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Car bomb detonated and one shot dead ahead of funeral for murdered MP in Tunisia
Saturday 27 July 2013
A man was killed and a car bomb detonated in the Tunisian capital of Tunis on Saturday during violent protests ahead of the funeral of an assassinated politician.
An 'empathy switch' allows psychopaths to feel at will
Friday 26 July 2013
New study tested psychopathic prisoners by asking them watch video clips showing pain
Turkish journalists fired over coverage of Gezi Park protests
Tuesday 23 July 2013
At least 22 journalists have been fired and 37 forced to quit over their coverage of the Gezi Park protests, the Turkish Journalists Union (TGS) has claimed.
Tory backbenchers in revolt as Theresa May backs down over European arrest warrants
Tuesday 09 July 2013
Home Secretary seeks to retain 35 EU criminal justice measures
Now Egypt's common enemy has gone, the opposition's future looks disunited
Sunday 07 July 2013
'They could only agree on one thing over the past year - and that was how much they hated the Muslim Brotherhood' says one observer
Get tougher! Social workers 'cannot collude with parents to find excuses for failure'
Wednesday 03 July 2013
The price paid by their children is too great, says Government adviser
Tear gas beats television for Brazil's young
Sunday 23 June 2013
And, IMHO, social media will usher in a new world order
It is time to stop violence against children
Thursday 20 June 2013
Violence against women and sexual abuse are rightly highlighted. But where is the anger over violence against children?
Sonic youth: The high-pitched sound alarm for under 25s
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Is Mosquito, the high-pitched alarm only under-25s can hear, a blessing or a bane? Jamie Merrill sounds it out
Luxor protests against Morsi's new governor for the city - former Islamist terror leader Adel el-Khayat
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Hoteliers and tour operators in Luxor were beginning to mobilise against Mohamed Morsi last night after the Egyptian President appointed a former Islamist terror leader as the city’s new governor – the same man whose fundamentalist group committed a notorious massacre in the city back in 1997.
Newham Council loses fight to stop spread of betting shops as court upholds appeal by Paddy Power
Monday 17 June 2013
A council has accused the Gambling Commission of "refusing to act as a regulator" and called for Government action as it loses its battle to curb the spread of betting shops in poorer areas.
Still up to no good: Former gangland enforcer 'Mad' Frankie Fraser hit with care home ASBO
Wednesday 12 June 2013
He was the gangland enforcer whose name, uttered aloud, was enough to strike fear into the heart of London's most hardened criminals.
High-stakes Britain: PaddyPower in court over spread of fixed odds gaming machines
Monday 10 June 2013
Newham, east London - which has six bookies' per square mile - takes firm to court
Calls for action over attacks on guide dogs
Monday 10 June 2013
Attacks on guide dogs are rising, it was revealed today as MPs prepare to debate extra controls for dangerous animals.
- 1 Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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