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Four more bodies have been recovered from the Java Sea as the hunt to find the main wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501 enters a...

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The recent Australian bushfires have destroyed more than 30 homes near Adelaide as crews continue to battle out-of-control blazes. More than 800 firefighters are tackling...

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A new study has suggested that most types of cancer can be put down to bad luck rather than risk factors such as smoking. The...

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Sailor Gutzler, the 7-year-old girl who survived a plane crash in Kentucky and walked barefoot to find help, has been praised for her courage. In...

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North Korea has attacked new US sanctions in response to a major cyber-attack against Sony Pictures. The US placed sanctions on three North Korean organizations...

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Further ten municipal police officers have been arrested by Mexican authorities investigating the disappearance of 43 student teachers in Guerrero state. Around 90 people in...

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The first black senator popularly elected in the US, Edward Brooke, has died aged 95, Republican Party officials say. Edward Brooke was elected to Congress...

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According to the Indonesian weather agency (BMKG), bad weather was the biggest factor in the crash of AirAsia flight QZ8501. The BMKG agency said initial...

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Israel has frozen the transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinians following their bid to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), Israeli officials say. They...

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Country legend Little Jimmy Dickens has died aged 94. Jimmy Dickens’ spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt said the singer died on January 2 of cardiac arrest after...

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John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot White House aide James Brady in a 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, will not face...

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Two large objects have been found by search teams scouring the Java Sea for the wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ 8501, Indonesian officials say. A...

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A 7-year-old girl has walked to a home in Kentucky to report that her plane had crashed, police say. The plane was found later with...

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The Beverly Hillbillies star Donna Douglas has died at the age of 81, according to a report by CBS affiliate WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge,...

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Queen Elizabeth’s son, Prince Andrew, was named this week in an ongoing US lawsuit brought by a group of women who claim they were...

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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is suffering from pneumonia and has been breathing with the aid of a tube, Saudi officials have said. The King,...

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On January 2, 2015, the White House has announced new sanctions on North Korea in response to a cyber-attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment. President Barack...

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Elvis Presley’s private jets - the Lisa Marie and Hound Dog II - are going up for auction. The Lisa Marie, named after his daughter,...

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Gilmore Girls’ Edward Herrmann has died at the age of 71. The 6ft 5in star had been diagnosed with brain cancer and was in intensive...

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The current Ebola outbreak will be ended in 2015, Anthony Banbury, the head of the UN team fighting the disease, has said. Anthony Banbury said...

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Two iOS 8 users are suing Apple for not telling about the amount of memory required by its flagship operating system. The legal complaint revolves...

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Bono says he fears that he may never play guitar again following a bike accident in November 2014. The U2 frontman made the comment in...

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The underwater search for AirAsia flight QZ8501 which crashed into the sea on December 28 is set to begin with the arrival of specialist...

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Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo has died just hours before his son Andrew was inaugurated for a second term as governor, family sources...

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Best-selling author of Capital in the 21st Century Thomas Piketty has turned down France's top award, the Legion D'Honneur. The French economist said: "I do...