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The Iranian woman convicted of adultery and helping her lover murder her husband says she is to sue two German journalists arrested after interviewing her son.

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The first oil pipeline linking the world’s biggest oil producer, Russia, and the world’s biggest consumer of energy, China, begins operation.

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A Palestinian woman has died after inhaling gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest against the West Bank barrier at Bilin on Friday, medics say.

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A 69-year-old man has been killed and seven others injured in a five-vehicle pile-up at Newbury Park, east London.

Ambulances went to the scene on the A12 just before 1600 GMT on Saturday.

Of the seven injured, two were taken to the Royal London Hospital and five to Queen’s Hospital in Romford. The extent of their injuries are not yet known.

One man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and remains in custody at an east London police station.

Two people travelling with the deceased man were taken to hospital, where they are in a stable condition.

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Three people have died after a tornado struck the small town of Cincinnati in Arkansas, according to local officials.

The storm caused damage near a local highway in the town’s centre and points west of Washington County, county dispatcher Josh Howerton said.

There were “lots of injuries”, he added, quoted by AP news agency.

The storm also caused damage in the town of Tontitown, the deputy emergency manager for Washington County said.

Rick Johnson said emergency responders are experiencing difficulties in reaching the damaged areas because of power lines that have been knocked down.

The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management said that power was out throughout Washington County.

The tornado hit Cincinnati, located about 20 miles (32km) west of the city of Fayetteville, around 0600 local time (1200GMT), said Joe Sellers, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oklahoma.

The storm system also injured at least two people and caused damage to five homes in Benton County, a region near the Arkansas state lines with the states of Oklahoma and Missouri, Matt Garrity, the county’s manager of emergency services, told the CNN news network.

Homes were damaged in the county, and the local airport has closed due to debris in the region, Mr Garrity said.

Tornado warnings were issued by the weather service for north-west Arkansas and parts of Missouri.

The storm system that caused the tornado is moving northeast into Missouri and is maintaining its strength, which is an unusual occurrence, Mr Sellers said.

He added that a combination of warm, wet air in the region and colder air moving in from the west created the conditions necessary for the tornado.

“Anytime you have a significant change in air mass there is going to be unsettled weather marking the two different air masses,” Mr Sellers told AP.

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A search was carried out after a large section of cliff along the Kent coastline collapsed, police have said.

Kent Police said several tonnes of rocks and boulders broke away in St Margaret’s Bay between Dover and Deal.

A force spokesman said officers had carried out searches in the area with rescue dogs and thermal imaging equipment.

Kent Police and the Dover Coastguard said they did not believe there had been any injuries.

Police were called to the area of coastline near the coastguard restaurant just after 1300 GMT.

A force spokesman said: “Police are warning walkers and visitors to stay away from this particular cliff area as this is the second rock fall in the last week.”

A spokesman for Dover Coastguard said the search was stepped down after police failed to find any evidence that people were trapped.

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Northern Ireland Water announces that thousands more homes are to have their water supplies restricted overnight.

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President Hosni Mubarak urges Egypt’s Muslims and Christians to stand united against terrorism after a bombing outside a church in Alexandria kills 21 people and sparks clashes.

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Gareth Bale’s 11th goal of the season gives Tottenham victory over struggling Fulham to lift the North Londoners into the Champions League places.

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Dilma Rousseff is sworn in as Brazil’s new president, succeeding the popular President Lula, who leaves office with approval ratings of 80%.

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Adam Johnson’s first-half strike earns Man City victory over Blackpool as they keep up the pressure on Man United at the top of the Premier League.

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Joe Cole comes off the bench to score a contested late winner as Liverpool fight back from a goal down to seal a much-needed win over Bolton at Anfield.

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A 24-year-old man has died after suffering a serious head injury in an assault outside a takeaway in Somerset.

Police were called to the incident, in Cheddar, at about 0200 GMT on New Year’s Day.

The man was taken by police helicopter to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol where he later died.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the attack and remains in police custody. Police appealed for witnesses.

Det Insp Guy Turner said: “We know there were people in the area at this time following New Year’s celebrations.

“It is imperative we speak to these people as they may have information that could be vital to this investigation.”

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Two people have been charged with murdering a “model athlete” in south London.

Sylvester Akapalara, 17, of Streatham, was shot dead in a stairwell on the Pelican Estate in Peckham on Wednesday.

Sodiq Adeojo, 18, and a 17-year-old male have been charged with the killing. They are due at Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court on 3 January.

Sylvester, a Sierra Leonian national, was said to be in the top 30 in the country for 400m running.

Steve Bosley, of athletics club the Herne Hill Harriers, said he was “quiet and unassuming”.

More than 760 people have joined a Facebook group set up in memory of the teenager, who was also known as Sylvester Da Donappa.

He was found bleeding to death on the fourth floor of Heron House on the Pelican Estate and had been shot in the neck and chest.

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The family of murdered Bristol landscape architect Joanna Yeates said she was “a beautiful and talented person who was destined to fly high”.

A statement was read at the side of the city’s docks, which was a favourite place of the 25-year-old.

Miss Yeates was found strangled on Christmas Day, a few miles from her home in the city’s Canynge Road.

Police have been granted more time to question her landlord, Chris Jefferies, 65, about her death.

A statement from her boyfriend, Greg Reardon, who reported her missing on 17 December, said: “Jo loved it here by Bristol harbourside and found great joy in the rowing club.”

He said she was a beautiful woman in mind, body and soul.

“She had a great career ahead of her as a landscape architect and would have achieved a great many more things in her life if she was only given the chance. I will always love her.”

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The family statement, read by Det Con Emma Davies, added: “Jo was taken from us, the method has only intensified our grief.

“She was a beautiful and talented young lady, who was destined to fly high. Her life was stolen from her and she was stolen from us.”

Miss Yeates, originally from Hampshire, was found in Longwood Lane, in Failand, near Bristol, by a couple walking their dogs.

Post-mortem tests revealed she had been strangled.

Mr Jefferies is currently being questioned at a police station within the Avon and Somerset force area after being arrested on suspicion of murder last Thursday.

He lives in the flat above the Victorian basement property he rented to Miss Yeates and her boyfriend.

Forensic science teams have been continuing to remove items for examination from the properties.

Longwood Lane, where Miss Yeates’s body was found, reopened on Saturday afternoon.

Crimestoppers has offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Miss Yeates’s killer.

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