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Mother killed six babies at birth
A 38-year-old French woman has been given a 15-year jail term for killing six of her new-born babies.
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Italy clue in Heather murder probe
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Officers investigating the brutal murder of a British woman eight years ago are following a potential new lead after the discovery of a teenager's body in Italy.
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UK's most wanted held in Amsterdam
Thursday, 18 March 2010
One of Scotland Yard's most wanted men has been arrested in Amsterdam.
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US-Russia nuclear deal 'imminent'
Thursday, 18 March 2010
US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton has said Washington and Moscow are making "substantial progress" in negotiating a new treaty on limiting their strategic nuclear arsenals.
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Pope urged to apologise over abuse
Thursday, 18 March 2010
The Pope has been urged to make a public apology for the church's years of covering up sexual abuse.
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China attacks human rights report
Thursday, 18 March 2010
China has defended itself against Britain's newly-released annual report on human rights, calling its accusations "a political show".
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Three jailed over Auschwitz theft
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Three men have been jailed for stealing the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free) sign from the Auschwitz memorial site last year.
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Man killed in Gaza rocket attack
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Palestinian militants have killed an Israeli farm worker in their first rocket attack from Gaza since last year's Israeli offensive.
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UN rejects polar bear trade ban
Thursday, 18 March 2010
A US-backed proposal to ban trade in polar bear skins and body parts has been voted down by UN members.
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Thailand protesters vow 'class war'
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Thousands of demonstrators remain encamped in the historic heart of the Thai capital, vowing to stir up a "class war" until the government is ousted.
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Polygamist guilty of sex assault
Thursday, 18 March 2010
A member of a polygamist group whose sprawling west Texas ranch was raided in 2008 has been found guilty of sexual assault of a child.
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Box Tops star Alex Chilton dies
Thursday, 18 March 2010
American singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, known for his influential work with the Box Tops and Big Star bands, has died aged 59.
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Kraft to cut sodium levels
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Kraft Foods has announced plans to cut the salt in its products sold in North America by an average of 10% over the next two years to appeal to health-conscious consumers.
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Toyota chief admits quality lapses
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Toyota's training of workers to maintain quality control failed to keep up with the company's rapid growth, its president Akio Toyoda has admitted.
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Belsen survivor recalls Anne Frank fairytales
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Frail, bone-cold and surrounded by death, Jewish teenager Anne Frank did her
best to distract younger children from the horrors of a Nazi concentration
camp by telling them fairytales, a Holocaust survivor has said.
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Game of Death: French viewers shocked by TV experiment
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Most people would kill for the right to appear on a reality television
programme. Literally so, if you believe a documentary which was broadcast on
French television last night.
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Ivy League campus hit by wave of student suicides
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Cornell, one of the prestigious Ivy League universities in the US north-east,
has posted guards on the bridges on its campus, and is sending staff to
check on its students, after three undergraduates fell to their deaths in
suspected suicides in the last month alone.
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Iraq rivals face fight to form coalition
Thursday, 18 March 2010
The formation of a new Iraqi coalition government will be difficult as rival
political groups have all done well enough in the election to demand a share
in power.
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Netanyahu in-law calls Obama 'anti-Semitic'
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's brother-in-law yesterday accused
US President Barack Obama of being "anti-Semitic"
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Anne Frank helped children at camp
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Jewish teenager Anne Frank did her best to distract younger children from the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp by telling them fairy tales, according to a new book.
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Nigeria's leader dissolves cabinet
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Nigeria's acting president dissolved the Cabinet on Wednesday in his first major act since taking office more than a month ago.
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