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Some five thousand people in Niger lose their homes and crops after the River Niger bursts its banks, worsening the country’s food crisis.

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Aid agency Oxfam has warned that the international response to what it describes as a “mega disaster” in Pakistan has been slow.

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Two young brothers were found in a flat with the bodies of a couple, believed to be their parents, police reveal.

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Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has died in a plane crash near Dillingham, Alaska, his former chief of staff Mitch Rose says.

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Some five thousand people in Niger lose their homes and crops after the River Niger bursts its banks, worsening the country’s food crisis.

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Two young brothers were found in a flat with the bodies of a couple, believed to be their parents, police reveal.

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Two men are sentenced after taking part in a brawl nicknamed the “Facebook party riot” after 200 uninvited guests turned up.

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The US Federal Reserve takes a step towards boosting economic recovery, by launching a programme dubbed “QE lite”.

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A Canadian who was 15 when he allegedly killed a US soldier in Afghanistan becomes the first man tried at Guantanamo Bay under President Obama.

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Aid agency Oxfam has warned that the international response to what it describes as a “mega disaster” in Pakistan has been slow.

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The Ministry of Justice plans to cut £2bn from its £9bn annual budget putting 15,000 jobs at risk, a civil service union claims.

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Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has died in a plane crash near Dillingham, Alaska, his former chief of staff Mitch Rose says.

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A Canadian who was 15 when he allegedly killed a US soldier in Afghanistan becomes the first man tried at Guantanamo Bay under President Obama.

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The National Trust launches a £3m fundraising appeal to buy a stretch of north Wales coastline.

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The Ministry of Justice plans to cut £2bn from its £9bn annual budget putting 15,000 jobs at risk, a civil service union claims.

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