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• “Ruby” Karima El-Mahroug says she lied in Silvio Berlusconi case

  “Ruby” Karima El-Mahroug, the dancer alleged to have had paid s** as a minor with Italy's ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told a court that she had lied to…

• Stockholm riots: Specially trained police sent to riot-hit Swedish capital

  Reinforcements of Sweden’s specially trained police are being deployed to Stockholm after five nights of unprecedented rioting in the capital's suburbs. Police officers…

• Higher IQ linked to good concentration

  US researchers have found that people with higher IQs are slow to detect large background movements because their brains filter out non-essential information. Instead, they…

• Turkey bans late-night alcohol sales

   The Turkish parliament has approved controversial legislation to ban the sale and advertising of alcohol. The Islamist-rooted ruling AK party says the law will protect the…

• Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale: MI5 had been monitoring Woolwich attack suspects for 8 years

  It was reported today that MI5 had been monitoring the two fanatics responsible for the slaughter of a young soldier near Woolwich barracks for eight years. The Security…

• Powerful statins increase type 2 diabetes risk by 22%

  Some statins, drugs taken to protect the heart, may increase the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, according to researchers in Canada. Their study of 1.5 million people,…