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Man jailed for Auschwitz sign theft

A Swedish man has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for instigating the theft last year of the notorious "Arbeit...

Vatican sets up finance watchdog

The Vatican has created a financial watchdog agency and issued new laws to try to comply with rules to fight money-laundering and terrorist financing.The...

Boy dies after geothermal pool fall

A boy has died in a New Zealand hospital after being scalded when he fell into a geothermal pool.The eight-year-old was visiting Kuirau Park...

Khodorkovsky gets further six years

Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been sentenced to a further six years in prison following a trial seen as payback for his defiance...

N Koreans given football film treat

North Koreans got a rare treat this week: a state TV broadcast of the football film Bend It Like Beckham.The 2002 film starring Keira...

Iran leader sells car for charity

Iran's populist president is putting his 33-year-old Peugeot up for auction for a charity that funds housing projects for young people.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's move is...

Shot youth 'tried to escape gunman'

A teenager was shot dead as he ran through a housing estate trying to escape a gunman, neighbours said. The 17-year-old victim died in...

Hanratty murder case review urged

The family of James Hanratty, who was hanged for the A6 murder nearly 50 years ago, are calling for the case to be reviewed...

Long wait for water reconnection

It could be early next week before all Northern Ireland customers cut off from water supplies are reconnected.Around an extra 250 megalitres are being...

Landlord held in Joanna death probe

The landlord of Joanna Yeates has been arrested on suspicion of her murder.Police arrested 65-year-old Chris Jefferies at his home in Canynge Road, Clifton,...

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