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A far-right French historian shot himself in the head beside the altar of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris today apparently in protest against the legalisation of gay marriage in ...
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As a two-mile wide tornado bore down on Moore, Oklahoma on Monday afternoon, one man survived by taking refuge in a horse stall. Lando Hite, an exercise rider and caretaker at ...
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One of the survivors of the devastating tornado, which ripped through the suburbs of Moore, Oklahoma City has been reunited with her pet dog. Barbara Garcia was being ...
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Pope Francis appears to have been captured on video performing an exorcism in St Peter’s Square. The astonishing footage, taken immediately after Pentecostal mass on Sunday ...
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Incredible footage has captured the moment a grinning Russian soldier had an AK-47 machine gun bullet removed from his head with a pair of pliers. Dubbed ‘the Russian ...
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Britain has some of the worst quality bathing water in Europe, with six per cent of its beaches and other swimming spots failing to meet the minimum EU standards. Taking a dip ...
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The French language will finally concede defeat in its 1,000 years old war with English on the floor of the French parliament tomorrow. The French minister for higher ...
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They are the lucky ones along Telephone Road close to Main St in Moore, Oklahoma. Their homes are spattered all over as if by a giant muck spreader, but they are still ...
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1. Spinning cloud spotted around 45km south-west of the centre of Oklahoma City at 1.54pm 2. Tornado touches ground at 2.46pm local time, heading north-west. At this point it ...
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One of Iran's most reform-minded presidential candidates has been barred from standing in next month's presidential ballot by the conservative Guardian Council leaving just ...
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Israeli and Syrian troops exchanged fire across the Golan Heights today, the third time this week that the two sides have clashed across the disputed border. According to the ...
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China’s new leader, Xi Jinping, will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than expected, as both sides seek to stem a drift in ...
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A British climber who delivered a live video interview from the top of Mount Everest has found himself in trouble with the Nepalese authorities who have branded the broadcast ...
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It lies near the centre of Berlin, will cover an area the size of 35 football pitches, costs have risen from €720m (£612m) at the outset to a projected €1.5bn, and it is ...
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Up to 60,000 members of El Salvador's two most notorious gangs could be on the risk of a bloody new street war after a move by the South American country's highest court. Both ...
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The battle against global warming has received a transformational boost after China, the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, proposed to set a cap on its greenhouse ...
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Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to ...
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Travel nightmares come in many forms: Forgotten passports, missed flights, lost luggage...grotty hotel rooms. All irritating, no doubt; but spare a thought for US couple Sandy ...
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Two lifeguards have been arrested over the death of five-year-old girl who drowned on holiday in the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, her parents said today. Chloe Johnson, ...
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Another day, another slice of world domination for Taylor Swift who swept the Billboard Music Awards. Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 ...
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A monstrous tornado that may be remembered as among the largest and most destructive in American history roared through a heavily populated suburb of Oklahoma City, cutting ...
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Iraq is edging closer to all-out sectarian war between Sunni and Shia Muslims as a series of car bombings and shootings killed at least 90 people and left many others injured. ...
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China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest ...
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The next time your train spends five minutes stuck inside a filthy, rat-infested Tube tunnel, or you find yourself unable to squeeze onto yet another delayed train from a ...
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Russia's counter-terrorism agency says it killed two militants it believes were planning a terrorist act in Moscow and detained a third. The National Anti-Terrorist Committee ...
