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Why Australia’s 3rd city is a magnet for the British

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Northern Ireland’s First and Deputy First Ministers say there is no excuse and no justification for the violence of recent days.

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BP will do a key test on its leaking Gulf of Mexico well to see if the flow of oil can be shut off with the help of the newly-installed cap.

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A nuclear scientist at the centre of a US-Iran abduction row takes refuge in the Iranian section of Pakistan’s US embassy.

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A cull of around 1,500 badgers in south-west Wales has been halted after protesters won their legal challenge to stop it.

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Two young sisters taken into care after spending the weekend trapped in a house with their dead mother are “doing well”.

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A row has erupted in the United States centring on the ownership of a gay teen database after its publishers went bankrupt.

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The first seven of 52 political prisoners Cuba has agreed to release and send into exile are now in Spain with their families.

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At least 17 people have been killed and dozens more are missing after a series of landslides in south-west China.

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A seven-year-old boy died in a fire at a Cardiff house, police have confirmed as officers continue to investigate what happened.

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US police say they are evaluating claims that Hollywood star Mel Gibson allegedly hit his ex-girlfriend.

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A drunk man in Australia survives being bitten by a huge salt water crocodile after he climbed into its enclosure and tried to ride it.

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The £200,000 pay package of a south London primary head teacher is met with outrage among trade unions.

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A suspected Italian mob boss is among at least 300 people arrested in connection with alleged mafia activity in Italy.

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Is David Cameron the first PM who gets the internet?

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