Mali: French Air Strikes Drive Back Militants

Mali's army has driven back Islamist rebels from a strategic central town after France intervened with air strikes to stop militants controlling the country's desert north from advancing. One French pilot has been killed in the military action and hundreds...

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Crossword Setter Araucaria Sets Cancer Clue

A well-loved national newspaper crossword setter has used one of his own puzzles to announce that he is terminally ill. The Rev John Graham, who goes by the pseudonym Araucaria  - from the Latin for the monkey puzzle tree - as The Guardian's puzzle...

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Somalia Hostage Raid: French Agent 'Killed'

France has said one of its soldiers and an intelligence agent have been killed in a failed hostage rescue attempt in Somalia. The agent, who is code-named Denis Allex and was captured by militants in 2009, died in the fighting with Islamists overnight,...

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Killed Russian Woman's Boyfriend Remanded

The boyfriend of a 23-year-old Russian woman found dead in her south London flat has appeared in court charged with her murder. Felipe Lopes, 27, was remanded in custody at Bromley Magistrates' Court and will appear next at the Old Bailey on Tuesday,...

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Costa Concordia To Be Removed By September

The stricken ship Costa Concordia will be removed from the Italian coast between June and September - later than originally planned, officials have said. The vessel has been resting on its side off the Tuscan coast since it capsized last year killing...

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Pensions: Flat Rate Set For 2017 Introduction

Details of a radical shake-up of the state pension are due to be unveiled by the Government on Monday. A single flat rate, equivalent to around £144 in today's money, is expected to be introduced for new pensioners from 2017, to try to simplify the...

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Britons Lose £10m In Indian Call Centre Scam

Thousands of Britons have fallen victim to a multimillion-pound Indian call centre and internet fraud. The Daily Mail has reported that up to 60,000 people were deceived by the scam, making the fraud one of the biggest ever carried out in the UK from...

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Birmingham: Big Issue Vendors Stabbed To Death

By Lisa Dowd, Midlands Correspondent The Big Issue has confirmed that two men who were stabbed to death in Birmingham city centre worked as vendors of the publication. The magazine's founder and editor-in-chief John Bird said: "Myself and everyone...

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Belfast Protests: Four Police Officers Injured

Five police officers have been injured during disorder in East Belfast this afternoon. Police used water cannons during sectarian clashes between loyalists and republicans in the Castlereagh Street area. Trouble flared after a city centre demonstration...

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Pollution: Beijing's Levels 'Beyond Hazardous'

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent in Beijing Pollution in China's capital Beijing has reached levels well beyond those considered hazardous to human health. According to an unofficial air quality monitor on the roof of the American Embassy in...

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