for joint retail ventures with grocery stores, others .
The list of possible closings is subject to appeal and review . |
101,341 | 0ea2e8da02076d1d689399b04acd82b32442aa49 | By . Olivia Williams . PUBLISHED: . 12:55 EST, 10 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:06 EST, 10 June 2013 . When 52-year-old photographer Franz Schumacher sees a storm brewing he does not run for cover with everyone else. Instead, he grabs his camera and photographs the thunder and lightning from the middle of the action fo... | 52-year-old photographer Franz Schumacher takes dramatic pictures of storms at harvest time in Germany .
He says it's all down to finding exactly the right position in the middle of the action . |
242,008 | c533e617572c24fad1dc40b4ae363691650e7430 | By . Andy Dolan . Blunder: Victoria Harrison, 17, slowly bled to death in her hospital bed after an artery was severed during a routine appendix operation at Kettering General Hospital . A hospital which suppressed details of the blunders that led to a teenage girl’s death to avoid causing stress to staff was forced to... | Victoria Harrison, 17, bled to death in her bed at Kettering General Hospital .
Trainee hairdresser texted a picture of blood-stained top before she died .
Inquest told that hospital had uncovered 43 errors in the teenager's care .
But Northamptonshire hospital insisted publishing details could 'endanger the mental hea... |
264,335 | e25c801e496cad3710fb4e0c649178e0c84b4ba8 | (CNN) -- Until a few months ago, Denmark's Greenland North National Park was the world's largest nature reserve at 972,000 square kilometers -- bigger than all but 30 countries on Earth. There are now two spots that eclipse it. For a few short weeks, the French semi-autonomous territory of New Caledonia in the southwes... | New Caledonia's Natural Park of the Coral Sea covers 1.3 million square kilometers .
Signal Island Marine Park, less than 20 kilometers from the capital, is great for snorkeling .
The world's largest marine managed area is the U.S. Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument . |
272,998 | ed9972b79c7aae81b05b798a5ea2a081b8e589b9 | By . Chris Waugh . A spectator ran on to the circuit at Leicester Racecourse and dangerously sprinted alongside the horses during the Cream Gorse Handicap on Saturday. Jockeys were forced to steer their horses either side of the man, who was wearing a pink shirt and black trousers, to avoid an accident at the course. L... | Man ran on to the course and alongside the horses during the race .
Jockeys were forced to steer their horses either side to avoid an accident .
The favourite Illustrious Prince, ridden by Freddie Tylicki, won the race . |
39,742 | 702f608a365247a7c9f971d06c6110f34131830a | (CNN) -- Trailing what would become a fatal flight by some 27 minutes, the same kind of aircraft operated by the same airline traveled the same route last week and landed safely, the NTSB said Monday. Only a few pieces of the Continental Connection Dash 8 turboprop were recognizable after the crash. The pilot of the s... | NTSB says pilot who traveled same route in identical plane reported "moderate icing"
That plane landed safely in Buffalo 27 minutes after fatal crash .
NTSB sending questionnaires to pilots who flew in area to gather data .
Investigators recover, test pieces from deicing system . |
42,459 | 77b8da04408b0a305a26456d49c7adfe2d137d0d | Hong Kong (CNN) -- Just call it the anti-protest protest. Tens of thousands of people marched through Hong Kong yesterday in support of China and to protest Occupy Central, a pro-democracy movement that says it will plan to stage a civil disobedience sit-in unless the Chinese government allows the Hong Kong public to n... | Tens of thousands march to protest Occupy Central democracy movement .
Organizer claims quarter-million attended march, other estimates far lower .
Occupy Central organizer Benny Tai says he is not concerned .
China's government will release decision on Hong Kong election reform soon . |
73,774 | d12f23df271d7d1dccb9ead769bf1e0ad6e634c4 | Braces are an awkward and often painful rite of passage for many teenagers, but they can transform the most crooked teeth into Hollywood smiles. A strangely captivating time-lapse video reveals how an 11-year-old-girl’s warped teeth were transformed over just 18-months. It shows how her top teeth move down and into mor... | Video reveals how an 11-year-old's crooked teeth were fixed in 18-months .
Shows how teeth are moved due to the pressure exerted by braces .
She was treated at Kesling & Rocke Orthodontic Group in Westville, Indiana .
Braces are used to correct structural problems and for cosmetic reasons .
They pull teeth in a certain... |
188,696 | 80645505709ed5addab128a620042235799b9388 | In the locker room, it looks to be a match made in heaven. From a cosy soak together at a spa to a spot of grooming, it looks like Andy Murray and Grigor Dimitrov are so comfortable in each other’s company. But the Wimbledon champion will have to put his burgeoning ‘bromance’ with his Bulgarian rival to one side today,... | Andy Murray and Grigor Dimitrov getting along famously at Wimbledon .
Today the pair battle for a place in the semi-finals at the All England Club .
The pair have been pictured in salon and in a post-match bath together . |
53,038 | 9674c790966de344a4a34a39dc19a9bf2ef635fd | (CNN) -- Mexican smugglers trying to find new routes into the United States are turning increasingly to the Pacific Ocean for a short sail to the California coast, where they drop off illegal immigrants and marijuana, U.S. officials say. The Pacific Ocean around the California coastline is being used more often by Mex... | Interdictions of human cargo on the Pacific have doubled since last year .
Smugglers turn to water route as authorities crack down at land crossings .
As water route becomes more common, it's also become more dangerous .
Authorities say smugglers increasingly violent; boats are crammed . |
208,237 | 99981ac431424d0fe6104182de9f7472a51730c2 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 14:27 EST, 12 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:44 EST, 12 December 2012 . This eagle's head nearly touches its back as it calls out to a friend. The giant African Fish Eagle, known as 'the voice of Africa', shows off its flexibility by bending its whole body as it bellows from a tree branc... | Images show incredible flexibility of magnificent bird of prey .
African Fish Eagle renowned for its distinctive call .
Known as 'the voice of Africa' |
16 | 0010c870d3fc53ea7f2a4a50f6496dc2df17e02f | By . Margot Peppers . Nigerian and Cameroonian pop star Dencia has hit out at Lupita Nyong'o for her new contract with Lancome, accusing her of bowing to 'white people companies'. In an angry tweet directed at the 12 Years A Slave star, she wrote: 'Oh @Lupita_Nyongo cln't talk abt the bleaching creams white people (Com... | Dencia's comment is hypocritical considering she recently courted controversy for marketing 'dark spot remover' Whitenicious, which is frequently used as a skin-whitening cream . |
215,972 | a398207f8e9f565fb134439abe0827acc55228b3 | By . Kieran Corcoran . 'Groper': Harris touched the breast and behind of a 15-year-old girl at an Australian shop in 1991, Southwark Crown Court heard . Rolf Harris groped a 15-year-old girl's breast after telling her to give him a hug, before rubbing his groin against her mother's behind, a court heard. Harris, 84, ap... | Harris groped a 15-year-old in Australian shop in 1991, a court heard .
Also allegedly rubbed his groin on mother while a photo was being taken .
The girl later said Harris was 'handy' and a 'dirty old man', jurors heard .
Harris, 84, denies 12 indecent assaults at Southwark Crown Court . |
177,245 | 717295bf1698c7120a9c948724a76856bfc3f522 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . She's a self-confessed 'daddy's girl', and Victoria McClure is willing to do anything for her father - even pull together a wedding in just two weeks. Joey McClure, has waged a 12-year war on gastrointestinal cancer, but his most recent prognosis was not good. Victoria's fiance, Kevin Stixrud... | Kevin Stixrud proposed to Victoria McClure on Christmas Eve last year, with the two planning to wed in December .
Father of the bride, Joey McClure, suffering from gastrointestinal cancer, was unlikely to live that long, doctors said .
The McClure family's church in Mesquite, Texas, rallied together to plan the nuptial... |
104,497 | 12d6710172e10b327918fd3baadeaddfb0af4a27 | For more than a hundred years the traditional British milkman has been making doorstep deliveries. But now the daily pint is to be delivered by the Germans across much of the country. Surrey-based Dairy Crest has sold all of its dairies and 3,000 milk floats to Bavaria’s Müller for £80million. End of an era: Mark Allen... | Surrey-based Dairy Crest has sold its dairies and milk floats to Müller .
Bavarian company will take control of four dairies as well as 70 depots .
Dairy Crest will now focus on Country Life butter and Cathedral City brands . |
267,799 | e6d6696e8ad83648aa8496d10cba2dfea4695002 | Three people have been charged after hundreds of protesters including comedian Russell Brand descended on Buckingham Palace and Parliament Square as part of a worldwide demonstration against austerity cuts. Officers from Scotland Yard arrested 15 pepole during the protests yesterday, which saw demonstrators clashing wi... | Demonstrators throw glass bottles during confrontations with officers .
Taking part in a global march against austerity cuts in Central London .
Comedian Brand, 38, is pictured wearing Anonymous mask at protest .
Ashley Anderson Hunte-Smith, 25, from Morden, London, and Jordan Mark Perry, 21, from St Albans each accuse... |
91,557 | 01c987c8f22cedb72525f07fcda3b5fbfadacc98 | By . Joshua Gardner . A state politician in Missouri shocked his followers Monday by posting a lewd meme poking fun at male erections. Republican Representative Mark Parkinson's phallic faux pas appeared only briefly and featured a man on a couch hidden by his outsized equipment. But it was long enough force the lawmak... | Missouri State Rep. Mark Parkinson's Twitter feed featured an erection joke meme briefly on Monday .
Parkinson apologized immediately while insisting he was out campaigning door to door when the tweet posted . |
224,813 | af17901dc8da32db27c3f5e1144b3478eaf2fde9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:23 EST, 1 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:48 EST, 1 November 2013 . It was one of the biggest spectacles of its day attracting hundreds of society's best dressed men and women. As enormous gas-filled balloons floated across the sky, onlookers at the exclusive Hurlingham . Pr... | Black and white pictures show balloon race in London more than a century ago .
Rare images show hundreds of Victorian gentleman gathered for race at Hurlingham Private Members Club .
More than 170 of the glass slides expected to fetch £1,000 at auction this month . |
218,805 | a73bcfd2271d5d470db2570cb1da998da9a5c1c1 | A Scottish church has become the first in the UK to share its premises with Muslim worshippers. St John’s Episcopal Church in Aberdeen now welcomes hundreds of Muslims praying five times a day in their building as the nearby mosque was so small that they were forced to worship outside. The minister of St John's, Rev Is... | The Syed Shah Mustafa Jame Masjid mosque was too small to fit everyone in .
Church minister Rev Isaac Poobalan saw worshippers praying outside .
Now he has handed over part of St John's Episcopal Church in Aberdeen .
Bishop says: 'It would be good to think we can change the world' |
80,948 | e56b9ec9b7ecfede07d81b3437cdf0f83768ef2f | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 07:44 EST, 5 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:31 EST, 5 November 2012 . An Irish company has created huge excitement among investors after speculation that it could have discovered what could be the biggest oil find of its type in US history. U.S. Oil and Gas, of Dublin, has been using ‘... | U.S. Oil and Gas uses 'groundbreaking' technologies .
in Hot Creek Valley .
Legal disclosures made to investors .
caused share price to rise by 1,000% .
Findings excite oil experts but firm insists its testing is not yet complete .
Research being carried out in Eblana 1 adjacent to oil-rich Railroad .
Valley .
Firm use... |
268,820 | e837ef537c8a097b1fd152cbcd5f0dbba7454c4d | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 22:03 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 03:55 EST, 7 January 2014 . The American football star who claimed last week that he lost his NFL career because he was a vocal advocate of same-sex marriage has said he has no regrets and stands by his allegations that his former coach Mike... | Kluwe was cut from the Vikings in May and wrote an article last week in which he claimed it was because he was an advocate for gay marriage .
He claims coach Mike Priefer told him 'we .
should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it .
until it glows'
The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to carry ou... |
255,206 | d6574c74c30440470e1dfc8748bd18fbc71dd825 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- The end is coming for radio and TV icon Casey Kasem. He's suffering from dementia and bedsores, and his body is shutting down at a hospital in Washington state, court documents say. On Wednesday, a Los Angeles County judge gave daughter Kerri Kasem the authority to have doctors end his infusions of... | Judge reverses course, gives daughter authority to end Kasem's water, food, medicine .
Attorney for Kasem's wife calls the judge's ruling "a death sentence"
Radio icon is critically ill as family battles for control of medical decisions .
His daughter says the fight is about love, but his wife says it's over money . |
159,483 | 5a27b57613583c63221f6f5f694f2b041c74c48c | (CNN) -- Hamas is pushing a different tactic in its conflict with Israel, urging Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to go before the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israeli leaders for war crimes. The idea of pursuing an investigation into Israel by the international body is not new, but Hamas said on... | Hamas signed a document demanding that the Palestinian Authority go before the ICC .
The International Criminal Court could investigate war crimes on both sides .
Israel and the United States have pressured the Palestinians not to do that .
Rockets continued to land in Israel . |
170,502 | 68b585d54617248386db0e124a83f87879b295af | Demure: Xi Mingze has been studying at Harvard under a pseudonym since 2010 . Demurely dressed in a high-necked jumper on a chilly autumn day, the pretty 20-year-old brunette could be any university student. But this photograph posted on Facebook shows Xi Mingze, the new 'princess' of China. As the cherished only daugh... | Xi Mingze, 20, has been studying at the leading US university under a pseudonym since 2010 .
'She is a bookworm, very quiet and studious'
Xi is said to have 24 hour protection from bodyguards . |
220,905 | a9f936914cfd65d3f4e0fd74d9f85a807088dbce | (Health.com) -- Waste happens. Every cook knows that. Still, discovering wilted herbs or a loaf of stale bread can make you feel careless. Plus, tossing out food is expensive! The average American household discards between $500 and $2,000 worth of food a year. But there are clever ways to minimize waste, by storing fo... | The average U.S. household discards up to $2,000 in food each year .
There are ways to store food carefully or preserve it to enjoy later .
Fruit can be made into a fruit salad or frozen for later use .
Preserve herbs by making a paste or sauce, or dry hardier herbs . |
103,635 | 11ac216d1451305a32c0a0260cadc85d733bb2a8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 07:55 EST, 26 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:29 EST, 26 December 2013 . The 72-year-old U.S. constractor who was kidnapped by al-Qaeda in Pakistan more than two years ago has issued a video statement asking President Obama to secure his release. The vide... | Warren Weinstein, 72, was kidnapped by al-Qaeda in August 2011 .
At the time, Weinstein was living and working as a consultant in Lahore, Pakistan .
In the video released Thursday, Weisntein appeals to President Obama to help secure his release .
It was the first sign in more than a year that Weinstein is still alive . |
204,406 | 94a18fd15381324da5ccbf0f55adf00e3309d0d9 | Wojciech Szczesny has been pictured with his FA Cup medal and hugging the famous trophy despite not playing a single second in the FA Cup this season. Arsenal's first-choice goalkeeper had to play second fiddle throughout the tournament to Lukasz Fabianski, but took his place among the bench at Wembley for Saturday's d... | Wojciech Szczesny hasn't played for Arsenal in the FA Cup this season .
The Poland international was an unused substitute in the win over Hull .
Szczesny has played second fiddle to Lukas Fabiasnki in the Cup this year . |
123,975 | 2c4535cf1145fd4ac1fa9ec6de6be91fb291afb0 | Talk about a jilted ex-lover. This shocking footage of a 31-year-old woman in Angarsk, Russia, shows her causing serious damage to her ex-husband's car. Despite the frigid weather in south-eastern Siberia, the woman went outside in the snow with an axe and began to smash up her ex-husband's parked Toyota Camry. The inc... | Shocking footage captured of a 31-year-old woman in Angarsk, Russia .
The jilted ex-wife took an axe to her former husband's Toyota Camry .
After bashing in the bonnet, she destroyed the rear windshield and lights . |
169,622 | 6782283d7301e0c38285369889846b8993d495a3 | Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- A total of 37 former Cuban political prisoners landed in Madrid on Friday from Havana, boosting to 115 the number of former Cuban prisoners who have come to Spain since last July, a Spanish Foreign Ministry statement said. The latest group includes Cuban dissident Orlando Fundora, arrested in 200... | Latest group includes 37 former Cuban political prisoners and their relatives .
They are the last of a group of political prisoners whose release was negotiated last year .
They boarded buses headed for 15 destinations around Spain . |
259,453 | dbe0fc780e6494b8f6b266e5e838cb44b0968d87 | From children working hard in the fields to a group of soldiers pushing a broken-down bus, these are the photographs that North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, didn't want you to see. Taken by photographer Eric Lafforgue during what would prove to be his final visit to the rogue state, the images reveal the shocking extent... | Photographer Eric Lafforgue took the 'banned' images during a visit to North Korea earlier this year .
Forbidden subjects include malnourished people, child labourers and a man collecting grass to eat .
Other photos that incurred the wrath of the regime included a shot of soldiers pushing a broken-down bus .
Lafforgue ... |
83,563 | ed0ee314cc80bd72643d349e797a577bd9827a8d | Cat-lover Maria Harrison had no idea that her love of furry felines would one day lead to her opening her very own cat cafe. Ms Harrison, who owns Willows Cat Adoption Centre in South Shields, Newcastle upon Tyne, serves up coffee and cake with a side of kitten to raise much needed funds for her homeless moggies. And ... | Maria Harrison's Willow Cat Cafe is part of her cat adoption centre .
Residents in South Shields, Newcastle flock to see the kitties .
Visitors have to book ahead before turning up for their 45 minute slots . |
158,716 | 5934f6ce7a3563d49c7f3c531bd8996162b5de52 | Sportsmail takes a look at 10 things we have learned from an entertaining weekend of Premier League fixtures, as well as intriguing statistics from up and down the country. 1. Mario Balotelli appears to drift through games but he's actually working harder than you'd think. He covered 5.2 miles in his 79 minutes against... | Mario Balotelli may not be finding the net at the same rate as Luis Suarez .
But he is running the same as Suarez against the top four teams last season .
Paul Dummett's emergence has been a huge bonus for Newcastle .
Joey Barton put on a compelling case to return to QPR's starting line-up .
Ryan Bertrand is in good fo... |
45,390 | 7fec0caa4a0fe404a8b71864b6a8b1021f5e1d80 | By . Mark Prigg . IBM, and Apple are to join forces in a bid to get more iPhones and iPads into major firms. The firms announced an unpredecented project to release more than 100 apps aimed at everything from healthcare to banking. They will also join forces to try and sell iPads and iPhones to business users. The part... | Pair will sell iPhones and iPads loaded with specially developed IBM applications .
Will release more than 100 apps aimed at everything from healthcare to banking .
Could have major impact on Microsoft and Blackberry . |
200,031 | 8efaae5b85f90e01621d4effa56ea2fe1bc175eb | (CNN) -- Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 gruesome triple homicide outside Boston along with a Chechen killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law enforcement official told CNN. Ibragim Toda... | Dead Boston bombing suspect implicated in 2011 killings, official says .
Another man, Ibragim Todashev, attacks FBI agent with a knife, is killed .
Todashev had admitted to a role in a 2011 triple murder in Massachusetts .
Authorities told him not to take a pending flight to Chechnya . |
180,000 | 750e15fb12c30d2cc4c2491c17b5739be2adc079 | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 04:23 EST, 12 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:35 EST, 12 March 2014 . Big payout: An Essex secondary school pupil received over £15,000 in compensation after his eyebrow was slightly cut by a DVD case thrown to him by a teacher . A schoolboy was awarded £15,197 in compensation after he ... | Essex County Council paid out £15,197 to a pupil whose head was cut .
His eyebrow received a tiny cut from a DVD case thrown by a teacher .
'The claimant suffered a minor cosmetic deformity' - Essex council .
Thirty-four payouts were handed to injured teachers in the county recently .
The county paid out £1.05m to them... |
215,590 | a30f7d83ed5aa5f4ad683e4a4e27bd0849e1862f | The Facebook page "Black Women Do Breastfeed" has existed since 2010 with a modest audience of some 2,000 people who follow it for news and conversations along with the occasional encouraging image of a breast-feeding mother. Over the weekend, the page shared a picture of a woman breast-feeding at her graduation, promp... | A photo of a woman nursing at her college graduation got spread on social media .
The picture was shared from Facebook group "Black Women Do Breastfeed"
The group's founder says their images encourage more black women to breast-feed . |
22,683 | 40645071620c3cd77b9c3b126ce9e99ebbb7a90f | New diet pill Contrave has won approval to . be sold in the United States, only the third . obesity treatment in more than a decade to win approval from the . Food and Drug Administration. Made by Orexigen Therapeutics Inc, Contrave is a combination of the antidepressant bupropion and Orexigen's . formulation of naltre... | Orexigen Therapeutics' Contrave is only the third obesity treatment in more than a decade to win approval from the Food and Drug Administration .
The pill is a combination of the antidepressant bupropion and Orexigen's formulation of naltrexone, designed to prevent drug dependence .
The company did not say when the pil... |
141,898 | 4380de937e5e9c5ddec71973b7c1e9dd94e1f6be | Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Home to some 70 million Muslims, Nigeria is stepping up efforts to capitalize on the growing popularity of the one of the world's fastest-growing financial sectors: Islamic banking. Earlier this year the Central Bank of Nigeria announced a final set of regulations which introduced Islamic bankin... | Nigerian authorities have introduced regulations introducing Islamic banking .
Islamic banks do not charge interest because it's prohibited under the Sharia law .
Islamic finance can appeal to Christians as well, says Hajara Adeola of Lotus Capital . |
237,584 | bf7d147dc5664551b19c8be078c7561172b1958a | By . Ashley Collman . Arson: A Rhode Island grand jury indicted Corrine Latraverse (pictured) Wednesday on charges she purposely burned down her Woonsocket home . A Rhode Island mother of three allegedly burned down her house to spite her longtime boyfriend, one day after she caught him cheating. Corrine Latraverse, 30... | On Wednesday, a Rhode Island grand jury indicted Corrine Latraverse, 30, on charges for first-degree arson .
Latraverse allegedly burned down her Woonsocket home last March to spite her cheating boyfriend .
The arson came just one day after she caught the partner of 15 years talking to another woman on the phone .
Latr... |
145,852 | 4897c456f9003f8c76345a16f8374d422e331303 | Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea reacted to a South Korean anti-submarine exercise early Thursday by saying it would meet "confrontation with confrontation" and war with "all-out war," according to North Korean state-run media. "Now that the puppet group challenged the DPRK [North Korea] formally and blatantly, ... | South Korean anti-submarine exercise prompts angry response .
North "will react to confrontation with confrontation," news agency says .
North Korea calls South Korean leaders a "group of traitors"
Response comes amid high tensions, after Seoul blamed Pyongyang for sinking warship . |
113,309 | 1e42a1974f83025fb94e40b30ad0df72f3a82877 | These terrifying pictures show children as young as five being trained to kill with pistols and deadly AK-47 assault rifles. They were taken from footage of an al Qaeda terror camp in north Waziristan, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Many of the children are orphans of the terrorist organisation's 'martyrs' follo... | Children trained to use deadly arms by militants on Pakistan border .
Many are orphaned sons of al Qaeda 'martyrs'
Terror camps in Syria and Somalia also claim to be training boy soldiers . |
135,465 | 3b40fba66f1f9fcdca06c8d4f9b8f5a2725b4435 | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 08:54 EST, 10 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:45 EST, 10 February 2014 . The American and Russian figure skating teams have been accused of conspiring to fix who will receive the sport's Olympic medals. According to an anonymous Russian coach, the two countries decided ahead of the So... | Russia 'vowed to help American .
skaters Charlie White and Meryl Davis win gold in exchange for their country's success in team and pairs event'
French newspaper L'Equipe quoted anonymous Russia coach at weekend .
Davis and White set an Olympic record on Sunday with a 114.34 ice-dancing score - beating longtime Canadia... |
20,788 | 3afd7b30a19c23baeae1f32e4edbf725fe3e30f0 | Trying to reduce the time their children spend on laptops and smartphones is a constant worry for parents. But perhaps they should encourage them to remain glued to their devices, as computer scientists have emerged as the top-earning graduates. According to figures of graduate salaries, computer scientists from Oxford... | Computer scientists from Oxford University have highest graduate salaries .
They earn an average of £43,895 six months after leaving university .
Figure almost four times that of graduates in drama and dance from Essex .
Science degrees are increasingly the path to higher salaries, figures reveal . |
174,818 | 6e438044d8c0a6abaab10d9dc42bc7f94b0db898 | By . Sam Creighton . These fantastic shots show the city of Hong Kong in a beautiful new light. Photographer Peter Stewart spent two years travelling between the city and his native Australia, taking the stunning images in an attempt to show off the beauty of the sprawling metropolis. The 29-year-old only took up photo... | Peter Stewart, 29, spent two years travelling to Hong Kong to photograph the city's nighttime skyline .
The photographer hopes his work will dispel the image of Hong Kong being an ugly city .
He says the city is the perfect subject for any photographer, being able to cater for any artistic 'niche' |
224,512 | aeb19dce7b2cdf30ff5782d99d1f158ad20caaea | By . David Wilkes . With the last of her A-level exams looming, grammar school girl Saskia Fisk was revising hard. So when two friends asked her to watch a motor race at Brands Hatch with them it seemed the perfect opportunity for some well-earned relaxation. But a pleasant day out turned into a terrifying nightmare fo... | Saskia Fisk was invited to watch motor race at Brands Hatch with friends .
But one friend Jack Cottle, 21, drove the car onto the track during the race .
The other friend Zac Copson filmed the event and posted it on social media .
The 18-year-old from Sevenoaks, Kent, said she 'begged him to stop' |
141,640 | 432a3211d2316b270fa3b889bfaf1073f10a9965 | (CNN) -- With 20 U.S. states allowing medical marijuana, and others weighing its medicinal or recreational use, advocates of looser laws on weed appear to have the advantage. But leading medical groups remain ambivalent, and opponents are now trying to mobilize for upcoming votes in three states. Florida will vote on w... | 20 U.S. states now allow medical marijuana .
Leading medical groups remain ambivalent on the issue .
There is growing pressure to change marijuana's Schedule I classification .
Anti-legalization groups are mobilizing to combat upcoming votes . |
173,344 | 6c588d820c89aabe48e38317c3cc7983c6f511eb | By . Rebecca Evans . PUBLISHED: . 13:08 EST, 5 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:16 EST, 5 December 2012 . TV presenter Michael Palin dismissed a suggestion today that a film producer was a seventh member of the Monty Python comedy team. The star is currently battling the claims of Mark Forstater, producer of the film ... | TV star Michael Palin denies film producer was 'seventh Monty Python member' in High Court hearing .
Mark Forstater of 'Holy Grail' is seeking royalties for Spamalot stage spin-off .
West End mega-hit could net him hundreds of thousands of pounds . |
168,886 | 667e91334dd2b32e0875122c7acccfdb2d12967b | Comedian Bill Cosby took to the stage on Saturday night despite drawing a 100-strong crowd of protesters who chanted 'Rape is not a joke!' and 'No means no!' outside the theater. Remaining defiant amid a storm of sexual assault allegations against him, the 77-year-old entertainer carried out two performances at the Bue... | Bill Cosby took to stage at Buell Theater in Denver on Saturday evening .
Meanwhile, around 100 demonstrators waved signs outside the venue .
Led by lawyer Gloria Allred, the protesters chanted: 'Rape is not a joke!'
Earlier in day, Beth Ferrier, 55, had accused comedian of sexual assault .
Claimed Cosby, 77, put drugs... |
152,614 | 5134769e9d329129e9ff664ce0c47b9303a92bcc | Rome, Italy (CNN) -- A jailed Italian mobster claims he can prove American student Amanda Knox, her former boyfriend and a drifter are innocent of murdering Knox's British roommate because he knows who the real killer is -- his brother. Luciano Aviello, 41, made the statement during a videotaped interview with Knox's l... | Luciano Aviello says his brother told him he killed Meredith Kercher in botched robbery .
Aviello says he buried brother's bloody knife, clothes and keys to Kercher's apartment .
Amanda Knox's lawyers want Aviello's story investigated for her appeal .
Knox, her former boyfriend were convicted of murdering Kercher in De... |
270,354 | ea237a09ecb7f83dab18d11ca8ca1cc63976f752 | (CNN) -- Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt made headlines after snapping a selfie of herself nestled in between UK Prime Minister David Cameron and U.S. President Barack Obama at Mandela's memorial service on Tuesday. The "selfie" went viral online almost immediately. But you could be forgiven for not kno... | Danish PM makes headlines after snapping selfie at Mandela memorial .
Many Danes seem not to have taken the whole thing as seriously as other media .
Some Danes are bemused by the global reaction to the selfie .
It shows human side to our leaders, Danes say . |
53,658 | 982bc17bac45baaddb131ce2abbedafa9f12647b | (CNN) -- Police have launched an investigation into the death of a 23-year-old man who was killed in a human cannonball stunt gone awry in England, they said Tuesday. The incident occurred during Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show at a Kent County showground southeast of London. A man who apparently was fired from a cann... | Police have launched an investigation into the death of a daredevil who died Monday .
The incident occurred during Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show in England .
Police say a safety net failed during the stunt .
All daredevil stunt shows have been cancelled pending the outcome of the investigation . |
202,202 | 91c569db5742766bab715040f3bb99168718080c | By . Wills Robinson . It was thought to have built by King Offa in the 8th century as border between England and Wales . But even though it has been part of the British landscape for centuries, the ancient Offa's Dyke may have to be renamed, after archaeologists discovered it could have been completed 200 years before ... | Archaeologists used radiocarbon dating on the 177-mile dyke .
Thought to have been built by King Offa of Mercia in the 8th century .
Experts Discovered it could have been constructed in the 4th century .
Runs from Prestatyn in North Wales down to Chepstow in the south .
King Offa came to the throne in 757 and ruled unt... |
32,523 | 5c74f4273057fcccc5cd2bcce7bca8965a13e3e8 | By . Phil Gradwell . Follow @@GraddersOnline . Kevin Pietersen says England have to find a place for Jos Buttler in their Test side immediately as the wicketkeeper is a 'game changer'. Buttler scored the fastest one-day international century by an Englishman at Lord's on Saturday but is down the pecking order for a Tes... | Pietersen, David Lloyd and Michael Vaughan say Buttler should play Tests .
Buttler scored fastest ODI ton by an Englishman at Lord's vs Sri Lanka .
KP insists Buttler 'HAS to play now!'
Matt Prior set to return for Test series against Sri Lanka .
Buttler does not think he is ready to play Test cricket . |
94,490 | 0573a16c20bf91a960c262e6f6610c7ac7d85619 | The mere prospect of cash can make unethical behavior much more likely, found a study released last month. Researchers from the University of Utah and Harvard wanted to . find out exactly what kind of effect the promise of money had on . people's behavior. The study found that when people stood to gain financially, the... | Researchers from Harvard and University of Utah found that the mere promise of money is enough to cause people to make unethical decisions .
Results of the study found people would engage in insider trading and lying if they stood to gain financially, but they wouldn't if there was no money involved .
Participants 'com... |
26,740 | 4bead9b373ac0a9e23e9ecdc7495b7b5d0f32168 | By . Sarah Bridge . PUBLISHED: . 09:33 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:02 EST, 4 November 2013 . No-one ever said that being a celebrity was a dog's life. But the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in south London is raising money by auctioning off a dog-walking experience with a whole host of dog-loving celebrities... | The online auction starts today and runs until midnight on November 8 .
Prize is half-hour walk with your chosen celebrity and furry friend .
Date with Ashleigh and Pudsey also going under the hammer .
All money goes to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home . |
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