Virginia Plane Crash: 'Air Force General' Dies

A pilot who died when his light aircraft crashed just a few metres away from a house was reportedly a US Air Force general. The single-engine Cessna 210 came down in a field near a retirement community in Williamsburg, Virginia. There was no fire when...

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Fitch Strips UK Of AAA Rating On Debt Outlook

Ratings agency Fitch has stripped the UK of its AAA rating, citing a "weaker economic and fiscal outlook". The agency placed the UK on an AA+ rating, following Moody's downgrade of UK debt in February. A Fitch statement said: "The downgrade of the...

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Boston Residents Rejoice Over 'End Of Terror'

Boston Bomb Suspect In Custody Updated: 5:14pm UK, Saturday 20 April 2013 A family has spoken about the terrifying moment they found Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev bloodied and hiding in their back yard. David Hennebury tipped off the authorities...

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London Marathon: More Cops After Boston Bombs

Hundreds of extra police officers will still be deployed for Sunday's London Marathon despite the hunt for the Boston bombers ending. Security in the capital has been stepped up to reassure the 36,000 runners and tens of thousands of spectators in the...

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Planning Reforms To Give Neighbours A Say

Plans to relax planning laws covering the building of extensions are to be changed to allow neighbours to have a say if they object. The original proposals led to a rebellion by 16 Tory MPs and eight Liberal Democrats in the Commons on Tuesday following...

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George Osborne Urged To Rethink Economic Plan

Lagarde's Support For Osborne Updated: 4:29pm UK, Saturday 20 April 2013 By Ed Conway, Economics Editor A few weeks ago, eagle-eyed Twitter users would have noticed a rather unusual tweet from one household name to another. "Welcome to Twitter...

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Dreamliner Set To Be Cleared For Take-Off By US

US officials say they will lift the order grounding the Boeing 787 Dreamliner after accepting the manufacturer's revamped battery system. But that move comes even though the root cause of battery failures that led to a fire on one plane and smoke on...

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Boston Bombings: Second Suspect In Custody

A family has spoken about the terrifying moment they found Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev bloodied and hiding in their back yard. David Hennebury tipped off the authorities after he noticed blood under a tarpaulin covering his boat at his...

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Boston: Brothers Were 'Regular American Kids'

Described as "regular American kids", Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev arrived in the US around a decade ago. Neighbours recall the ethnic Chechen brothers riding bikes and skateboards on the street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where they lived....

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China Quake: 157 Killed In Sichuan Province

By Mark Stone, China correspondent At least 157 people are believed to have been killed and more than 5,700 injured after an earthquake struck China's province of Sichuan. Chinese news agency Xinhua said the quake, measured at varying magnitudes...

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