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Yu Yang and partner Wang Xiaoli were among eight badminton players disqualified for trying to lose games in an attempt to secure a better draw for the knockout stage

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Li Yongbo, China's Olympic badminton head coach, has apologized for his role after his two top players were disqualified for not playing to win. Li...
Representatives for Macaulay Culkin have issued a fiercely-worded denial over claims the Home Alone star has a $6,000-a-month drug habit

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Representatives for Macaulay Culkin have issued a fiercely-worded denial over claims the Home Alone star has a $6,000-a-month drug habit. A spokeswoman for Macaulay Culkin...
Blake Lively is a picture of Hollywood glamour in the new advert for Gucci's Premiere perfume

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Blake Lively is a picture of Hollywood glamour in the new advert for Gucci's Premiere perfume. The Gossip Girl star poses in front of a...
Mohammed Mursi’s nomination of Hisham Qandil as Egypt’s prime minister, the outgoing water resources minister, surprised many observers, who had been expecting a well-known figure

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Egypt's new government is due to be officially announced and sworn in by President Mohammed Mursi, who took office last month. Media reports suggest Prime...
Fighting in Syria's embattled city of Aleppo has increased significantly in the past few days

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Fighting in Syria's embattled city of Aleppo has increased significantly in the past few days, the UN says. Sausan Ghosheh of the UN mission in...
Scientists drilling deep into the edge of modern Antarctica have pulled up proof that palm trees once grew there

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Scientists drilling deep into the edge of modern Antarctica have pulled up proof that palm trees once grew there. Analyses of pollen and spores and...
Ashton Kutcher and his new girlfriend Mila Kunis have jetted off on a romantic trip to Bali

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Ashton Kutcher and his new girlfriend Mila Kunis have jetted off on a romantic trip to Bali. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis were pictured cuddling...
Olympic bus crash kills cyclist in Hackney

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A cyclist has been killed in a crash with what police are describing as an "Olympic bus" on the border of the Olympic Park...
London’s Mayor Boris Johnson was left dangling on a zip wire for several minutes when it stopped working at an Olympic live screen event

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London’s Mayor Boris Johnson was left dangling on a zip wire for several minutes when it stopped working at an Olympic live screen event. Boris...
Far-right Golden Dawn party has handed out free food to hundreds of struggling people in central Athens, but only to Greek nationals

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Far-right Golden Dawn party in Greece has handed out free food to hundreds of struggling people in central Athens, but only to Greek nationals. The...
Mariya Alekhina, one of the three members Pussy Riot, on trial for an anti-Putin protest at Moscow's main cathedral, has been given medical treatment in court

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Mariya Alekhina, one of the three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, on trial for an anti-Putin protest at Moscow's main cathedral, has...
Moslemuddin Sarkar, a Bangladeshi man who went missing for 23 years, has been reunited with his family, who had given him up for dead

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Moslemuddin Sarkar, a Bangladeshi man who went missing for 23 years, has been reunited with his family, who had given him up for dead. Moslemuddin...
Vertigo has usurped Citizen Kane as the greatest film of all time in a poll by the BFI's Sight and Sound magazine

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Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo has usurped Orson Welles's Citizen Kane as the greatest film of all time in a poll by the British Film Institute's...
Bulgarian police have released a composite image of the suspected suicide bomber in Burgas

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Bulgarian police have released a composite image of the suspected suicide bomber who killed five Israeli tourists and a local driver on a bus on...
Hans Kristian Rausing has been sentenced after admitting preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife, Eva Rausing

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Tetra Pack billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing has been sentenced after admitting preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife, Eva Rausing. The body of...
Karl Lagerfeld was commenting on Pippa Middleton's style, when he admitted that he admired only the rear view of her

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After apologizing to Adele for calling her fat, Karl Lagerfeld has now found fault with the Duchess of Cambridge's sister, Pippa Middleton. Karl Lagerfeld, 78,...
Chinese Olympic delegation has begun an investigation into allegations two badminton players "deliberately lost" their match

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Chinese Olympic delegation has begun an investigation into allegations two badminton players "deliberately lost" their match, state media says. Doubles players Yu Yang and Wang...
Arirang Mass Games will be held in North Korean capital Pyongyang from August 1st until September 9th, 2012

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Arirang Mass Games will be held in North Korean capital Pyongyang from August 1st until September 9th, 2012. Mass Games takes place in the one of the...
Trailer of the latest James Bond film, Skyfall, has given fans their first glimpse of Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem's blond villain in action

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Trailer of the latest James Bond film, Skyfall, has given fans their first glimpse of Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem's blond villain in action. Javier Bardem's character,...
Microsoft is overhauling its free webmail service, dropping the Hotmail brand, and adopting the name Outlook.com

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Microsoft is overhauling its free webmail service, dropping the Hotmail brand it has used since acquiring the product in 1998, and adopting the name...
Catholic and veterans groups in Poland are protesting against Madonna’s concert in the Polish capital because it falls on the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising

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Catholic and veterans groups in Poland are protesting against Madonna’s concert in the Polish capital because it falls on the anniversary of the Warsaw...
Power supply in India has been fully restored after a two-day blackout hit much of the country

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Power supply in India has been fully restored after a two-day blackout hit much of the country, officials say. More than 600 million people were...
The Badminton World Federation has charged eight female Olympic badminton players with not using one's best efforts to win a match

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The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has charged eight female Olympic badminton players with "not using one's best efforts to win a match". Four pairs of players...
Celebrated author and political commentator Gore Vidal has died aged 86

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Celebrated author and political commentator Gore Vidal has died aged 86, his family has confirmed. Gore Vidal, born Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, died at his...