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f195a502b6f4b14f121b4ede243a19e1916de7f4 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 04:30 EST, 5 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:35 EST, 5 June 2013 . Prince Philip may be turning 92 years old on Monday, but he was still out in force to support his wife at the Westminster Abbey service to celebrate the 60th anniversary of her Coronation yesterday. But after later excu... | Prince Philip attended Coronation service at Westminster Abbey yesterday .
Service celebrated 60th anniversary of Queen's 1953 Coronation .
But he did not accompany Queen to evening events at Buckingham Palace .
Princess Anne's son was speaking on ITV's Daybreak about grandparents . |
f195d2daab35c9157003eacc5deda45fd7ed505a | A babysitter in Upstate New York bashed her five-year-old cousin in the head and strangled him to death before throwing his body over a guardrail into a ditch and covering it with snow on Thursday, police have revealed. Tiffany Vanalstyne, 19, then allegedly called police to made up a story about little Kenneth White b... | Kenneth White, 5, was found dead in a ditch 40 yards from the trailer where he and his two sisters lived in Knox, New York, Thursday night .
His cousin Tiffany Vanalstyne, 19, who was left to babysit him and his siblings, has been charged with his murder .
She allegedly strangled the boy and bashed him in the head unti... |
f19646a07ca0317f41bd94423bbf7ee29f85f06d | Fitness trackers typically monitor people as they move around and exercise, but many of us spend hours at a time sat at our desks, leaving these trackers a little redundant. But now, a designer has created the world's first 'inactivity tracker' - a smart cushion that monitors a user’s heart beat, breathing rate and pos... | The Darma cushion uses sensors to monitor the user’s vital signs .
This includes their posture, heart beat and respiratory rate .
It can identify if they’re sitting incorrectly, or if they’re stress levels are high .
An app then advises the best position to sit in, and offers calming tips .
Darma is due to launch in Ju... |
f1964feb40f98cd4fe34b0cdbea1ad3458f5117f | By . Allan Hall . PUBLISHED: . 09:52 EST, 18 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:56 EST, 18 October 2012 . Germany has pulled off a world-first in getting blogging site Twitter to block an account to silence neo-Nazis spreading hate messages. But while the tweets will no longer be visible to users in Germany, the rest of ... | Account is now only visible to users outside Germany .
Besseres Hannover have called for a Fourth Reich, the rounding up of Jews and the expulsion of immigrants .
Several members are facing criminal charges for inciting racial hatred . |
f1967673169d5ecb4ba6260558f44301e8383c3d | A kitten that has no front legs after being reportedly hit by a weed whacker is thriving -- and steadily gaining fans on Facebook. Mercury the kitten was found 4 days old with his eyes still shut in September 2013, his owners write on his own Facebook fan page, Raising Mercury. As of this time, Mercury's page has 9,350... | Found four days old after his front legs were allegedly amputated by a weed whacker .
Mercury's right arm stops just before the .
elbow and his left arm goes slightly after the elbow and his left rear foot only has .
one toe.
Mercury's owners say he is not a .
candidate for a prothestic leg on either front limb, since ... |
f19733d512a3a21d660892fb811238cd5c4c6514 | By . Mike Jaccarino . PUBLISHED: . 19:43 EST, 26 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:32 EST, 27 August 2012 . A mobile DNA testing facility ensconced in an jury-rigged Winnebago has been cruising New York City of late, picking up street hails as if it were a taxi and offering on-the-spot DNA testing. The owner of the R.V. ... | Facility is ensconced in a jury-rigged, blue-and-brown Winnebago that, like a taxi, caters to street hails from people who want on-the-spot DNA testing .
Customers include engaged men, returning soldiers, and women inquiring about the paternity of their child .
Two women learn they are half-sisters, and a man who .
sus... |
f1974c1f1975337cbd172c50f1cde374d2ab03da | Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife have been indicted on federal corruption charges for illegally accepting luxury clothes, free vacations, large loans and private plane rifes from a wealthy Richmond businessman who allegedly expected political favors in return. Authorities alleged that McDonnell and h... | Former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and his wife were indicted on Tuesday by a federal grand jury and charged with accepting bribes .
An indictment with 14 counts was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and court appearances for the couple were set for Friday in Richmond .
McDonnell... |
f197fb55a5556f49ed52ba8dc4e94db7e046661a | Sergio Aguero appeared to be looking back to the beginning of his football career as he posted an image of himself with two Independiente jerseys on social media. The Manchester City striker, who has scored 19 goals in the Premier League so far this season, posted the image to his Instagram account on Thursday evening.... | Sergio Aguero posted the Instagram photo to his account on Thursday .
The 26-year-old began his career at the Argentinian side in 1997 .
He was the youngest player to appear in the Argentinian league at 15 .
Everton's defence is the next target for Aguero to break down on Saturday . |
f1980bbb63163115f0c5a2073d593d3b0de4f3ea | (CNN) -- The hijacked jet planes that roared out of a clear blue sky one sunny September morning 10 years ago killed nearly 3,000 people, but the hurt they did spread far beyond the immediate death and destruction at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The damage was mental, psychological, even spiritual. And the ... | The Bible clearly justifies the killing of bin Laden, a megachurch pastor says .
American Muslims hope his death will lead to reconciliation .
Widow: "I feel better... like I can start a new chapter in my life"
A college student shaves a friend's hair into the letters "USA" |
f19820e52ce26dbfeea4d50c1b77ffcff09ed4fe | Comedian Joan Rivers isn't about to apologize for a joke she made about the Holocaust. Rivers, while appearing Monday on "Fashion Police" on E!, talked about the dress model Heidi Klum wore to the Academy Awards . "The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens," Rivers said. The ... | Rivers made the quip Monday on a show about Oscar fashion .
She said she uses humor to remind people about the Holocaust .
Anti-Defamation League says remark was "vulgar and hideous" |
f19879b1f44ae4a96ba4f33e37988a15c647eac9 | By . Paul Donnelley . Before the assault: Sasha Jenkins was a on a quiet night out with a friend when she was attacked . Police have released shocking photographs of a woman knocked unconscious in an unprovoked assault. Sasha Jenkins, 28, was walking with a friend in Staple Hill, Bristol, at 12.45am on July 5, after l... | Sasha Jenkins, 28, was walking with a friend in Staple Hill, Bristol, when she was assaulted .
A man punched her for no reason as he passed her in the street .
A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident . |
f1988410346fb5c94b31e1e966666aee9026aec0 | (CNN) -- A Polish court has ordered the detention of a man accused of holding his daughter captive for six years and repeatedly raping her, ultimately fathering two children with her. The accusations recall the case of Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children. The man, whose ... | Daughter accuses Polish man of holding her captive 6 years, fathering 2 sons .
Police detained 45-year-old man in eastern city of Siedlce .
Officers to conduct tests on boys to determine if the man is their father .
Recalls case of Austria's Josef Fritzl, accused of holding daughter for 24 years . |
f198cb0362296e0293e0622abb225c0ce1b46966 | By . Rachel Quigley . PUBLISHED: . 08:01 EST, 24 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:39 EST, 25 September 2013 . The heavily pregnant mother of a baby whose body was found buried in a yard in January was released from jail yesterday so she could give birth to her fourth child. Brittney Sierra, 22, from South Florida, wa... | The skeletal remains of five-month-old Dontrell Melvin were found in January .
Brittney Sierra and father Calvin Melvin were arrested on child neglect charges .
No one has been charged with the baby's murder .
Sierra released from jail under strict bail conditions so she can give birth . |
f1993bafaf7105ba46dd535afadcd7addf572904 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Herndon, Virginia-based Triple Canopy has been awarded the security services contract in Baghdad, a State Department source told CNN Tuesday. Triple Canopy is taking over the expiring Iraq security contract of Blackwater/Xe, a source tells CNN. The order is effective Tuesday, the source said, but T... | Triple Canopy awarded contract, State Department source tells CNN .
Blackwater recently changed name to Xe; its Iraq security contract expiring .
Iraqi government protested September 2007 shooting incident involving Blackwater .
Virginia-based Triple Canopy won't be operating in Iraq until May 7, source says . |
f1999c5563bb31dc4525e440e52d45696fa5fd4d | (CNN) -- A strong earthquake with magnitude 6.5 struck Friday night in the ocean southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, which occurred shortly after 11 p.m., was centered about 100 miles (165 kilometers) west of Bengkulu in Sumatra, and 215 miles (345 kilometers) south of Padang,... | Magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Friday night off Sumatra coast, says U.S. Geological Survey .
The center was 13.7 miles (22 kilometers) deep, the USGS said .
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries . |
f19a868bbc1c009734e71a19fc6bf12d7a9c3a6c | London (CNN) -- For thousands of Iraqi women and girls, the conflict that began in 2003 was only the start of their ordeals. In the chaos of war and the confusion, lawlessness and poverty that followed, an untold number have become victims of sexual traffickers, some within Iraq and others sold over the borders. But th... | Study: Years of conflict have made Iraqi women vulnerable to sex trafficking .
Thousands of women and girls are thought to have been trafficked in Iraq and the region .
Some girls as young as 11 have been sold as sex slaves in nightclubs, the report says .
The issue is shrouded in secrecy in a conservative, mostly Musl... |
f19ad8c2b707dce11775d931269a9aae2805714b | Overdose: Scott Sterling, 32, pictured, was found dead after an apparent overdose . The son of billionaire Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been found dead at his home in Malibu. Detectives discovered the body of Scott Sterling, 32, on New Year's Day after they were called to his beachside apartment on Pa... | Scott Sterling, 32, was discovered dead at his beachside apartment at around 11.30pm on New Year's Day .
Had been battling a drug problem but was reportedly trying to get clean .
Son of controversial basketball businessman and real estate mogul Donald Sterling, 77 .
Sterling is worth $1.9 billion and owns thousands of ... |
f19b6604e2c994e8e9ece74fbf5f9f086c39755b | By . Associated Press . and Zoe Szathmary . A Florida woman left her 19-month-old daughter inside a car while she went shopping on Monday. Vita Abramenkova, 35, was shopping inside a Pinellas Park Target while her daughter was inside her car, Sgt. Adam Geissenberger said in a release. Abramenkova was inside the store f... | Vita Abramenkova, 35, was shopping inside a Target while her daughter was inside her running vehicle .
Police said the car's air conditioning was circulating on low while the temperature in the parking lot was 92 degrees .
Abramenkova was inside the store for 40 minutes and admitted to leaving her daughter in the locke... |
f19bd6a93881099358d48c803da7b0d4b66b141b | By . Amie Keeley . PUBLISHED: . 20:52 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 03:39 EST, 7 January 2014 . At the very least, it's one hairy issue less for Jeremy Paxman to discuss as he returns to the airwaves. The veteran BBC Newsnight presenter's beard made headlines when he debuted it on television last year. But, hour... | Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman has shunned his facial hair .
He appeared hours after declaring online 'beards are so 2013'
63-year-old's beard divided opinion when it first appeared last August . |
f19c02333dc1d930ba018170cc9f897102438ba1 | Re-live all the drama here . Radamel Falcao celebrated his season-long loan move to Manchester United by spending some of his £280,000-a-week wages on a Chinese meal and some red wine. The Colombian forward completed his £6million loan deal in the early hours of Tuesday morning after the Old Trafford club held off comp... | Manchester United won the Premier League race to sign Radamel Falcao .
Colombian striker has joined on season-long loan and cost £6million .
He has agreed a deal worth £280,000-a-week during his time at Old Trafford .
Striker celebrated the move with a Chinese meal at Wing's in Manchester .
The restaurant is a popular ... |
f19c53590335215bf82470f4972f6cf2482630ad | A man on board a Chinese domestic flight caused panic when he opened the emergency exit just before take off as he 'wanted some fresh air.' The incident was shared on social media, with photos of a middle-aged man in a blue coat leaning out of the exit going viral. It is believed after being questioned, he admitted to ... | Passenger was on board the Xiamen Air flight from Hangzhou to Chengdu .
Said after incident that he was a first-time flier and wanted 'fresh air'
Cabin crew did not take action as passenger was unaware of rules . |
f19c65c47f61324511109aff20f5fe4235b11a7a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Restoring lost senses to amputees is something that has, until now, only been considered as science fiction. But Dennis Sorensen from Denmark is living proof that working appendages can reinstate senses as complicated as 'feeling'. The incredible technology, revealed by MailOnline last year, ... | A bionic hand with a sense of 'feeling' has been tested in Rome on a patient for the first time in a breakthrough medical procedure .
Dennis Sorensen from Denmark was able to feel the shape and texture of objects using the robot hand .
'The sensory feedback was incredible' said the 36-year-old .
The technology raises t... |
f19c944c7976563ca3c793da7ac4765ea69d09a1 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A wide-open presidential race and a willingness by candidates, interest groups, unions and corporations to buy TV time will lead to historic spending for political and issue-advocacy advertising in the 2008 election cycle, an analysis shows. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has spent the most o... | Amount almost double what was spent in 2004 election cycle .
Lower TV production costs help more candidates advertise .
Mitt Romney leads presidential candidates in TV spending .
Advertisers face challenge of cutting through clutter of ads, analyst says . |
f19cf5b31c2e9cb7fce70764d4235f1588cb9404 | Fabrice Muamba came back from the dead once more on Saturday night - but thankfully, this time it was just for Halloween. Muamba showed that he is ready to joke about his 2012 collapse on the football pitch, which saw his heart stop for 78 minutes, as he dressed as a zombie groom. The retired footballer, 26, and his wi... | Retired footballer, 26, and his wife Shauna dressed as zombies for Halloween .
Fabrice Muamba posed behind a tombstone with 'Will B Back' written on it .
Former Bolton Wanderer's player suffered a cardiac arrest in March 2012 .
Muamba's heart stopped for 78 minutes, but he recovered against the odds . |
f19d027363eccd25a42b21da1b468fb7b5c1f89b | What do you give a boy born with a silver spoon in his mouth? The answer, it seems, includes a possum fur cloak, a speedboat that doubles as a car, and a rather more traditional rocking horse. Whether Prince George will have time to enjoy any of these things is another matter, however – because they were just three of ... | Prince George amassed 603 presents during his trip to Australia alone .
He was handed 120 gifts, including a miniature boat, in New Zealand .
Other presents included a cuddly toy from President Obama .
His parents got plenty of gifts of their own including a kangaroo skin .
Prince Harry was given seven football shirts ... |
f19d5c405b7157f4447a39bb9533297c0e66baf6 | This is the moment a music-lover sparked a mass sing-along by passengers standing on a platform at a London Underground station. An Erasure fan led an impromptu version of the band's 1980s classic 'A Little Respect' while he was waiting for a train at Kentish Town. After breaking into song in what started as a solo per... | Dozens of tube passengers join a singalong of Erasure's 'A Little Respect'
Impromptu version of hit took place at Kentish Town underground station .
The mass singalong was started by singer and Erasure fan Neil Francis .
He started singing the hit after watching the band earlier in the evening .
Video footage shows how... |
f19db3deb96e667d939ede0aa8982f5c7d248380 | Victims of alleged historical child abuse have told Theresa May they are withdrawing support from the Government’s paedophile inquiry. A total of 23 individuals sent the Home Secretary a letter claiming the inquiry was ‘not fit for purpose’. It came ahead of a crunch meeting today between Mrs May and some of the larges... | Letter came ahead of a crunch meeting today between Mrs May and some of the largest groups for child sex abuse victims .
It said: 'The Home Office seems to be running the inquiry to meet others’ needs rather than those of survivors and the public' |
f19e95ff9c9a709269bc7e6f78d0eabacd0d1c39 | A woman has been tied to a stake, shot full of arrows and burned alive in Paraguay after being accused of witchcraft. Indigenous woman Adolfina Ocampos, 45, was killed by members of the Mbya Guarani ethnic group after the community's chief sentenced her to death. While the date of the killing was unclear, it occurred ... | Adolfina Ocampos, 45, was sentenced to death by village's community chief .
Villagers tied her to a stake, shot her with arrows then burned her alive .
Nine men from the village of Tahehyi charged with first-degree murder . |
f19ec096fbf88373cf47642ca2395087c4b6adad | (CNN) -- A woman whose same-sex partner was killed in last month's stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair joined a personal injury attorney in pushing a federal lawsuit against the state of Indiana on behalf of those injured and the families of those killed. The lawsuit seeks to overturn the state's $5 million cap on... | NEW: An injured woman says the death of her same-sex partner "is not right"
NEW: A lawyer says a $5 million cap on damages is "puzzling" and "wrong"
NEW: He says same-sex partners deserve the same benefits as heterosexual ones .
Seven people were killed in the Indiana State Fair collapse last month . |
f19f760b901900fa6fd45522b0cdbe152bb4caff | In a stadium holding no fans, Manchester City will face a player who made little noise during an 18-month spell at rivals United. But Zoran Tosic has proved he is worth shouting about since establishing himself at CSKA Moscow. Manuel Pellegrini, in desperate need of victory, should be wary of the danger he poses. Tosic... | Midfielder Zoran Tosic played just 79 minutes for Manchester United .
He was signed for £7million by Sir Alex Ferguson from Partizan Belgrade .
27-year-old admits he was not quite ready to play at that level .
Tosic is now starring for CSKA Moscow, who face City on Tuesday . |
f1a04f454bbde759e910079250495a46d3049a3c | Bastrop, Texas (CNN) -- The wildfire raging near Austin, Texas, has destroyed nearly 1,400 homes and has "potential for growth," a fire official said Thursday. The 34,000-acre Bastrop County fire remained 30% contained late Thursday afternoon, said County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Fisher. "There's still som... | NEW: Fire north of San Antonio "more than 50% contained"
In the past week, Texas Forest Service responds to 176 fires .
Forest Service: Most of "forward progress" of Bastrop fire has been stopped .
Nearly 1,400 homes have been destroyed in the Bastrop fire, officials say . |
f1a072d599fed4bfaff5c38c02b88b1c3513900f | Army soldiers today recovered the bodies of murdered Miss Honduras and her sister after police revealed they had arrested her sibling's boyfriend on suspicion of shooting the two women dead in a jealous rage. The bodies of beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister Sofia, 23, were taken away in body bags by s... | Miss Honduras Maria Jose Alvarado, and her sister, both found dead .
Maria Jose, 19, was due to fly to London to compete in Miss World .
Their bodies were discovered after her sister's boyfriend's arrest .
Police said the two bodies were found in a village near Aguagua River .
Her sister's boyfriend Plutarco Antonio R... |
f1a097917966ad1186910bb6c54a1f2bbd790c17 | People could someday be living the high life in this futuristic 'super city' towering 2,230ft (680 metres) into the clouds. The Cloud Citizen project, a 1.7 million square foot metropolis, dwarfs all but one skyscraper in the world - the 2,717ft (828 metres) Burj Khalifa. It was designed as part of a competition to cre... | Cloud Citizen project, was designed by Urban Future Organisation, CR-design and Chalmers Technical University .
The building would use solar and wind power, as well as harvest rainwater, making it efficient for a large community .
Huge structure won first prize in a competition to create a new iconic business district ... |
f1a0a5332c86412fff2ce73c7e119fdb51be0dad | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 05:14 EST, 2 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:43 EST, 2 August 2012 . A music teacher told a school's deputy head teacher that he had killed a girl in a car accident in a bid to try and get out of going to work. Derek McGlone, 42, fabricated the lie, telling his employers he felt his car... | Said he 'felt the wheels running over her body'
General Teaching Council Scotland his fitness to teach 'impaired'
Missed work saying that he was caught up in Iceland's ash cloud - even though he was at his Glasgow home . |
f1a0c48176da0b8cb92a55d35faa5a78b8a3a99b | Primary school pupils hid under their desks while older students huddled in a prayer hall when a knife-wielding intruder burst into an Islamic school, sending the campus into lockdown. A man is alleged to have entered Al Faisal college in Minto, southwest Sydney, at about 2.10pm on Thursday and asked if it was a Muslim... | School in Sydney's southwest went into lockdown as armed man enters .
The intruder asked if Al Faisal college was a Muslim school .
Then he threatened a teacher and students with a knife .
He is also said to have threatened a female staff member in the office .
Primary school pupils hid under their desks while older st... |
f1a1da1d10a155efd228c2fcaceec340fa91f85b | A mother has spoken of her distress at being told to lose weight for more than a decade before doctors realised her ballooning legs were the result of a genuine medical condition. Claire Tickle, now 38, first visited her GP at age 16 after noticing her legs had got so big it looked as though there was an elastic band a... | Claire Tickle, 38, noticed her legs were growing faster than her body .
Doctors said she was overweight and told her to go on a diet .
She was able to lose fat from her torso but her legs kept growing .
After 10 years of being told she was fat by doctors, she 'gave up'
Then by chance she was diagnosed with lipoedema at... |
f1a2329bafb8db315b89a8882cba070cd4248108 | It breaks my heart to read about the death of James Boyd, a homeless man shot and killed by Albuquerque police in March. Boyd was apparently mentally ill. His death recalls the January shooting of Keith Vidal, the North Carolina teenager who, his family says, suffered from schizophrenia and who was shot and killed afte... | Debbie Plotnick: James Boyd was homeless man, mentally disturbed, shot by cops .
Program that trains cops to deal with mentally ill might have helped, she says .
She says such education improves outcomes, reduces injuries, death, jail time .
Plotnick: Why isn't every police force across the country offering the program... |
f1a27746b284a16a98c3c3ba47dcf0a17465b166 | (CNN) -- Faultless service, delicious eateries, see-and-be-seen nightlife venues and fabulous decor are traditionally the key ingredients to creating the kind of hotels that attract the international jet set. But these days, a competitive, wildly diluted hospitality landscape requires hoteliers to come up with more uni... | Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht features an impressive collection of video art .
A Lisbon hotel will release a digital arts app to show guests where they can find each piece .
21c in Bentonville, Arkansas, is a boutique hotel and contemporary art museum . |
f1a2d6ae46ae30f4756b76160e582f08ae9c21ad | (CNN) -- An ex-employee allegedly stabbed four former co-workers at a Toronto office building Wednesday, authorities said. At least one employee of Ceridian, a payroll services company, was critically wounded, a police spokeswoman said. "Out of respect for the privacy of the individual and their family, we are not able... | NEW: Police identify suspect as 47-year-old Chuang Li .
"This is a very difficult time," the company says .
The attack happened on the office building's fifth floor .
One of the four people hospitalized suffered life-threatening wounds . |
f1a2d9434ad5d82f3db9fe6eacc092d65713c7ad | (CNN) -- Lebanon has released Chadi Mawlawi, an activist who was helping Syrian refugees and whose arrest sparked fighting in Lebanon. The military investigating judge approved Mawlawi's release on bail, the Lebanese state-run news agency NNA reported Tuesday. Fighting has been under way in parts of Lebanon, including ... | The arrest of Islamist activist Chadi Mawlawi ignited Lebanese conflicts about Syria violence .
Mawlawi was helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon .
Lebanon accused him of being an operative in an al Qaeda-inspired group .
Violence killed four people Monday in Lebanon . |
f1a39f360c8f0bdc58f9caeb9331fce7ed874b85 | Istanbul (CNN) -- Western leaders roundly condemned the downing of a Turkish military fighter jet by Syria ahead of a NATO meeting on Tuesday on the issue. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday said she had spoken with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu about Friday's incident. "The foreign minister b... | NEW: The United States calls shooting down the plane "a brazen and unacceptable act"
NATO will meet Tuesday under an article dealing with security threats to members .
The military jet is found about 1,300 meters (4600 feet) underwater .
Turkey will respond "decisively," Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says . |
f1a3b2a13c6d8fe692d0dcfd60b5fbb089143006 | By . Travelmail Reporter . British holidaymakers seeking to make the most of their money while abroad should point their travel plans in the direction of the United States, according to new figures. The exchange rate between sterling and the US dollar is currently at a five-year high in favour of British currency – and... | British pound is currently floating at a five-year high against the US dollar .
In latest figures, £1 equates to $1.70 - meaning bargains for Britons abroad .
With local currencies pinned to the US dollar, the Caribbean is also cheap . |
f1a4258a624c2de55ecb4f748c26f04c85a9b0b7 | The Islamic State is being funded by black-market oil trading, illegal drugs and internet cafes, a local activist group has claimed. The group claims that the most important financial resources of ISIS-controlled areas in Syria are secret deals with the Assad regime to sell the government electricity and gas from dams ... | ISIS has secret deal with Syria to sell electricity and gas, say activists .
As coalition block outside sources, ISIS is being funded from within .
Militants use taxes and religious fines on citizens of 'capital' Raqqa .
Number of internet cafes in Raqqa has increased from 20 to 500 .
ISIS is also selling crude oil on ... |
f1a5141b5e0393bb8030e48f414c67874c44b621 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:24 EST, 30 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:37 EST, 30 July 2013 . North America may be full of bears, but it is rare for people ever to get close enough to observe them in their natural environment. So this video, filmed by a hidden camera in a Canadian park, is a unique opportu... | Amazing video filmed in wilderness of Canada's Kananaskis Country .
When one grizzly discovers tree he returns with a whole family . |
f1a656719a4cb4a50b0d4f095e201880895adbda | As the voice behind Frozen's Elsa, Idina Menzel's formidable vocals have echoed around the globe in the Disney film's mega hit Let It Go. But the 43-year-old actress says she hasn't always been proud of her incredible voice because growing up she didn't want to seem different. Much like her cartoon incarnation, who is... | The 43-year-old New Yorker didn't want other girls to be 'envious' of her .
She was afraid of being 'too big, too loud' as a young Broadway actress .
Recently split from actor husband Taye Diggs, the father of her son Walker .
Says she feels 'ashamed' about divorce but is committed to co-parenting . |
f1a696cf9af4a6a063117c742dca23e2202d9aa4 | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 18:06 EST, 16 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:06 EST, 16 October 2012 . A man who was exonerated after serving 27 years for a crime he did not commit has died suddenly following his arrest and imprisonment two months ago. James Woodard, 60, was freed in Dallas in April 2008 after DNA t... | James Woodard innocent of 1980 rape and murder of his girlfriend in Texas .
Refused parole 12 times because he would not say he had committed crime .
Exonerated in 2008 on DNA evidence after non-profit took up his case .
Woodward arrested in August for cocaine possession and died following a seizure this weekend in jai... |
f1a6a8af950f5bb2fc88586b9ff7ce491a6cf938 | Plans to make teenage boys and girls share school toilets have been condemned by children’s campaigner Esther Rantzen. The ChildLine founder said the proposal for unisex toilets at a school in Kent was ‘one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard’. The move will mean that girls as young as 11 will share the bathroom facili... | Plans for Towers School in Ashford, Kent, condemned by Esther Rantzen .
The ChildLine founder said it was 'one of the worst ideas I've ever heard'
Parents fear pupils will have sex in toilets but teachers defended move . |
f1a6d30b2a32044cbd351d9bdae13cfd1279e25c | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 05:39 EST, 20 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:41 EST, 20 November 2013 . The family of GP Elizabeth Kinston, 37, pictured with daughter Elise, have paid tribute to 'an amazing mum, daughter, sister, wife and friend' The family of a GP whose body was found on grassland two weeks afte... | Elizabeth Kinston, 37, disappeared on 1 November after seeing her doctor about anxiety problems .
Husband David, 36, said she had said a tearful goodbye to family that day .
Mother of two's body was found on scrubland near Nottingham city centre on 14 November .
She had been on maternity leave since having second daugh... |
f1a6e7f4db1e006e50c917534d1f33eb763eae17 | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 12:06 EST, 8 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:20 EST, 21 February 2013 . They've been underpinning style since 1886 and lingerie makers Triumph have proved they still remain at the forefront of fashion after being named as the official supplier of underwear at London Fashion Week. To ... | Brand established in 1886 have grown from humble beginnings to become one of the world's leading lingerie makers .
New pop event in London during Fashion Week includes exhibition showcasing their style evolution over the decades .
They've also collaborated with designers including Matthew Williamson to create new uniqu... |
f1a743a9b7a3a3a5bdda18c006e1d46dce24c86f | After a summer witnessing crowds of screaming girls jostling to catch a glimpse of Olympic diver Tod Daley's toned torso, there can't have been many young men who didn't feel a twinge of jealousy. But now it seems there could be more to having the teenager's athletic physique than unfailing female attention - it could ... | Researchers tracked more than one million Swedish .
male adolescents over 24 years .
They found stronger boys lived longer, even if they became overweight adults .
Physically weaker people might be more mentally vulnerable, it was suggested . |
f1a7dea1a59908facd1a75cdb8ae9492a707973a | President Barack Obama's chief anti-ISIS coalition envoy, retired Gen. John Allen, arrived Thursday in Ankara, where it will be up to him to convince the Turkish government to take more decisive action against the terrorist group. "The events of last week have made it clear that urgent and rapid steps are needed to hal... | A special U.S. envoy is in Turkey to wrangle more support for the fight against ISIS .
Turkey's geography makes it a key partner for the U.S.
It wants to receive some concessions during talks . |
f1a818daa1fe94715aeeb03327cbcd9a777db856 | Editor's Note: Republican strategist Alex Castellanos was a former campaign consultant for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and has worked on more than half a dozen presidential campaigns. Castellanos is a partner in National Media Inc., a political and public affairs consulting firm that specializes in advertising.... | Alex Castellanos: Obama's message was populism and bottom-up change .
Obama campaign taken over by Democratic establishment, he says .
Castellanos: Democratic party champions big government and opposes change .
"Yes we can" turned into "Yes Washington can," Castellanos says . |
f1a9cf4ea4c03fea7eaae9f3d07cd834ab947bdd | (CNN) -- Prince Harry's last visit to the United States, in August 2012, did not end well, after photographs of him romping naked around a Las Vegas hotel suite were published worldwide -- just weeks before he began his tour of duty in Afghanistan. "I probably let myself down, I let my family down, I let other people d... | Prince Harry will be touring the United States, departing Thursday .
His last trip, in August 2012 to Las Vegas, ended with naked photos published worldwide .
Harry will not be stopping in Las Vegas this time .
The prince will represent the interests of his charities and those of the United Kingdom . |
f1aa2fcd9d59b13614e6a0804051410acbd841e2 | (CNN) -- Do you find yourself enviously clicking through pictures of celebrity homes on your lunch hour? Instead of turning green over the multibillion-dollar estates of George Clooney or Brad and Angelina, why not follow their lead? Plan your own getaway in a place where the stars have found solace, far from the fray.... | Can't afford a second home? Sample the good life with a rental .
For a taste of the Hawaii that Oprah enjoys, head to Upcountry Maui .
A Brangelina-style château might be out of reach, but perhaps an Aix-en-Provence pied-à-terre? |
f1aa8308ac9621b675e85ef4cb8e694597c5362d | (CNN) -- The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday will launch three days of hearings into the circumstances surrounding the US Airways Flight 1549 emergency landing on New York's Hudson River. In January, passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 had to be rescued out of the Hudson River after a bird strike. Look... | Hearing will cover several topics, including why rear door opened after landing .
US Airways Flight 1549 landed in the Hudson River on January 15 .
Plane lost power in both engines after hitting a flock of Canada geese . |
f1aa873b5a204c68e0903fa453fbb0efbb9f31e1 | By . Deni Kirkova . PUBLISHED: . 08:33 EST, 27 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:42 EST, 27 May 2013 . Affecting more than eight out of 10 women, cellulite is considered one of the curses of our gender ... but the next weapon in the quest to banish orange-peel thighs has arrived. A pioneering invasive cosmetic treatment whi... | Cellulaze involves insertion of tiny knitting needle-like laser rod .
FDA approved treatment costs from £2,500 per session .
Melts fat and breaks down 'quilting' fibres anchoring tiny fat pockets .
Study found one treatment banishes orange-peel for at least a year .
Some patients still cellulite-free three years on . |
f1aad26731706cdff0bca490d59bd147a9011f58 | Uriel Sinai's affection for Kazakhstan started as a straightforward reporting assignment. The World Press Photo award-winning photographer went to Kazakhstan and other central Asian republics in 2006 to capture how they had changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. "It was quite amazing, I didn't expect to see wh... | Uriel Sinai won the World Press Photo for his coverage of Israeli resettlement from the Gaza Strip .
In 2006, he traveled to post-soviet republics to document the change in the region .
His photos explores the post-soviet revival of Islam in Kazakh culture . |
f1aafdff4376ba08028cf63c801342894022e1ac | Aston Villa are monitoring 20-year-old Rangers starlet Lewis MacLeod. Club scouts saw him impress against Alloa Athletic on Saturday in the Scottish Championship match and he created Rangers’ goal in a 1-1 draw which keeps them in the hunt for a third successive automatic promotion. The midfielder gained his first call... | Villa scouts watched MacLeod in Rangers 1-1 draw with Alloa .
The 20-year-old could feature on the bench for Scotland against England . |
f1abd94d941941fbe8e32872a781b38847adddaa | (CNN) -- Ash from an Indonesian volcano has led to the cancellation of a number of flights in the region since Friday, with travelers heading to and from the country now advised to check with airlines to confirm the status of their flights before traveling. Mount Sangeang is a small, uninhabited volcanic island in Indo... | Indonesia's Mount Sangeang volcano erupted Friday, sending clouds of ash and smoke into the sky .
Volcanic ash drifted as far as Australia, forcing Darwin International Airport to cancel fights over weekend .
The ash is dangerous for a number of reasons, says the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Center . |
f1ac49170f6be4e24416a27391dbcc4eee036012 | The world's largest flying aquatic insect, with huge, nightmarish pincers, has been discovered in China's Sichuan province, experts say. According to the Insect Museum of West China, local villagers in the outskirts of Chengdu handed over "weird insects that resemble giant dragonflies with long teeth" earlier this mont... | Giant dobsonfly with 21 centimeter (8.27 inch) wingspan found in Sichuan for the first time .
This may be the world's largest aquatic flying insect .
The presence of the dobsonfly indicates clean water is nearby . |
f1ad2bc3231569bb0fc9f83cfdc1b5ac240d6042 | The 13-year-old girl who was charged in relation to the bullying and ultimate suicide of a classmate spoke out today after charges were dropped to say she did nothing wrong. Katelyn Roman and Guadalupe Shaw, 14, from Florida, were initially charged with aggravated stalking in the death of Rebecca Sedwick, 12, and were ... | Katelyn Roman and Guadalupe Shaw, 14, were cleared of aggravated stalking charges last night .
The teens were arrested earlier this month for allegedly stalking 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick who committed suicide in September .
Sheriff Grady Judd said both girls are getting counseling so they would 'never bully anyone ag... |
f1addc3ac7644bd9af5bbc2e6b68fd4727fdd989 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:48 EST, 20 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:51 EST, 20 July 2012 . An interactive map that plots life . expectancy and child poverty by London Underground station has revealed the stark inequalities that exist in the UK's capital city. Children who live in the salubrious surround... | Life expectancy varies from 75.3 years near Star Lane station to 96.38 at Oxford Circus .
East Ham and Bow in East London are among the areas with the lowest life expectancy .
Residents of the salubrious Knightsbridge can expect to live to 90 . |
f1ae8edef3d449e813118377b20e0387b59fa5df | Injured: Stewart Jackson MP claimed he was attacked while trying to perform a citizen's arrest . A man is due in court tomorrow charged with a string of offences after a Tory MP was injured when challenging an alleged bus shelter vandal. Ivans Karanovs, 20, will appear before magistrates in Peterborough accused of crim... | Backbencher Stewart Jackson said he was hurt while trying to make a citizen's arrest in Peterborough .
Ivans Karanovs charged with criminal damage, common assault, and using threatening words and behaviour . |
f1ae8f2356a9b7419c98d8b2210cc5beb5376480 | By . Lucy Crossley . PUBLISHED: . 04:48 EST, 16 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:23 EST, 16 October 2013 . Holidaymakers and business travellers faced travel chaos after heavy rain caused a power cut at one of the country's busiest airports. Frantic airport staff were forced to use flipboards as make-shift departure bo... | Rain blamed for power cut at Gatwick .
Power to South Terminal's check-in and baggage systems cut off .
Staff use flipboards as make-shift departure board .
Passengers had already faced long delays at airports due to fog .
Fog gives way to heavy rain sweeping across UK . |
f1aeae074c22fde1bcec301b049e326dbed883b1 | (CNN) -- Golfer Tiger Woods apologized Wednesday for "transgressions" that let his family down -- the same day a gossip magazine published a report alleging he had an affair. "I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family d... | "I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves," golfer says .
"I am dealing with my behavior ... behind closed doors with my family," he says on Web site .
Comments come the same day a gossip magazine story alleges he had affair with waitress .
Magazine also publishes what it says is a voice ma... |
f1af56b176ee660d7ee716a6900360bd14ac73f2 | (CNN) -- In the end, Del Harvey says the decision to help users report threats of rape and other violence on Twitter was simple. "It comes down to this," wrote Harvey, senior director of Twitter's Trust and Safety division, "people deserve to feel safe on Twitter." The site announced a list of changes this weekend in r... | "People deserve to feel safe on Twitter," official says .
Site is adding staff to handle complaints of abuse .
A "report abuse" button also is being rolled out .
Moves come after threats of rape, other violence in the UK . |
f1af5f65db990dbb3c24e3919b6486ca5fcd15a0 | England face Wales in the RBS Six Nations opener in Cardiff on Friday with Stuart Lancaster’s side seeking a championship title or Grand Slam as a precursor to their challenge at the World Cup. Here, Sportsmail joins Test captain Chris Robshaw and World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson - who savoured European and global succ... | Wales host England in Cardiff for Friday's Six Nations opener .
It is the first match of 2015 - a year which culminates in a home World Cup .
England captain Chris Robshaw and World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson joined Sportsmail's Chris Foy for an exclusive interview .
Both believe if England win in Cardiff they can clai... |
f1b007d89760ec7455f43323f896bd42d186c6a9 | (CNN) -- Six months on from the strike-related violence that left 44 people dead at the Marikana mine in South Africa, unrest and uncertainty still plague the country's mining sector. At least nine mine employees were hurt Monday when security guards shot rubber bullets to break up a confrontation between rival union g... | Violence at South African mines creating uncertainty in the industry .
Last year, thousands of striking workers halted operations at many of the country's mines .
Strike-related violence at Lonmin's Marikana mine in August left 44 dead .
The unrest has prompted some investors to look at alternative options . |
f1b07ff392682b58bd16805f186d85b749f21635 | Rome (CNN) -- An Italian court says it convicted Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend of murdering her onetime roommate in part because of evidence showing that more than one person killed the British student. The Florence appeals court released its explanation Tuesday, less than three months after it convicted Knox an... | NEW: "I am innocent," says Amanda Knox .
She was first convicted of murder in 2009 .
Knox's former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, was also convicted .
An appeals court overturned the convictions in 2011 . |
f1b0cefa83c44f9d5ffb6e4898b88d153127519c | By . Sophie Jane Evans . PUBLISHED: . 05:44 EST, 19 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:08 EST, 19 October 2013 . They have lived through two World Wars, seen 25 prime ministers enter Downing Street and toasted the birth of Queen Elizabeth II. Leslie Green and his wife Elsie are celebrating a remarkable year after both re... | Leslie Green and his wife Elsie have reached their 100th birthday milestones .
The couple, from Upton, near Norwich, have been married 72 years .
Daughter says their long lives are down to 'plain food' and hard work . |
f1b0d101f5dac020c5b7e2fa9997c2c12e7bc034 | Labour leader: The party is facing more embarrassment over Ed Miliband's plans for a mansion tax . Labour faces more embarrassment over its mansion tax plans after an independent report found council tax reform would be ‘fairer’ and raise four times as much. Ed Miliband claims his flagship policy will raise £1.2billion... | Ed Miliband claims policy will raise £1.2bn for the NHS on home worth £2m .
Centre for Economic and Business Research says amount is 'improbable'
Said tweaking council tax would be more 'progressive way' to raise money .
Suggested three extra brackets for high-end properties to generate £4.7bn . |
f1b14d2c95858fa43124b5005d1d3bb2a96a4ec7 | Rapper Gucci Mane will serve 39 months in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to a federal firearms charge. The plea agreement worked out with prosecutors saves Gucci Mane, 33, whose real name is Radric Davis, considerable time behind bars. He was facing up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $500,000 on two cou... | Rapper pleads guilty to a federal firearms charge .
Prosecutor: Charges stem from two September incidents involving different guns .
Gucci Mane was arrested in 2012 and accused of hitting a man with a bottle .
Sentencing is scheduled for July 28 . |
f1b1f77a761e685896722bab3eaaafebe38687e6 | Police and a prayer hall were the targets of two alleged terrorists arrested on Tuesday, an ongoing investigation has found. Omar Al-Kutobi, 24, and Mohammad Kiad, 25, were arrested at their western Sydney home on Tuesday and charged with terrorism offences after a police raid allegedly uncovered a machete, a hunting k... | Omar Al-Kutobi and Mohammad Kiad were arrested on terrorism charges .
Investigations confirmed they did not threaten a specific facility or officer .
It also confirmed the proposed threat to the prayer hall was abandoned .
Investigators have been dispatched overseas to continue investigations .
The two men are being p... |
f1b2169624064c9cc44f9889e5a0a573ba136e23 | This is the horrifying moment a man was left blinded in one eye after being beaten with his own belt by a gang of thugs. The 32-year-old Bensalaman Ismai was attacked at around 6am on January 26 last year after becoming embroiled in a dispute over a taxi in Birmingham city centre. After trying to run away, he was chase... | Two men and a women were jailed over 'savage' attack on 32-year-old man .
The gang was filmed kicking, punching and whipping the man with his belt .
Violence erupted following a fight over taxis in Birmingham city centre .
Algerian Bensalaman Ismai was left permanently blinded in his left eye . |
f1b260e64f447bdcdac44e1cc51efac58c3bc605 | (CNN) -- Eminem and Rihanna's "Monster" is headed for the MTV Movie Awards. The duo will perform the No. 1 hit live for the first time at 2014's show, which is scheduled to air on Sunday, April 13. They'll join previously announced performers Ellie Goulding, Zedd and twenty one pilots. Through user votes, the MTV Movie... | Eminem and Rihanna will perform at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards .
It will be their first live performance of their No. 1 hit, "Monster"
The MTV Movie Awards will air on Sunday, April 13 .
The ceremony's host is Conan O'Brien . |
f1b29f9d525ad05f13299d2678e6f535f10b0cc0 | By . Jason Groves . Prime Minister David Cameron speaks at the Commonwealth Games Business Conference in Glasgow where he hailed the benefits of the EU . David Cameron yesterday pledged to ‘modernise and reaffirm’ Britain’s membership of the European Union, as one of his ministers said leaving was ‘not an option’. The ... | David Cameron has pledged an In/Out EU referendum in 2017 .
But yesterday his business minister said Britain should stay in Europe .
Comments came as Ukip began reshuffle designed to target Labour voters . |
f1b2a412dd6b1e90642c638f5acffbe1110e0406 | (Mental Floss) -- People have been eating pickles ever since the Mesopotamians started making them way back in 2400 B.C.E. Here are some even more important things you should know about them. Pickles have gotten credit for health and beauty and winning football games. 1. In the Pacific Islands, natives pickle their foo... | Average American eats 8.5 lbs of pickles a year, according to Dept. of Agriculture .
Southern state treat: Dill pickles soaked for week in Kool-Aid .
Philly Eagles players said pickle juice helped them beat Dallas Cowboys in 2000 .
Christopher Columbus and Napoleon were fans of pickle power . |
f1b2c7a7f6169b624eabbce8cce1c835e90a934f | It's not some miserable dystopic movie scene about class polarization. The vertical passenger seat -- or "standing cabin" -- may be the next big cost-cutting move in aviation, according to a new report whose author says the concept could be here within five years. "I stumbled across the idea when I was looking (into) w... | New university study calculates value of standing-room-only cabins on planes .
Vertical seats could lead to 21% increased passenger capacity and 44% lower ticket prices .
Airlines such as Ryanair have been touting the concept for years .
While vertical seat designs have been developed, none have yet been approved for c... |
f1b334dba7aa19506d673d41d58c5f902b32d9ec | A couple who claimed they were too ill to cook their own meals were actually running a cafe while illegally pocketing £135,000 in benefits. Caroline Banks and Karl Bradsell both worked at Riscatti's Cafe in Bury, despite claiming they could not cook for themselves and that one of them struggled to walk. The pair pleade... | Caroline Banks and Karl Bradsell jailed for five-year benefits scam .
Couple ran a cafe in Bury while claiming they were too ill to cook .
Banks given a car because she could not walk - but was seen in high heels .
Bradsell used the car to deliver Chinese takeaways after shifts at the cafe .
Judge brands their crimes a... |
f1b3833ebd16882145af37377d63913b58ff2cca | (CNN) -- Lance Armstrong, who for years vehemently denied cheating while winning a record seven Tours de France, told Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs to advance his cycling career, according to media reports. ABC News, the New York Times and USA Today, citing unnamed sources, reported Monday nigh... | NEW: Media reports say Armstrong admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs .
Source tells CNN the former cyclist in talks to repay some sponsorship money .
Interview with Winfrey lasted 2 1/2 hours, talk show queen tweets .
Armstrong apologizes to cancer foundation workers for their stress . |
f1b3a481a4334ca2bf999461cb8f5ed78570d6d5 | Lotus have claimed they are ready to return to the pinnacle of Formula One after enduring a season-to-forget in 2014. The Enstone-based team finished a miserable eighth in the constructors’ championship after accumulating just 10 points last term. But the team, who released, the first images of their new concept on Mon... | Lotus finished miserable eighth in last year's constructors' championship .
But buoyant team expect to return to sharp end of grid in 2015 .
Lotus will be powered by Mercedes instead of Renault this season .
Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado will form their driver line-up . |
f1b3bcf0b0f7d31435aa01ce04ec5afa63fc393b | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 02:20 EST, 11 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:39 EST, 11 October 2013 . Hungry: The British Red Cross is to distribute food to poorer families for the first time since the Second World War in a bid to tackle food poverty . The British Red Cross is to start distributing food to hard-up f... | The charity will distribute food to poor families for the first time since Second World War .
It will work with fellow charity FareShare as it dips a 'toe in the water' in terms of tackling food poverty . |
f1b4a28374ddc73d002e055cf00a27f9796a0006 | (CNN) -- The good news is that you'll still be allowed to look out the window. The melancholy news is that you probably won't want to. Both Amtrak and Greyhound are in the midst of aggressive programs to install and expand free Wi-Fi service on their trains and buses. According to figures provided by officials of both ... | Bob Greene says Amtrak and Greyhound are bringing Wi-FI to their 50 million passengers .
Trains and buses need a way to compete with planes; Wi-Fi may be an answer, writes Greene .
Trains and buses were a way to experience "America's backyard," writes Greene .
He says we have become oblivious to our surroundings due to... |
f1b4c446dec18adfa7c764cf773939e1abb93415 | By . Rebecca English . PUBLISHED: . 05:12 EST, 15 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:07 EST, 15 September 2012 . The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had a chance today to forget for a little while the furore surrounding the topless pictures taken of her. The royal couple visited a rainforest in Borneo and enjoyed the hig... | Duke and Duchess hauled up by ropes then walk along 300 metre bridge .
'I hope I don't have a wardrobe malfunction', jokes the Duke .
Couple determined that topless pictures furore won't derail tour . |
f1b5157cba4d5ef95e7bcc0dc2da34bc304d7b4d | Fresh off the back of last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, the latest wearables are now on display in Tokyo. Among these high-tech gadgets is the AirScouter headset that beams images straight onto the wearer’s retina, which creates the illusion they are looking at a 13-inch display. Fujitsu is using the expo to showc... | Gadgets are on display at the Wearable Device Technology Expo in Tokyo .
AirScouter heasdset beams images straight onto the wearer’s retina .
This creates an illusion they're looking at a 13-inch screen, 3ft away .
Yamaha demonstrated smart pianist gloves that track finger movements .
Fujitsu’s ring lets the wearer wri... |
f1b5318fd07b2084e875bc10a6cf59b302bfafb1 | By . Hannah Roberts . PUBLISHED: . 09:08 EST, 22 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:16 EST, 22 October 2013 . With a litany of legal actions brought against him over the years, Silvio Berlusconi would be the first to tell you he’s had a rough time in the law courts. But the former Italian premier has finally found a cour... | Berlusconi had originally been ordered to pay Veronica Lario £2.5m a month .
The former Italian PM met her after first seeing her topless on stage .
Mr Berlusconi has an estimated wealth of £4.75billion . |
f1b5b3dc2c858990fa6f8b1138155975f82baefe | A woman taking a no-make-up selfie craze said the charity craze saved her life leading her to find a lump in her breast. The social media campaign raised £8 million for Cancer Research UK in just one week. But for Jackie Nicholas the internet sensation saved her after she was nominated by a friend to upload a bare-face... | Jackie Nicholas, 35, was nominated for a no-make-up-selfie by a friend .
After posting the picture on Facebook, she clicked on a link to a cancer site .
The site advised women on how to check their breasts for lumps .
She found a lump, which was later confirmed as cancer .
After having her breast removed, she faced mon... |
f1b608d5f2985e2917df2f01737ee38fe0fce196 | (CNN) -- The bow of a U.S. Navy warship that grounded on a Philippine reef in January was cut from the rest of the hull on Tuesday, lifted by a massive crane and dropped on a waiting barge. "The bow section of the USS Guardian was lifted out of the water around 2:45 p.m.," said Enrico Efren Evangelista, head of the Phi... | Two huge chunks of USS Guardian have been removed from the reef .
U.S. Navy minesweeper has been on reef since January 17 .
Ship is expected to be completely removed by mid-April, official says . |
f1b6778ba3612d1281735e27b90ac1570826b136 | Washington (CNN)Mitt Romney's decision to pass on 2016 anoints Jeb Bush as the clear establishment favorite in the Republican presidential race and lays down a challenge to the party's divided conservatives. Though the first contests will not take place in early voting states for a year, Romney's swerve, announced on a... | Bush cements role as establishment favorite .
Christie has chance to compete for Romney donors .
Romney looks to new Republican generation . |
f1b6f9f7984a948dae599ba51abbb614c6e5b418 | A collection of First World War Christmas cards showing how a company known for its 'saucy' seaside designs turned its hand to rallying wartime spirit have been unveiled 100 years after they first hit the printing press. Postcard company Bamforth & Co, which was best known for its seaside characters, has shared part of... | Postcard company Bamforth & Co has shared part of its vast archive of images in two new books .
Festive prints feature First World War propaganda, messages for the troops and war-inspired humour .
They include a soldier battling a ‘tank’ in his bathroom, and the German Kaiser getting hit with a Christmas pudding.
Bamfo... |
f1b6fa4d3fd021892328f3f0667a54f2416b2f62 | By . Ian Drury, Defence Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 19:43 EST, 27 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:48 EST, 28 May 2012 . 'Brilliant': Captain Stephen Healey was praised for his leadership and bravery . An Army officer commended for his bravery after twice cheating death while fighting in Afghanistan has been killed by a T... | Captain Stephen Healey, 29, was commanding reconnaissance platoon when his vehicle was struck .
The former Swansea City footballer had received a Mention in Despatches for valour during his first tour of duty .
Commanding officer described him as 'one of the most charismatic and professional leaders' |
f1b77dc1e93d37f9c7e102659cf79ef3b68d6290 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:31 EST, 2 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:33 EST, 2 April 2012 . A girl aged nine suffered a fractured skull in a horrific accident yesterday when she veered off a ski slope ‘like a rocket’ and smashed into a hut. India Furness lost control on an icy slope and crashed through a... | Rescue workers found India Furness unconscious and curled up in a corner on the floor . |
f1b79af57086dee03ee84ebff3089809e668de8b | Dozens of demonstrators today stormed restaurants and targeted white diners in New York and California as part of a 'Black Brunch' protest against alleged police violence. Carrying banners, the chanting protesters entered a number of venues in New York City that they identified as 'white spaces', including midtown eat... | Demonstrators today stormed 'white spaces' in New York and California .
Declared: 'Every 28 hours, a black person in America is killed by police'
Asked diners to raise their fists in air 'for black lives' - which many did .
However, some mocked it, while others deemed it 'pathetic' and 'stupid' |
f1b8502cecf63e199cde610b2ce509084b220693 | By . Matt Chorley . and Daniel Martin . PUBLISHED: . 07:21 EST, 30 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:23 EST, 30 January 2014 . French president Francois Hollande is to use a pub lunch with David Cameron to pour scorn on Tory plans to claw powers back from Brussels. The two men are expected to clash during the meeting in... | Anglo-French summit to be held at RAF Brize Norton tomorrow .
Summit with senior ministers expected to cover energy and defence policy .
But Paris makes clear Hollande will dismiss Tory plans to overhaul the EU . |
f1b86ac3efad1dba9d182aa2f7a9a32e4be6e3c1 | A man who broke with tradition and decided to take his wife's last name when they married is fighting to get his driving license back after it was suspended when he was accused of fraud. Lazaro Sopena, from South Florida, offered to change his name following his 2011 marriage to wife Hanh Dinh in order to fulfill her w... | Lazaro Sopena took his wife Hanh Dinh's last name after 2011 marriage .
But despite successfully ordering a new passport and Social Security card he was told he had obtained his driving license 'by fraud'
He is now too scared to drive and is relying on friends and family for lifts . |
f1b8a5bd84850cc74c545a50627decbabfdd5366 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 07:48 EST, 27 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:54 EST, 27 March 2013 . Health experts have warned that the epidemic could leave unprotected children brain-damaged or dead . A measles outbreak is ‘spreading like bush fire’ in Wales despite urgent calls to ensure children have vital MMR prote... | In Swansea, Wales, there have now been 432 reported measles cases at 111 schools and nurseries .
116 new cases have been reported in the last week .
Public Health Wales is urging parents to get their children vaccinated with the MMR . |
f1b8d0ea61a0915c0f2c77fdf67e2e9e9f49e956 | (CNN) -- Annie Leibovitz on Monday defended her provocative photograph for Vanity Fair magazine of teen heartthrob Miley Cyrus -- aka Hannah Montana -- who has expressed embarrassment about the pose. "I'm sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted," the celebrity photographer said in a written statement. "... | Vanity Fair photographer Annie Leibovitz: Picture "misinterpreted"
Miley Cyrus apologizes after Vanity Fair magazine publishes photos of her .
The provocative photos have already been published on Vanity Fair's Web site .
Expert: The magazine is "exploiting her body for profit" |
f1b8e71d117bda679658dbe53b3ec9a3ae82cb29 | By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 10:30 EST, 31 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:32 EST, 31 October 2012 . A massive sex operation sting has led to the arrests of 40 men, including an Iraq war veteran, a teacher, and five university students. Operation Spiderweb 2, which was organized by the Lee and Orange County Sherif... | Operation Spiderweb made 40 arrests at a central Florida home where alleged predatory men were lured by officers pretending to be minors .
Irag war veteran, teachers and students among those arrested .
Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott urged parents to monitor their children's internet activity . |
f1b90f6d287751a063e6cc4d4b575b3964f422b0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 03:27 EST, 4 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:28 EST, 4 September 2012 . Vitamin D can speed up recovery in tuberculosis (TB) patients, say researchers. It suggests that the 19th century practice of sending patients to retreats to soak up the sun's rays could have done some goo... | Vitamin D appears to dampen inflammatory responses without affecting effect of antibiotics .
Drug-resistant cases of Tuberculosis are on the rise in the UK . |
f1b9262cc0cfe1be04bd84ed6a08e66169a00bba | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . Hundreds of thousands of video gamers are right now plugged into one computer game. But it’s not the latest Call of Duty or Fifa – it’s a science based game called EyeWire in which users map the neurons of a brain. And information collected from the gamers using the crowdsourcing programme h... | Thousands of video gamers have used an online programme to help scientists map neurons in retinas .
The game they are playing is EyeWire, which launched in 2012 and has over 120,000 gamers across 100 countries .
While playing users work together to 'trace' the paths of neurons throughout 3D representations of cells .
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