Sean Edwards: British Driver Dies In Crash

A "hugely promising" British racing driver has been killed in Australia after the car he was a passenger in smashed into a race track wall. Sean Edwards was instructing a 20-year-old male driver in a Porsche at the time of the accident at Queensland...

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Pensioner Sea Fall Inquest: Narrative Verdict

By Becky Johnson, North of England Correspondent A coroner has ruled that failings by rescuers which led to a pensioner being dropped into the Arctic Ocean were a "significant factor" in her death. Janet Richardson, 72, from Cumbri, was taken ill...

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Missing British Teacher Feared Dead In Qatar

A British teacher is feared dead after going missing in Qatar. Lauren Patterson disappeared in the early hours on Saturday in the state's capital Doha. Local media are reporting the primary school teacher was last seen outside the city's five-star...

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Somali Pirate Seized In Belgium Film Sting

A notorious Somali pirate chief has been arrested in Belgium after being lured there on promises of filming a documentary about his life on the high seas. Federal prosecutor Johan Delmulle said Mohamed Abdi Hassan, better known as 'Afweyne' or 'Big...

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Beijing Wheelchair Bomber Jailed For Six Years

A disabled Chinese man who set off a home-made explosive device at Beijing's international airport has been jailed for six years. Ji Zhongxing, 34, who lost his left hand in the blast in July and appeared for his trial on a stretcher, was convicted...

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Ireland Government Budget To Be Unveiled

By Vicki Hawthorne, Ireland Correspondent The Irish Government will present its annual budget this afternoon, just days after the Prime Minister Enda Kenny said the country would exit the EU bailout in December. The 2014 budget, billed as the final...

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Afghan Governor Killed by Microphone Bomb

An Afghan provincial governor and close ally of President Hamid Karzai has been killed while making a speech at a mosque after Eid prayers in Logar, close to the capital Kabul. A spokesman said Logar provincial governor Arsala Jamal had been...

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Florida Execution Planned With Untried Drug

Florida will execute a man with a drug that has never been used before in lethal injections, amid concerns it could inflict cruel and unusual pain. The planned use of the drug midazolam hydrochloride is raising ethical and legal questions by experts...

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Philippines Earthquake: At Least 93 Dead

The death toll from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the Philippines continues to rise with at least 93 people now reported killed. Most of the fatalities occurred at the tremor's epicentre on the central island of Bohol, where rescuers are struggling...

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White House Rejects 'Partisan' GOP Debt Plan

The White House has rejected a new proposal from House Republicans for reopening the government and extending the debt ceiling. House GOP leaders on Tuesday pitched the plan to fellow Republicans to counter an emerging Senate deal to reopen the government...

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