Oz Olympics: Swimmers Suffered Toxic Culture

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent Australia's 2012 Olympic swimming team was consumed by a "toxic" culture involving bullying, the misuse of prescription drugs and a lack of discipline, a damning report has found. The independent review...

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Magdalene Laundries: Formal Apology Expected

By Vicki Hawthorne, Ireland Correspondent The Irish government is expected to issue an official apology to women subjected to regimes of hard work and prayer in Catholic-run workhouses. A report published two weeks ago found the state was involved...

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Chinese Military's 'Global Hacking HQ Found'

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent An unassuming 12-storey building in a suburb of Shanghai has been identified as the possible headquarters of a global hacking operation allegedly run by the Chinese military. According to Mandiant, an American...

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Reeva Steenkamp Funeral: Family Pay Tribute

The family of shot Reeva Steenkamp have paid an emotional tribute following her funeral, as one mourner said her killer must "stay in jail". They attended a private service in Port Elizabeth as her boyfriend, the athlete Oscar Pistorius, appeared in...

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Gun Laws: Colorado Votes To Limit Ammunition

Colorado is to introduce a limit on ammunition magazines and insist on background checks for all firearms giving it some of the toughest gun laws in the US. In the wake of the Newtown massacre, which left 20 schoolchildren dead, and under pressure from...

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Diamond Heist: Raid At International Airport

Armed robbers have pulled off an audacious heist at Brussels airport, making off with diamonds worth around $50m (£32.2m). The robbery - which took place on Monday night and lasted just three minutes - was "one of the biggest" ever, a spokeswoman for...

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Oscar Pistorius: 'I Did Not Mean To Kill Her'

Oscar Pistorius said he had no intention of killing his girlfriend and loved her deeply according to an affidavit read out in court by his lawyer. Earlier in the hearing, prosecutors claimed Pistorius got up from bed, put on his prosthetic legs and...

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Double Identical Twins Born On Same Day

A woman has given birth to two sets of identical twin boys at the same time, a one-in-70-million chance experience. Tressa Montalvo, 36, was not on any fertility drugs and said that she and her husband Manuel were simply trying to have a little brother...

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Goal-Line Technology To Be Used At World Cup

Fifa has confirmed that goal-line technology will be in place for the 2014 World Cup. Sepp Blatter, president of world football's governing body, had previously said he was committed to bringing in goal-line technology for the tournament in Brazil....

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Oscar Pistorius: Clashing Accounts Of Shooting

Two very different versions of what happened in the moments before Reeva Steenkamp's death have been heard at a bail hearing for Oscar Pistorius. The athlete has been charged with the premeditated murder of his girlfriend in the early hours of Valentine's...

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