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Tonga Yacht: Cocaine And Body Found On Board

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 17 November 2012 | 00.48

Police in the South Pacific are investigating how a yacht carrying a decomposed body and £78m worth of cocaine washed up on a deserted tropical island. Australian detectives said international law agencies had been monitoring the 13m (42ft) vessel,...

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Ikea 'Regrets' Using Forced Prison Labour

Ikea says it "deeply regrets" use of forced prison labour by suppliers in communist East Germany more than two decades ago. The Swedish furniture giant apologised after commissioning a report into claims political prisoners worked in factories making...

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War Veteran 'Murdered By Drug Addict'

By Lisa Dowd, Midlands Correspondent An elderly war veteran was murdered by a mother who took him "a plate of food" in a "brutal" and "violent assault", a court has heard. William Davis, who had celebrated his 92nd birthday shortly before his death,...

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Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Oldest Galaxy

The Hubble Space Telescope has recorded what is believed to be the most distant object ever observed - a fuzzy cluster of stars 13.3 billion light years away. Scientists think the galaxy, code-named MACSO647-JD, could be one of the building blocks of...

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Dave Lee Travis Arrest 'Nothing To Do With Kids'

DJ Dave Lee Travis has denied any wrongdoing after being arrested by police investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse claims. Speaking outside his home near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, the 67-year-old protested his innocence and said he did not want...

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Corby By-Election: Labour Takes Tory Seat

Labour's Andy Sawford has been elected MP for Corby and East Northampton, winning a key marginal seat from the Conservatives. Mr Sawford secured a majority of nearly 8,000 in seizing the Commons seat from the Tories, comfortably defeating rival Christine...

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Demoted Christian Wins Facebook Post Ruling

A Christian man demoted for posting his opposition to gay marriage on Facebook has won his breach of contract action against his employers. Adrian Smith lost his managerial position, had his salary cut by 40%, and was given a final written warning by...

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Jerusalem: Hamas Rocket Attack Targets City

Hamas said it has fired a long-range rocket at Jerusalem - the first time the holy city is thought to have been targeted by Gaza militants using such a weapon. Israeli police said the rocket landed in an open area near Gush Ezion, a collection of Jewish...

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Lord Prescott Loses Out On Police Role

Lord Prescott has failed to become the police commissioner for Humberside after losing to Matthew Grove, according to Sky sources. The former Deputy Prime Minister got the most votes in the first round but as the second preferences of the eliminated...

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Oil Rig Fire Leaves Two Missing Off US Coast

Two people are missing and nine others have been taken to hospital after an explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, a US Coast Guard spokesman confirmed. Initial information from the Coast Guard saying two people had died in the fire was later...

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Girl Falls Into Deadly Snake Pit - And Survives

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 15 November 2012 | 00.27

A Californian teenager has survived falling into a rattlesnake pit where she was bitten six times. Vera Oliphant, 16, inadvertently fell into the nest, in a rural area just outside San Diego, while searching for reception to phone her mother. ...