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f1d8aaabeb6aebaa3df2dcf84db0afedeaf072fb | Anti-Semitism is still prevalent in Germany with some 19 million adults harbouring negative sentiments towards Jews, according to a new study . Anti-Semitism remains prevalent around the world, with one in four adults expressing anti-Jewish sentiment, according to a new study. The Anti-Defamation League's Global 100 In... | Highest level of anti-Semitism was found in Palestinian territories of West Bank and Gaza at 93%, according to survey by Anti-Defamation League .
Greece .
was most anti-Semitic country in Western Europe, with 69 per cent of .
adults expressing such opinions .
Sweden, with 4%, was least anti-Jewish; in UK, figure was 8%... |
f1d947eeb0088a8c00049d2ab58ab9895f9e9195 | By . James Gordon . A 20-year-old man convicted of shooting a state trooper dead during a routine traffic stop has been declared brain dead after attempting to kill himself, just a week after being sentenced to life in prison without parole. Eric Knysz was found in his prison cell, hanging by a bed sheet and is now on... | Officials say he tried to hang himself on Monday .
Eric Knysz has been on life support since he attempted to take his own life .
A family friend of Knysz tells them his organs will be donated .
Knysz given life sentence for killing state trooper Paul Butterfield II .
The murder took place during a routine traffic stop ... |
f1d94d75ce0548f8638bf413801d3c36f1244aff | (CNN) -- Marie Mills held her 77-year-old father, who had collapsed outside in a Washington street. She screamed for help. A passerby rushed across the street to bang on the door of a fire station, knowing that firefighters are trained to provide emergency medical help. But they wouldn't leave the station. The same thi... | NEW: Two employees have been suspended with pay, a spokesman says .
Three people tried to summon firefighters to help the collapsed man .
Mills' daughter said she saw a firefighter at the station .
That firefighter, a new employee, apparently said he had to be dispatched to help . |
f1d96607c3a5ede3fc54fdfb607f1b8deaa5f2a7 | By . Harriet Hernando . School pupils have been forced to repeat an entire year - after a teacher left and took all their work. The sixth form students had to redo coursework after the unnamed member of staff stopped teaching at City Academy in Bristol - and now can’t be found. Officials say the science tutor left the ... | Unnamed teacher left Bristol City Academy, taking pupils' coursework .
Academy has been unable to contact teacher or locate work .
Eleven sixth form students had to redo one year's worth of work . |
f1d97393583c9bf607a2cbdb77fdb63652bd612b | By . Daniel Bates In Cleveland, Ohio . The three girls who were held captive for a decade can't be left on their own because they were so 'brainwashed' they thought they the others would always be around, MailOnline can reveal. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight have to be walked around in groups because th... | Gina DeJesus' relatives say that she has been surrounded by people in the wake of her release because she was used to having the other young women around her .
Will plan to have the three girls reunited on a frequent basis .
They get more 'agitated' around men than women . |
f1d9bfe753647898a0b1875e068575a0f2a09fd9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:32 EST, 26 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:59 EST, 27 December 2012 . Olympic organsiers have come under fire over the condition of site used for the temporary equestrian centre, which remains a muddy quagmire and closed to the public six months after the end of the games. Q... | Around 45 acres of Greenwich Park remain a muddy quagmire .
They are not likely to be reopened to the public until the summer .
Locog blamed for not re-laying grass before the onset of Winter . |
f1d9e1398b30992f7d19d71c1ae7cb5d4f8ee956 | A hazardous drug that eliminates free will and can wipe the memory of its victims is currently being dealt on the streets of Colombia. The drug is called scopolamine, but is colloquially known as ‘The Devil’s Breath,' and is derived from a particular type of tree common to South America. Stories surrounding the drug ar... | Scopolamine often blown into faces of victims or added to drinks .
Within minutes, victims are like 'zombies' - coherent, but with no free will .
Some victims report emptying bank accounts to robbers or helping them pillage own house .
Drug is made from borrachero tree, which is common in Colombia . |
f1d9f7f6d477773283f2256163201ef95c5149e4 | (CNN) -- The year was 2002, and group of young editors was trying to decide how risky it would be to put the United States soccer team on the June cover of ESPN Magazine. It was a tough call for a magazine that had gotten off to a spectacular start serving up a strictly meat-and-potatoes diet of NFL, with a side of bas... | In 2002 Roxanne Jones struggled over whether to put soccer on cover of ESPN magazine .
Jones: Fast forward to 2014's World Cup frenzy and it seems U.S. finally gets 'futbol'
Why? American parents like it: It's safer, cheaper, diverse, and a true team sport, she says .
Jones: American football won't be soon overcome, bu... |
f1da5f3427f8682291bbff1409cfa1f1b14a969e | By . Leesa Smith for Daily Mail Australia . Not even dying in an alley way and being brought back to life at least twice by paramedics stopped former ice junkie Jack Nagle from doing anything to get his next hit. ‘I was with these people taking a whole bunch of drugs then they just left me there,' he told Daily Mail Au... | Jack Nagle was 19 when he first smoked ice in a car four years ago .
Now 23, the Melbourne man says he was hooked from the very first time .
Being revived when he died from a drug-fuelled haze did not stop him .
After a week-long bender he finally asked his mother for help .
He believes his only other options were deat... |
f1da8c73bfbade85830517ecbff04c76fbdc8a2f | By . Helen Pow . The entire Miami Heat basketball team warmed up with their T-shirts inside out on Monday night to show support for the Los Angeles Clippers as Donald Sterling's son-in-law labelled his wife's dad 'ignorant and racist.' Clippers players expressed their disgust at the racist remarks Sterling allegedly ma... | Whole Miami Heat team make gesture against Donald Sterling .
Lebron James among the players who wore T-shirts inside out .
LA Clippers owner has been accused of being 'ignorant and racist'
Sterling allegedly made racist comments to his mistress on Sunday . |
f1daca0828b66330262aaa2c168e5910abd2482f | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Officials investigating last week's crash of two Metro subway trains said a system used to detect trains in the area of the accident had failed intermittently in the days immediately before the fatal crash. Investigators are shown at the crash scene in Washington. Nine people were killed in the Jun... | Officials earlier said track circuit had been repaired June 17, five days before crash .
In update, NTSB says that after repair, circuit periodically lost "ability to detect trains"
It's not clear if operators were aware of problem before accident, NTSB says .
Since crash, trains have been operated manually, NTSB has r... |
f1dbba5383b0fe827765d81aaae758b73018bc94 | By . Andrea Magrath . UPDATED: . 13:37 EST, 22 June 2011 . One of the last people to see Jackass star Ryan Dunn and his friend Zachary Hartwell alive has revealed new details of their drinking session at a West Chester bar before the high-speed car crash that killed them both. Thaddeus Kalinoski spent five hours drinki... | One of the last people to see Jackass star alive says Dunn drank 'at least four shots of whiskey and several beers'
Thaddeus Kalinoski says Dunn 'didn't appear drunk' when he left the bar around 2am .
Says Dunn was 'the life of the party' and was 'excited about the future' |
f1dbd155bc17b4c8b01727e2df53892667cebe1d | By . James Nye . PUBLISHED: . 23:56 EST, 21 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:59 EST, 22 February 2013 . A man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend by dousing her with gasoline and setting her on fire was executed in Texas on Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused his final appeal. Carl Blue, 48, was convicted... | Carl Henry Blue, 48, was pronounced dead at 6:56 p.m. local time at the state penitentiary at Huntsville .
Blue was convicted of killing ex-girlfriend Carmen Richards-Sanders, 38, .
in her apartment in Bryan, Texas, in 1994 as she was getting ready to .
leave for work .
Blue threw open the door to Richards-Sanders' apa... |
f1dbfc18164347231f34a2517152b60e93668793 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:40 EST, 17 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:24 EST, 18 December 2013 . In an effort to highlight just how absurd the 'thigh gap trend' really is, a video blogger has come up with five ways on how women can fake one: no diet and exercise required. From walking around with a so... | Taylor Adele Smith hopes to highlight the absurdity of the 'thigh gap trend' in her informational video . |
f1dcc3b0c3537eba2f7e4049660b64609187bf03 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 10:34 EST, 18 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:02 EST, 18 September 2013 . With pits prone to devastating fires, explosions and disasters, coal miners took their lives in their hands when they went to work at the industry's early 20th century peak. In the first two decades of the last ... | Author John Hannavy has used a .
collection of macabre postcards of accidents and disasters to compile a history of .
Edwardian mining .
Many of the postcards were produced by a single family from Barnsley, Yorkshire, at the industry's height in the early 20th century . |
f1dddad75c34a48f9e7ae006d9f7cd3afc973a32 | By . Peter Allen . PUBLISHED: . 09:16 EST, 24 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:23 EST, 24 October 2012 . A rogue trader was today ordered to spend three years in prison and pay back almost £4billion following one of the biggest frauds in financial history. Jerome Kerviel, a 35-year-old unemployed Frenchman, insisted h... | Jerome Kerviel, 35, insisted he was innocent of all the crimes carried out when .
he worked at Societe Generale Bank in Paris .
But the French capital's Appeal Court ruled that he was 'solely .
responsible' for unauthorised deals which sent the bank’s share price .
into free-fall .
Judges upheld a .
sentence of three y... |
f1de36bc76f175ac91dfe89706d14113c641bf06 | A fan has spent hours painstakingly recreating the new Star Wars trailer shot-for-shot... with Lego. The first official glimpse of the highly anticipated Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens was released yesterday. And YouTube user Snooperking, a self-taught video editor, worked round the clock to build the sets an... | Fan uploaded his version just 14 hours after 88-second clip was released .
He said he had to build the set and figures, including Millennium Falcon .
Added: 'Then just filming took forever especially the the special effects' |
f1de4f8cf02994a713265f289e930ed06bdfcf04 | By . Leon Watson . A couple are counting their blessings after their baby survived being born seemingly without blood and white as a 'ghost'. Hope Juarez, who was born at a hospital in Irvine, California, suffered from a rare condition that meant when she was born 80 per cent of her blood had drained out of her body. I... | Hope Juarez, from California, suffered from fetal-maternal hemorrhage .
It meant blood drained from her body hours before she was born .
The child's only hope for survival was a blood transfusion .
Only other known recent case occurred in the UK in 2012 . |
f1df9d2d25bb134d258d24758d12f38128ccfc2a | Jailed for three years: Theressa Morrisroe, 51, of Northampton, made over 80 fraudulent payments over a three-year period while working for a charity . An accounts clerk who defrauded a charity out of more than £100,000 by paying money into her seriously ill father’s bank account has been jailed for three years. Theres... | Theressa Morrisroe, 51, made fraudulent payments over three years .
She was working for Motor Neurone Disease Association in Northampton .
Caught after supplier contacted charity about an unpaid invoice last June .
Investigations found money was paid into account belonging to her father .
But she won't have to pay any ... |
f1dfddba046eebc1051a1f708e173392d9f651c3 | In action: Moses Sesay is pictured during the road race time trial at the Commonwealth Games . An athlete at the Commonwealth Games has revealed he was hospitalised and put into isolation for four days while he was tested for the deadly Ebola virus. Cyclist Moses Sesay, from Sierra Leone in West Africa where hundreds a... | Sesay, 32, revealed he was tested for deadly Ebola virus .
Cyclist was admitted to Glasgow hospital and put in isolation for four days .
But he competed in road race time trial after being given all-clear .
Sesay is from Sierra Leone, Africa, where hundreds have died from disease .
Ebola is a severe, often fatal illnes... |
f1e029198d6c57b58fec2fc41be2d7da879c7787 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 01:34 EST, 20 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:34 EST, 20 August 2013 . Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf was today charged with murder over the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007. The move completes the downfall of the man who once dominated his country but was driven out of... | Pervez Musharraf pleaded not guilty to charges at a court in Rawalpindi .
Case is the first time a former army chief has been charged with a crime . |
f1e0e3d465bb5422976501993806feaaa967ab7c | The State Department has only 'advised' Americans against traveling to the Libyan city of Benghazi even after Britain, Germany and the Netherlands today urged their citizens to immediately leave the in response to what was described as an imminent threat against Westerners. The U.S. pointed to a travel advisory issued ... | State Department continues to tell Americans to be 'cautious' while in city where its consulate was attacked and Ambassador and three others killed .
Britain, Germany and the Netherlands urged its citizens to get out 'immediately' because of intelligence pointing to 'imminent threat' against Westerners . |
f1e10672f80b88b84e157bdb45a31551c76bcb11 | By . Ben Endley . PUBLISHED: . 05:20 EST, 25 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:28 EST, 25 February 2014 . For many people approaching their 85th birthday, the ideal present is a jumper, socks or a new pair of slippers but Ken Partridge went for something altogether more adventurous. The retired joiner, from Oldham, Gre... | Ken Partridge jumped last weekend to raise £2,000 for Cancer Research UK .
The retired joiner from Oldham, Greater Manchester, beat prostate cancer .
He was attached to elite Ghurka regiment during national service in Malaya .
Before jumping he joked: 'I'll save money on burial costs if the chute fails' |
f1e12343568a769ea77b0dd94ae63b5a5a70888d | By . Associated Press . and Meghan Keneally . NBC has added Johnny Weir and Tara . Lipinski to its Kentucky Derby line up as fashion correspondents after . their star turn as figure skating commentators at the Sochi Olympic . Games. The two former . figure skaters, who earned the Olympic bronze medal in 2008 and the . ... | Figure skaters Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski will comment on the big hats and outlandish fashion at the horse race next Saturday .
Will also mark the first time that former GMA co-host Josh Elliot works for NBC since leaving the ABC morning program .
The duo was initially brought on air as commentators for the Sochi wi... |
f1e161468aaf9f6b2d048e44bbbc5bbf9b43a8e0 | By . Matt Barlow . Follow @@Matt_Barlow_DM . Somewhere amid what seems like a never-ending cascade of empty promises and psychobabble about ‘positive signs’ and a brighter future for English football, there was this frank assessment of the World Cup by Jack Wilshere. ‘It’s easy for me to stand here and say we’re young ... | As England return from Brazil, Arsenal star admits World Cup negatives .
Says young players are performing already for countries like Germany .
Big season awaits Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Danny Welbeck at Manchester United .
Neymar, Mario Gotze and James Rodriguez already stars at young age .
England need Luke Sha... |
f1e17f33eb21c1bfc78e286947c5068adcf1961f | By . Neil Ashton . PUBLISHED: . 13:43 EST, 16 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 02:23 EST, 17 February 2014 . Brendan Rodgers was seething after his Liverpool side were knocked out of the FA Cup, insisting referee Howard Webb denied them a 'blatant penalty'. Arsenal came out on top at the Emirates Stadium in the fifth rou... | Brendan Rodgers says Liverpool were denied blatant penalty at Arsenal .
With the score 2-1, Luis Suarez was clattered by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain .
Arsenal advance to the FA Cup Sixth Round with victory .
Robbie Fowler blasts Webb on Twitter: 'Our best ref apparently...' |
f1e1bfa964dae473937d99cba857fe0b215ee680 | (CNN) -- All future singers of the national anthem should pay close attention to James Taylor's performance at Game 2 of the World Series on October 24. If you're going to make a mistake, this is the way to make it. On Thursday, the musician was at Fenway Park in Boston to lead the stadium in a rendition of "The Star-S... | James Taylor messed up his national anthem performance .
He began singing "America the Beautiful" instead of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
The singer quickly and smoothly recovered . |
f1e2312c67e32bbd132da40c4e5f8bd76f76e933 | By . Nicola Rowe . PUBLISHED: . 06:54 EST, 18 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:57 EST, 18 June 2013 . A bidding-war is stirring among high flying millionaires in a desperate move to snap up the world's first aeroplane car - which is up for sale for £600,000. With cars and congestion becoming too much for commuters in the ... | Only four of the five 'Aerocars' ever built in the 1940s are still in existence .
It cruises at 110mph and easily converts from airplane to road-going car .
Car is a 21ft long, two-place aircraft .
with seating for two, a 30ft wingspan and single .
Lycoming 0-320 engine mounted over rear wheels .
Wings can be folded ba... |
f1e26387595b7a9208cbe98e68a90219bf07cc5e | Pest control budgets have been slashed by a quarter by local authorities, prompting expert warnings of a plague of 'super-rats'. Information released to Labour by councils has revealed deep cuts in the amounts being spent on controlling vermin. Across 200 local authorities in England, pest control budgets have been cu... | Council pest control budgets fall by 24.4 per cent on average since 2010 .
Experts warn cuts have led to plague of 'super-rats' that are much larger .
Spending on street cleaning has also fallen by 16 per cent across UK .
'Super rats' are expected to outnumber humans two to one by next year . |
f1e2e43640d0141c054833f8ff5f6051c05b645b | Was your team on the wrong end of a harsh refereeing decision this weekend? Then spare a thought for a Honduras keeper who was sent off recently. Junior Morales was having a good 50 minutes in the Marathon goal as his side were leading 1-0 at Real Sociedad in a Honduras top flight match on October 12. VIDEO: Watch Juni... | Junior Morales given red card after sportingly slapping striker's bum .
Marathon keeper's dismissal came in form of second yellow card .
Real Sociedad scored from resulting penalty in Honduras top flight clash . |
f1e345efec3a769570975cee3dff1786683fe5e5 | (CNN) -- Defending champions Germany were sent tumbling to a stunning 1-0 extra-time defeat by outsiders Japan in the women's World Cup Saturday. Japan had never beaten a European team and went into the quarterfinal in Wolfsburg as long-odds outsiders. But the hosts, roared on by a capacity and partisan crowd, could n... | NEW: Hosts Germany stunned by Japan in Women's World Cup .
Karina Maruyama scores only goal of the match in extra-time .
France beat England 4-3 on penalties in earlier quarterfinal .
Match ends 1-1 after extra time after late equalizer from France's Elise Bussaglia . |
f1e367ad6333673f7396cb1f8397e383b7e7d926 | The mother of a disabled teenage boy said her son was 'embarrassed and mortified' after she was forced to drag him to the bathroom because there was no wheelchair on board. Virgin Australia has apologised after the incident involving Heike Fabig's son Kai, who is now 14, on board VA 183 from Sydney to Nadi, Fiji on Sep... | Heike Fabig's 14-year-old son Kai suffers from spastic paraplegia and the rare disorder Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy .
His condition leaves him incontinent and unable to walk .
Ms Fabig has demanded Virgin Australia include aisle wheelchairs on every flight after she was forced to drag her son to t... |
f1e36befaa8a114fc7619e95314169c01853beed | After a few delays and almost 9 years after the last installment, Pikmin 3 charms its way onto the Wii U. But is it a ‘must have’ Nintendo exclusive that will help shift more Wii U consoles? Whilst it’s a title well worth owning, as a potential ‘system seller’ it inadvertently highlights some key flaws with Nintendo an... | Charming characters and visuals .
Well-balanced gameplay .
Lots of Pikmin who all have different abilities .
Poor integration with the Wii U GamePad . |
f1e3f78c3f04a911e54bb5c56ac9aa8832315c1d | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 11:24 EST, 26 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:29 EST, 26 November 2013 . Rain as acidic as lemon juice may have played a part in killing off plants and organisms around the world during the most severe mass extinction in Earth's history. A team of U.S. scientists have simulated the... | Researchers from MIT simulated the Great Dying, the mass extinction even that made 70 per cent of terrestrial vertebrate species extinct .
They believe sulphur emissions from volcanic eruptions created deadly acid rain, which stunted the growth of plants and led to their extinction .
Magma probably .
released carbon di... |
f1e41ce2eafa2c68a253eda5b1a2e83d00378d2d | Bernie Ecclestone has suggested Formula One is poised for a dramatic change should a number of cash-strapped teams go to the wall over the winter. The likes of Sauber, Marussia and Caterham are currently teetering on the brink of extinction as a result of rising, unchecked costs associated with running their teams. To ... | Sauber, Marussia and Caterham are teetering on the brink of extinction .
Bernie Ecclestone suggests three-car teams in 2015 .
Ecclestone was talking before the Singapore Grand Prix . |
f1e4bfebf3b329172c8da08e4749f7cc6a9dba94 | Earlier this week, a visibly pregnant Duchess of Cambridge wowed guests at a Kensington Palace charity event, with a stunning sheer polka dot top which she teamed with a neat belt and a shimmering knee-length skirt. But although she looked a million dollars, her outfit came with the considerably lower price tag of £89 ... | The Duchess of Cambridge often teams dresses by Reiss, Whistles and Zara with designer coats .
Makes low-cost pieces look high end by adding expensive accessories and shoes .
She also has both budget and designer buys subtly altered so they fit her perfectly .
Fashion expert says her genius for combining designer and h... |
f1e4d5d2e65cef3d54f52d3b1327081b6c72ac75 | A pregnant mother who thought she was expecting a small seven pound baby ended up giving birth to a daughter who tipped the scales at huge 14 pounds. Alisha Hernandez of Alamosa in southern Colarado went into labor on Monday and gave birth to Mia Yasmin Garcia by caesarean section at the San Luis Valley Hospital. But M... | Alisha Hernandez went into labor expecting a small seven pound baby .
Gave birth to baby Mia Yasmin in southern Colarado by caesarean section .
Parents and hospital staff were shocked at just how big baby Mia looked .
Was weighed and was revealed she tipped the scales at almost 14 pounds . |
f1e4e58138fd96102f1eefcdcbcd6738a54dc1c0 | (CNN) -- We were told to be awake and ready to move at 4 a.m. The National Transitional Council fighters we were with were planning to launch a dawn assault on the Saharan city of Sabha. All predictions indicated it would be one of the bloodiest battles yet. NTC officials said loyalist forces would use weaponry they ha... | CNN's Ben Wedeman met the NTC fighters heading to Sabha .
In the hours before the attack fighters showed signs of nerves and confidence .
The city, despite its reputation as a Gadhafi stronghold, fell to the opposition in less than a day .
There are still a few parts of Sabha where the revolutionaries are hesitant to t... |
f1e4fc7c898b86910754d44b4a53234e5c52fb47 | Liverpool and Chelsea meet on Tuesday evening in the first leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final, thus continuing a fierce modern rivalry that has thrown up many thrilling contests. There has been no shortage of controversial incidents in the last few years, from Luis Garcia's 'ghost goal' to Luis Suarez biting Branisl... | Liverpool and Chelsea set to meet at Anfield in Capital One Cup semi-final .
Rivalry between the two teams has intensified in recent years .
Their exciting matches are punctuated by controversial moments .
But Liverpool vs Chelsea doesn't compare to true rivalries of British game .
Celtic vs Rangers divides Glasgow alo... |
f1e50c9ac22f2779b978c3f53041f4433d261622 | (CNN) -- A U.S. drone strike Wednesday morning killed at least 10 militants and injured 14 near the Afghan-Pakistani border, a Pakistani military official said. The attack targeted militants in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. It wasn't immediately clear which mil... | NEW: 3 border police officers killed in suicide-bombing attack, Afghan government says .
Strike hits Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, near Pakistan border, official says .
Attack happened Wednesday morning in province's Nazyan district . |
f1e5357fe020a138c41ee4d2e525427e034dc091 | By . Ellie Buchdahl . PUBLISHED: . 11:04 EST, 19 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:05 EST, 19 September 2013 . A teenager who was smuggled into the UK from Afghanistan after the Taliban slaughtered his father and brother has won the right to remain in the UK. Aspiring teacher Najibullah Hashimi, 19, said he owes a deb... | Naj Hashimi fled to UK from Afghanistan aged 11 in 2006 .
Aspiring teacher achieved 13 GCSEs and several A-Levels .
19-year-old lives with foster family in Kent and member of local cricket club .
Faversham community signed petition to stop his deportation .
Home Office regulations stated he would have to return to Afgh... |
f1e5b31e09b183cf288808d90964be6f4c1ac930 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- She's been called the "mother of the believers," a middle-aged woman possibly responsible for recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers in Iraq and involvement in at least 28 terrorist operations. Television picture reportedly showing Samira Ahmed Jassim during her alleged confession. Now sh... | Jassim also known as Umm-al-Moumineen, or mother of the believers .
Arrested on Jan. 21 in what an Iraqi commander called "heroic" security operation .
Considered a major stride in confronting challenge of female suicide bombers .
Troops have launched operations targeting families of suspected bombers . |
f1e5bb11254739b055cd386d660ee6330066e973 | As a country, it faces threats of terrorism, nuclear power and frosty international relations with world leaders. But Iran is focusing on another problem - a shrinking lake. Lake Oroumieh, of the world's biggest saltwater lakes, is in danger of completely drying up because of climate change, nearby farms using it for i... | Lake Oroumieh has shrunk more than 80% to 1,000 square kilometers .
Experts fear the lake - famous as a tourist spot and a stopping point for migrating flamingos, pelicans and gulls - could disappear within two years .
Climate change, nearby farms using it for irrigation and the damming of rivers is being blamed for th... |
f1e5fa13c8834fa0758aee4127f9f96baddd554b | Is it really only a month since Alan Pardew headed into the last international break looking every inch a dead man walking, castigated by Newcastle fans campaigning for owner Mike Ashley to axe their manager? At The Hawthorns on Sunday, two minutes from the end of his fourth consecutive Premier League win —and fifth in... | Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has masterminded Magpies turnaround .
Newcastle have now won each of their last five games on the bounce .
Pardew claims 'you’ve got to have faith that you’re doing the right things' |
f1e6c879e4a9c99d88d79d1b417179b1818ad898 | By . Dan Bloom . This tiny Pygmy owl had a hoot as it dived into snow, leaving just its head and wings poking out. As part of the smallest species in Europe the owl, which measured about 7in from tip to tail, used its lightning-speed reactions to catch a vole hidden in the deep bank in Oulo, Finland - emerging with the... | Photographers Jari Peltomaki and David Tipling captured the scenes .
They put up hundreds of nesting boxes to attract owls into the forest .
Pygmy owl pictured in the snow is smallest species in Europe at just 7in . |
f1e7e0c6a3ef49dc35722fb9b381e9f88909d644 | A stunning timelapse video has shown a very different sight of London should it have an entire blackout. In a metropolis like London, England, light pollution makes the night sky invisible. Only a few of the brightest stars and asterisms force their celestial light through the man made glow of the city. The night sky, ... | 'Blackout City' is an experimental time lapse film that makes the invisible, visible in London .
Array of lights and traffic make the night sky over the UK capital almost impossible to view .
UK-based photographer Nicholas Buer describes how he 'always chases the light into the night' |
f1e82c693c0ffb4733f03b7d8dbb4aafb307e7c7 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 06:45 EST, 15 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:25 EST, 15 November 2013 . Attack: CCTV footage in a Preston McDonald's showed this woman hitting a man in the ear with her stiletto, and she is being hunted by police . A drunk who attacked a student with her stiletto while waiting in... | Attacker shoved the victim's friend, who then intervened and was attacked .
Incident happened at 5am in Preston McDonald's last month . |
f1e8b5470e0a1d8ebe033473464cd2e93ceaff8a | By . Nina Golgowski . PUBLISHED: . 11:00 EST, 14 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:31 EST, 14 September 2012 . For 60-year-old Don Stranathan and Penny Blume, 50, who met in the most unlikely of places and on different ends of the country, battling lung cancer would be near impossible if they weren't doing it together... | Don Stranathan, 60, and Penny Blume, 50, say they share not only a daily battle for their lives but a blooming romance that helps keep them going . |
f1e8b768a30d3fb57af137186578acc7af1120d8 | The echo in the oil tank at Inchindown lasts a world-record 75 seconds . An oil tank in the Scottish Highlands has earned a place in the record books after producing the world's longest echo. Lasting an incredible 75 seconds, the reverberation smashed the previous record - also set in Scotland more than 40 years ago - ... | The echo smashes the previous world record - also set in Scotland - which lasted 15 seconds and was recorded in 1970 .
New record was discovered by acoustics expert Professor Trevor Cox .
The Inchindown oil tank measures twice the length of a football pitch . |
f1e9f8a4efc80eac46bae1820f0d5bc96d1cbfa4 | By . Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 17:56 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 03:32 EST, 7 January 2014 . Row: Boris Johnson has weighed in on the conflict on the 100th anniversary of WWI backing Michael Gove's theory that it was sparked by German expansionism . David Cameron and Boris Johnson rode to Michael Gove’s defen... | Michael Gove condemned by Nick Clegg and Cambridge academic for 'wagging finger of blame' on 100th anniversary over 'sombre reflection'
In article for the Mail he blasted Oh! What A Lovely War's 'mythical' history .
Professor Sir Richard Evans said the words 'defame historians'
London Mayor backed Gove saying WW1 was r... |
f1e9fca30fd26806b812563fe5598ae6c2aa0bcc | By . Eleanor Harding . PUBLISHED: . 20:21 EST, 7 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:07 EST, 8 November 2012 . For centuries, they been a source of national pride – as well as some good-humoured merriment. And for those who feared Britain’s regional accents may be dying out, take heart - as it appears they will be with u... | Experts originally predicted local dialects would die out in the last half century with the rise of social mobility .
But researchers at Aston University have found the opposite is true . |
f1eb238450638587b0776b14a352ac15221a8b6c | (CNN) -- Former first lady Betty Ford was remembered Tuesday as a woman whose disclosures about her personal battles showed courage and grace and brought encouragement to others. "She was a tireless advocate for those struggling," said former first lady Rosalynn Carter. "She was never afraid to speak the truth." Ford, ... | Journalist Cokie Roberts recalls camaraderie in Washington .
Rosalynn Carter speaks of Betty Ford's resolve .
Former first ladies and a former president are at the church .
Ford will have a public funeral in California and a private burial in Michigan . |
f1eb23da1008051cf878f5538321243dec3ad481 | Hanover, New Hampshire (CNN) -- Herman Cain, the latest Republican presidential candidate to surge in the polls, found himself in the hot seat Tuesday night at a debate in New Hampshire centered on economic matters. The linchpin of Cain's campaign, his cleverly titled 9-9-9 plan to restructure the U.S. Tax Code, came u... | NEW: Rick Perry says Mitt Romney's health plan in Massachusetts mirrors Obama's .
NEW: Romney turns attack on Perry, citing number of uninsured in Texas .
Candidates pounce on Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan for eradicating tax code .
Cain defends plan as "bold solution" |
f1eb4cefc6d7c502e5ed9bebe4113813d3f40afd | By . Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor . Veteran Tory MP Ken Clarke has revealed that he blocked Margaret Thatcher privatising the NHS as Health Secretary in the 1980s. The former Cabinet minister who was sacked in last week's reshuffle said Mrs Thatcher wanted to 'go to the American system' but he refus... | Clarke says he 'ferocious rows' with the Prime Minister over plan .
Dismissed her proposal to introduce compulsory insurance as 'hopeless'
Makes series of parting shots at Cameron after being sacked from Cabinet .
Clarke says leaving the European Union would diminish job of Prime Minister .
Reveals Tory press office tr... |
f1eb6b0b9812cb886c67e9a07202cb48ce2d472d | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 11:11 EST, 3 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:21 EST, 17 December 2013 . So long, era of the floaty, fluffy, waffle dressing-gowned girly spa weekend! These days it's all about the holistic sex retreat, don't you know. Aimed at women who have lost touch with their sensuality, mispla... | Britain's first sensuality retreat, Shh..., launched in secret Dorset location .
Teaches you how to 'internalise' your sexuality .
Founded by Vikki van Someren and Lucy Arrowsmith, both 39 .
Luxury retreat based on the principles of 'sensual healing'
Next Shh retreat is in spring 2014 . |
f1ec4fd95a27a408f33ae9bdc0366212f89bbc98 | Feyenoord scored an extremely contentious goal that appeared to come straight from a throw-in against Standard Liege in the Europa League on Thursday night. The controversial incident resulted in the opener for the Dutch side, who went on to win the Group G clash 2-1. It was officially credited to defender Sven van Bee... | Feyenoord score contentious goal that appeared to come from a throw-in .
Sven van Beek credited with the opener in 2-1 win over Standard Liege in the Europa League .
But the ball didn't seem to touch anyone after Miquel Nelom's throw-in . |
f1ec5df3a626ca852523e53680e642100c27387b | A cliff-edge hotel could soon collapse into the sea after authorities decided they couldn't afford the cost of building defences. The Blue Anchor Hotel, overlooking the cliffs at Minehead, in Somerset, has been forced to close its children's garden play area that backs on to the cliffs which are crumbling at a dangerou... | The Blue Anchor Hotel overlooks cliffs at Minehead in Somerset .
Play area's ship was moved at a cost of £800,000 but now again in danger .
Landlord claims 13ft of land was lost to see in just three months .
West Somerset Council say they can't afford to finance rescue bid .
Local MP blasts council's decision as 'utter... |
f1ecb0e53c1bdb6bea143a76aeb58d74818fda06 | By . Sally Lee . Australia's very own Jennifer Tang and Jarrel Seah celebrate their victory as they hold up Microsoft's prestigious Imagine Cup . Two Australian medical students have won a global competition after inventing an app that uses a selfie to detect if someone is anaemic. Jarrel Seah and Jennifer Tang, both 2... | Melbourne students Jarrel Seah and Jennifer Tang crowned the winners at the Imagine Cup World Finals in Seattle on Friday .
The pair invented Eyenaemia, an app which screens for anemia by taking a selfie .
Their prize includes $US50,000 and a private meeting with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates .
The 22-year-olds hope ... |
f1edb438779432b3b47d687113abfcba9a509363 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 08:23 EST, 8 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:52 EST, 8 January 2014 . A Romanian migrant who was greeted by Keith Vaz as he arrived in Britain to work is a convicted thug who beat up his girlfriend and threatened to drown her in a lake, it was claimed today. Victor Spirescu, 30, was trea... | Victor Spirescu 'met up with his ex-girlfriend in a park and attacked her'
Reports say the Romanian was fined by a court and ordered to pay compensation .
He was greeted at Luton Airport by MPs when he arrived in the country on New Year's Day after labour marker restrictions were eased .
Migrant now works in a car park... |
f1eded498e01269938afd05657a7492d16162973 | (CNN) -- Four years ago a shock defeat by France sent a rugby-mad nation into mourning, but New Zealand's All Blacks erased some of that hurt with a comprehensive 37-17 vanquishing of their longtime bogey team on Saturday. Captain Richie McCaw looked a broken man after the 2007 World Cup quarterfinal defeat in Cardiff,... | New Zealand beat France 37-17 to reach Rugby World Cup quarterfinals .
All Blacks have maximimum points after three of four Group A matches .
Second-placed France likely to play England in the last eight of tournament .
England thrash Romania 67-3, scoring 10 tries, to move clear at top of Group B . |
f1ee043d5aa742026d218b0a9fefb8edbf741b3e | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 04:04 EST, 13 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 05:28 EST, 13 March 2014 . Action movie fans pay attention. Hollywood toughguy Arnold Schwarzeneger has offered one lucky person a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sit in a tank with him and 'crush things'. To demonstrate, the 66-year-old Termin... | The action hero Arnie is raising cash for a children's charity .
To demonstrate, the Terminator star, 66, has produced a video .
He rams a giant Easter egg, taxis, a piano and 66 birthday cakes .
Schwarzenegger also pops a 5ft roll of bubble wrap with the tank . |
f1ee336378d908f346b2e0a74d36b96ffc1f52e8 | Mexico City (CNN) -- Eight drug traffickers belonging to Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's organization have been captured, including a man presumed to be Guzman's relative and confidant, officials said Wednesday. Federal police captured Victor Manuel Felix, alias "El Senor," who worked for the Sinaloa cart... | Police arrested Victor Manuel Felix and seven other members of the Sinaloa cartel .
Felix is the father-in-law of one of Joaquin Guzman's children .
Guzman is one of the most-wanted men in Mexico . |
f1ee6bf8fb127403afb9296d530c6ebf030781a2 | A nature photographer has captured breath-taking photos of frozen trees in a remote part of Western Russia where the temperature drops to a chilling -35C. Set against the red and orange glow of the sky, the trees carve eerie shapes on the frigid landscape as they buckle under the weight of ice and snow. They make for u... | Incredible photos were captured by Russian photographer Sergey Makurin in the Ural Mountains .
Temperature drops to a chilling -35C in the remote area during the winter .
Peculiar trees make for unworldly figures as they stand against a magnificent, wintery backdrop . |
f1ef285a799a87a89b04ca8eef68ba2561a40806 | By . Rachel Quigley and Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 08:07 EST, 30 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:25 EST, 30 August 2012 . A seven-year-old boy from Texas who developed a rash . under his arm during a July trip to San Diego, California, died after . contracting a flesh-eating bacterial infection, the Medical Examin... | Tevita Alatini, 7, died while vacationing with family at Camp Pendleton, San Diego .
Cause of death was listed as bacterial necrotizing myositis - infection of muscle tissue .
Medical examiner said a malfunction of the immune system contributed to the condition .
Boy's uncle said Tevita did not swim in a lake during th... |
f1efc6d3d6cc15f22838a42284be6f52507d08c0 | By . Jessica Jerreat . A soldier and a 34-year-old woman were arrested in Tennessee after they were spotted having sex on a stranger's lawn in the early hours of Sunday. When police questioned Justin Moore, 25, and Jennifer Cogdill, they smelled strongly of alcohol, had slurred speech and admitted to being drunk. Their... | Justin Moore and Jennifer Cogdill were arrested at 1.30am on Sunday .
Pair admitted being 'very drunk' when questioned by police . |
f1f0b596725122bc34c29cac0e85cb3cb82bb652 | This is the gruesome moment that a mindless thug left a cat needing surgery to remove one of its eyes after shooting it in the face with a catapult. Craig Nunn, 28, was caught on CCTV cycling up to the cat and firing a glass marble into its face from point blank range. When police tracked him down and arrested him, he ... | Craig Nunn launched a glass marble at Misty the cat from point blank range .
Defence lawyer said he 'is a dog person' and had a bad incident with a cat .
The pet's eye had to be removed and Nunn was jailed for eight weeks .
The 11-year-old cat was left with a partially paralysed face after the attack .
West Mercia Poli... |
f1f0e977be7028c2ce3ca48378145c02bf2c238a | Mission accomplished! A group of rocket enthusiasts launched a porta-potty into the sky Saturday in southwestern Michigan. It made an arc and almost landed on a spectator's pickup truck, 2,000 feet away. A group of Michiana Rocketry club members planned the project for more than two years. The club is trying to increas... | Mission accomplished! A group of rocket enthusiasts launched a porta-potty into the sky Saturday in southwestern Michigan.
It made an arc and almost landed on a spectator's pickup truck, 2,000 feet away .
Rocket enthusiast Bob Bycraft says it was carefully planned. He says it wasn't 'barnyard engineering' |
f1f17f77f8e3f3840e69d9fcbc357c62ff827117 | TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Japanese authorities have released an American man who was jailed for allegedly trying to snatch back his children from his estranged wife. Christopher Savoie was jailed in Japan after trying to get kids back from their mother. Police in the rural southern town of Yanagawa let Christopher Savoie g... | Indictment against Christopher Savoie "on hold," Japanese police say .
Savoie jailed in Japan for trying to take kids .
Noriko Savoie granted custody of children, later fled to Japan .
Christopher Savoie was steps away from U.S. consulate when he was arrested . |
f1f1b28f8fc9bf51a0feb796a5cfc9db502b2435 | By . Toni Jones . PUBLISHED: . 09:36 EST, 25 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:10 EST, 25 February 2013 . Mother-of-three Tracey Smalley is celebrating an amazing weight loss achievement after shedding fifteen stone in six years. The primary school chef from Nottingham, who was affectionately known as 'Big Trace' by co... | Tracey Smalley weighed 27 stone at her heaviest .
Doctors told the chef she could die if she didn't lose weight .
She now weighs 12 stone and is a dress size 12/14 .
NHS funded the gastric band op but she has paid £7k to remove excess skin . |
f1f1d791b8814339196042625aea687801403da4 | A new photo of the shadowy leader of a violent rebel group deemed too radical by Al Qaeda has been released by the Iraqi interior ministry. The release of the image of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is part of a renewed push by Iraq to catch the man whose militant group, called the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has car... | New image released by Iraqi government of leader of hard line rebel group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
ISIS attacks and brutal rule deemed so harsh Al Qaeda has formally distanced itself from the group .
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is known as 'The Ghost' to enemies in the pro-Assad Lebanese Shi-ite militia Hizb... |
f1f1fab98d501e938e287ff7991a003a07542e35 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 07:56 EST, 25 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:30 EST, 25 August 2012 . Clues: Human remains have been found where Iraq War veteran Noah Pippin disappeared two years ago . Human remains have been found in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in northwest Montana, where a team has been sear... | Noah Pippin disappeared in 2010 after quitting job with LAPD and telling family he planned to join the CA national guard .
Police say Pippins rented a car instead and drove to Glacier National Park where he was last seen . |
f1f23f631811faa9a417594020c8716408383dc6 | (CNN) -- At least 10 people died Saturday after Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters who turned out across the country to mourn dozens of demonstrators slain the day before, eyewitnesses told CNN. The violence erupted in the Damascus suburb of Douma and the southern town of Izraa, where people attended fune... | NEW: Witnesses say 10 are killed in Douma and Izraa .
Homs is eerily quiet but shots have been reported there .
Syrians turned out to mourn dozens who died Friday . |
f1f34ab411605d9a192ee774eee7dafd89de52cd | (CNN) -- It is the role that every fan of the beautiful game counts on but which few people envy. The much-maligned position of the football referee is a job that attracts criticism, controversy and castigation on an almost weekly basis with little glory in return. Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is the latest to add h... | Incident in Manchester United-Tottenham game puts spotlight on refereeing decisions .
Female official in Brazil awards goal after ball boy puts shot into visiting team's net .
French referee embarrassed after World Cup incident involving Luis Fabiano .
Englishman finally sends off player after giving him three yellow c... |
f1f37a71822cc0c455c9b1b9f038edf6074117ef | Warsaw, Ohio (CNN) -- Seth Rice is a 2-year-old boy full of energy, curiosity and emotions. Watching him play with his toys, you don't notice any of the emotional toll that having a parent deploy can take on a little boy. Let alone having both parents deploy, for nearly seven months simultaneously. But that's what Seth... | Enlisted parents decide to leave 2-year-old with grandparents .
"It was very difficult," boy's Marine dad says .
But after 7-month separation, family to be together again . |
f1f39a5c4f5b72fd138a4e30804a7562129a538a | James Milner believes Manchester City have enough quality to win the Champions League. The Barclays Premier League champions have been handed a tough European group with Bayern Munich, Roma and CSKA Moscow standing in their way of progress to the knock-out phase. City begin their campaign at Bayern Munich on Wednesday ... | Manuel Pellegrini's team begin European campaign on Wednesday night .
Man City bowed out to Barcelona at the last-16 stage last time out .
Milner believes Sky Blues have the experience to win Champions League . |
f1f3c1a68f6edf00be2389e4143445d6c4a793e5 | By . Nikki Murfitt For The Mail On Sunday . They're the canine cuties and furry felines who have captivated television audiences all across Britain. And their antics are set to earn them – and their owners – a fortune. The bar has been set by Grumpy Cat, the American pet whose unique sulky expression has attracted a £3... | Cute pets can earn up to £1,000 a day working on TV and advertising .
Andrex puppies have a short career, as at eight weeks they are too old .
One of the pampered pets earns his money by going to the toilet on demand . |
f1f3e5d227fa4e9461a7c0a414599fce5163c859 | By . Andy Dolan . Ranvir Bassi was overcome by her 'mother's instinct' when an armed robber burst into her shop . The odds were not in her favour. Shopkeeper and mother Ranvir Bassi shouldn’t have stood a chance when a . hooded raider pushed a sawn-off shotgun in her face. But it was the gunman who ended up running. Dr... | Ranvir Bassi and her daughter Sattpreet faced gun-wielding robber .
'Mother's instinct' took over compelling the 35-year-old to fight back .
Yelling abuse and grabbing at the weapon she chased him from the shop .
'I just shouted "get out of my shop" and started shoving him'
Police arrest 17-year-old in connection with ... |
f1f422a2cb7a6ef3fe1e9c9de39ac044e132754f | (CNN) -- The refining company Motiva has notified officials that an estimated 300,000 gallons of diesel spilled at its facility in Sewaren, New Jersey, when Superstorm Sandy pushed through, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said. Russell Tibbets of the Coast Guard told CNN on Wednesday the incident occurred when one tank ru... | An estimated 300,000 gallons of diesel spilled in Sewaren, New Jersey .
Most of it has been contained, Coast Guard official says . |
f1f45cdd88126ab0bb98511f46ff2a942898e69c | It may be hard to imagine choosing a mealworm burger over a juicy steak in a restaurant. But a team of scientists insist a Quorn-like product made from mealworm protein, tastes good and is a rich source of protein. The food, named C-fu, has primarily been designed to help feed the world’s growing population, which is s... | Students from Cornell University, New York and the Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada, created C-fu from mealworms .
10,000 mealworms are needed to create one pound of the protein-rich food .
Creators claim C-fu is pound-for-pound more protein rich than an egg .
Food contains omega-3 and omega-6 fatt... |
f1f50880192b0e08964f5a1ca7b6666a5cde9b4f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:22 EST, 23 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:46 EST, 23 October 2013 . Like many other dogs, Boomer loves nothing more than roaming his neighborhood, barking at passing cars and fellow canines before returning home for a bowl of biscuits and a nap in his kennel. The only differ... | Gary Matthews, 47, has believed he is a dog since childhood .
He now sleeps in a doghouse, eats dog food from a bowl on the floor and barks at passersby and other dogs .
He is a 'furry' - people who are interested in animals with human personalities and characteristics . |
f1f55e301624d4f5e373ec8c561a5f13183f0e74 | So join us in our campaign to say Hands Off In The Box to players and referees. We’ll be naming and shaming the cheats and the officials who let them get away with it. Hands Off In The Box is Sportsmail's new campaign to rid football of the dark arts of the penalty box. Here, our reporters kept their eye on any inciden... | Liverpool beat Swansea with Dejan Lovren scoring a late winner .
Croat defender was unmarked when he headed home from a set-piece .
West Brom players were getting extra tight to Bournemouth attackers .
Gary Cahill avoided grappling with Shrewsbury men from corners . |
f1f5722f9133de73110fac12be2ece0bd04bc524 | (CNN) -- A hatchet attack on New York City police officers and two back-to-back attacks on uniformed officers in Canada have raised questions about whether the incidents may have been motivated by the attackers' alignment with radical Islam. Zale H. Thompson charged at four New York police officers with a metal hatchet... | NEW: No link seen between assailant and radical Islam, senior law officer says .
Zale Thompson swung a hatchet at four police officers in Queens, wounding two .
The other two shot him dead, authorities say . |
f1f58d447d55bf198af8149eca4b93768a072f04 | The family of a former Taliban fighter convicted of attempting to recruit two undercover police officers for jihad in Afghanistan face losing their £200,000 home under anti-terrorism laws. Munir Farooqi, 56, was given four life sentences in September 2011 for running a 'recruitment centre' for home-grown extremists to ... | Family face being evicted of Manchester home under anti-terrorism laws .
Munir Farooqi convicted of attempting to recruit undercover officers .
Family's supporters say they are being punished for another's actions .
The case could shake up human rights law . |
f1f6166f1076b3fb3477d79ab93c57a0a9c380b7 | Angelina Jolie has been made a dame by William Hague. The starstruck Foreign Secretary, who has spent most of the week at the Hollywood actress’s side, bestowed the surprise accolade on her as part of the Queen’s birthday honours. The pair have been working closely together at a summit on rape in London – despite the e... | Foreign Secretary William Hague has made Hollywood actress a dame .
Miss Jolie, 39, given surprise accolade as part of Queen's birthday honours .
She and Hague have been working together at a summit on rape in London .
Hugely unusual for an American citizen to receive an honour from Britain .
Star of Tomb Raider said t... |
f1f619e10161f9a8242f16aba6b5c30ddb22d19e | Liverpool are ready to exploit a little-known Premier League rule to sign Danny Ings despite failing with a bid for Burnley’s striker in the transfer window. The Merseyside club were prepared to pay £4million for Ings and loan him back to Burnley for the rest of the season, but were told that such a deal is against the... | Liverpool are hoping to sign Danny Ings on pre-contract agreement .
Club wanted to sign Ings in January and loan him back to Burnley .
Such a move wasn't allowed under Premier League rules .
Liverpool are ready to exploit Premier League Rule U8 to sign Ings . |
f1f61eb22fba76ef204ecb4616f3fadb0e0f553b | By . Tamara Cohen . Ministers have asked to hold controversial court cases behind closed doors five times in the past year – and been given permission for at least three. The cases involve a terror suspect suing the Government over alleged torture, Iranian shipping officials suspected of transporting nuclear material, ... | Powers for civil cases to be heard in private were pushed through last year .
Campaigners say the government is trying to avoid embarrassment .
The Mail has long campaigned against cases being heard in secret . |
f1f670d0fe617fb374b15bcc20110b89b6082aa4 | (CNN) -- A sweeping drug bust in Puerto Rico involving more than 500 U.S. drug agents and Puerto Rican police early Friday is being described by officials as the biggest drug trafficking arrest/operation ever conducted on the Caribbean island. "This ... massive operation rid the west coast of Puerto Rico of the most ha... | Biggest drug trafficking arrest-operation ever conducted on Puerto Rico, officials say .
More than 500 U.S. drug agents and Puerto Rican police were involved .
158 people are indicted on drug- and gun-related charges .
If convicted, defendants would face up to life in prison, $4 million in fines . |
f1f68beab3435ad80b3df3b26edf61c0beead331 | (CNN) -- Atlanta's airport is still the busiest passenger airport in the world, but Beijing's airport is closing the gap. More than 94 million passengers went through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2013, a decrease of 1.1% over the previous year, according to Airports Council International's prelim... | The busiest airport in the world saw fewer passengers last year than in 2012 .
Beijing's airport saw an increase in passengers in 2013 .
Dubai's airport jumped three spots to finish in seventh place . |
f1f6d288049999a512e58dafd7c15e257cf0a522 | Shake up: Theresa May is particularly worried that there are major variations between forces in the number of searches that end in arrests . Police are wasting hundreds of thousands of hours stopping and searching people who have done nothing wrong, Theresa May will warn today. In a statement to MPs, the Home Secretary... | Young black men are seven times more likely to be stopped and searched than a white person .
Home Secretary Theresa May fears that checks are damaging community relations .
1.2 million stops and searches carried out last year but only 107,000 resulted in arrests .
Conducting a search and filling in the necessary paperw... |
f1f710e4ecce471ef8d67cd97d2442b7788dcdb9 | London (CNN) -- Heathrow Airport is under close scrutiny over how it will cope with the influx of travelers for the London Olympics, but at least it has one fan in British writer Tony Parsons. Parsons -- author of best-selling novels including "Man and Boy" -- lived at the airport for seven days last year when he was H... | Author Tony Parsons was writer-in-residence at London's Heathrow Airport .
He accompanied a Heathrow employee hunting rattlesnakes that had got loose on a plane .
Given full access to the "city" of Heathrow, Parsons wrote a book about the experience . |
f1f754f1918007567d07784cc12c3f09de3acc84 | By . Leesa Smith . When 16-year-old John Dwan picked up a metal object on his grandfather’s property he had no idea that it could have been the end of his very young life. But the boy soon realised after he showed his grandfather Barry Dwan who immediately recognised the object as a World War II mortar shell. The natur... | John Dwan found a World War II mortar shell on his grandfather's property in Warwick, Queensland .
The curious 16-year-old boy put the metal object in his ute .
He showed his grandfather who immediately called the police .
Australian army placed the bomb deep underground and then detonated it . |
f1f7606785e6f25fcf35eb9eaf2970727822dc9c | Washington (CNN) -- A former State Department analyst was sentenced to life in prison Friday for spying for Cuba for almost 30 years. His wife and partner in spying received a sentence of six years and nine months, but will get credit for more than a year already served. Kendall Myers, 73, pleaded guilty last November ... | Kendall Myers says he never wanted to "hurt any individual Americans"
Myers is sentenced to life; his wife is sentenced to more than 6 years .
Both were accused of spying for Cuba for almost 30 years .
They also agreed to repay the government more than $1.7 million . |
f1f7ff5fc672f5ea69f7622c42b2c91393381851 | By . Jonny Singer . Follow @@Jonny_Singer . Outgoing captain Thomas Vermaelen has used his Instagram account to thank the Arsenal fans for their support after leaving the club to join Barcelona. Vermaelen, who joined the Gunners in 2009 and was made captain in 2012, said he had felt at home at the club, and has had a '... | Vermaelen had been Arsenal captain since 2012 .
Centre-back fell out of favour last season and left for Barcelona .
Belgian defender says he was a proud captain and feels blessed to have been a part of the club in Instagram post .
Lifting the FA Cup last season described as 'an absolute highlight' |
f1f8093f148b57bc02085a9023493116b583ec7a | By . Alan Baldwin . Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg felt sore enough at losing Sunday's Italian Grand Prix without then having to face conspiracy theories suggesting he had done it deliberately. The Mercedes driver, who finished second after making a mistake at the first chicane while under pressure from w... | Rosberg finished second after error on lap 29 .
Mercedes driver failed to turn into chicane at turn one .
Hamilton had started on pole but had to fight back after poor start . |
f1f81922700c428469a4dfd2bd655e0a4ceb3a6a | (CNN) -- Rizana Nafeek was a child herself -- 17 years old, according to her birth certificate -- when a four-month-old baby died in her care in Saudi Arabia. She had migrated from Sri Lanka only weeks earlier to be a domestic worker for a Saudi family. Although Rizana said the baby died in a choking accident, Saudi co... | Saudi authorities beheaded Rizana Nafeek, a Sri Lankan woman .
She was convicted of killing a baby of the family employing her as a housemaid .
This was despite Nafeek's claims that the baby died in a choking accident .
Becker says her fate "should spotlight the precarious existence of domestic workers" |
f1f8abf7bb5966a59b4b88f1c5142e96126a69c5 | (CNN) -- A gun assault and a separate bombing have killed at least 40 people in two days in the city of Quetta in Pakistan. Both attacks seemed to target local officials. Militants sprayed bullets into cars near a mosque Friday in the capital of the province of Balochistan, killing 10 people on the Muslim holy day of E... | NEW: Police tighten security after violence Thursday and Friday .
Militants sprayed bullets at cars before Friday prayers on Eid, killing 10 people .
The attack was followed by intense return fire that lasted for half an hour .
A bomb at a funeral Thursday killed 30 people . |
f1f91b594deadce7471f42973cdc560aa3afc6d9 | (CNN) -- In West Africa, the bodybuilder is a popular subject for photographers. Since the 1950s, the musclemen have peered out from stark images, symbols of "strength, power, pride and status," in the words of gallery owner Jack Bell. In the photographs of Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, the image goes deeper. Leonce, who'... | Photographer Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou took portraits of West African bodybuilders .
Leonce's studio has become a crossroads for Benin's people .
View high-resolution photos of Agbodjelou's Musclemen series . |
f1f95e1836da387e37352530aa6cb3f4d81895d2 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 04:18 EST, 6 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:41 EST, 6 September 2012 . It's normally only women who are trained in the art of turning curtains into costumes and become a dab hand at changing nappies at a world-famous nanny college. But now one male teenager is set to be the first-e... | Michael Kenny is the only male in a class of 48 women studying at the world famous Norland College .
Will don the classic outfit as he learns the art of being a practically perfect nanny . |
f1fa1d986603c37f5cbe08b11a77747cb7e66847 | Brendan Rodgers has admitted that Liverpool are struggling to overcome the loss of Luis Suarez to Barcelona in the summer but insisted that it is just a 'short-term hit' to the club's ambitions. The Reds manager has given a stunning interview to Spanish newspaper AS, in which he reveals that he hopes to manage in Spain... | Brendan Rodgers has given a broad interview to Spanish newspaper AS .
Rodgers admits Liverpool are struggling without Luis Suarez .
But boss insists that poor form is just a 'short-term hit'
Rodgers says that he has been on 'magic carpet ride' at Anfield .
Liverpool boss also admits he wants to be manager in Spain in f... |
f1fa3b3800af05b9b3c41b2344046cb86bcdb38c | Athens (CNN) -- Greece handed over the Olympic flame to Britain in an elaborate ceremony Thursday, 71 days before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Following a display by performers representing the high priestesses of ancient Greece, the torch was accepted by Princess Anne, the British Olympic Association pr... | The Olympic flame was handed to Britain's Princess Anne in Athens .
A 70-day torch relay starts Saturday in Land's End, Cornwall .
The flame was lit a week ago in ancient Olympia and has traveled around Greece .
Celebrity soccer player David Beckham was also present at the handover ceremony . |
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