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Iraqis lose torture claim probe bid

A group of Iraqi civilians have lost their High Court bid for a fresh public inquiry into allegations of torture and inhuman and degrading...

Britain slumps to borrowing record

Britain slumped into the red by a higher-than-expected £23.3 billion in November - the highest monthly borrowing figure since records began, official figures have...

Anti-terror police search homes

Anti-terror police were searching homes in four cities as officers questioned 12 men arrested over fears of a looming attack.Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner John...

UK 'to freeze until Boxing Day'

Travel misery is likely to blight the UK until after Christmas, with the long-awaited thaw not expected until Boxing Day.Forecasters predict sub-zero temperatures will...

Web of mishaps haunts Spider-Man

In what is perhaps an accident waiting to happen, an actor on the set of Broadway musical Spider-Man, Turn Off The Dark has fallen...

'Flash mob' results in evacuation

A shopping centre in Northern California had to be evacuated after nearly 5,000 holiday revellers showed up for a "flash mob" organised by a...

Pensioner jailed for 'PoW' fraud

An 84-year-old man has been jailed for four years in Australia for lying about being a prisoner of war in order to claim hundreds...

Network Rail probe set for New Year

An independent inquiry into the alleged misuse of public funds by senior executives at Network Rail (NR) will begin in the New Year.Sources said...

Borrowing targets 'may be missed'

Government targets for public borrowing could be missed if official figures are higher than expected, according to an economist.Borrowing in the financial year to...

Protesters target Civil War event

The memory of the Civil War collided with modern-day civil rights as protesters targeted a "secession ball" marking South Carolina's decision 150 years ago...

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