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Deborah Ross: In April, you will meet a tall dark stranger – in overalls
Tuesday 10 January 2012
If you ask me: You will find love where you least expect it, but not on the hall table, which is where you thought you'd put it down
Mexican Warlock spells end for Obama
Thursday 05 January 2012
Antonio Vazquez, Mexico's self-styled "Grand Warlock", has made his annual new year forecasts, including the prediction that the US President Barack Obama will fail to regain the White House.
230 million head home for Chinese New Year
Tuesday 01 February 2011
Today is the busiest day of the year for China's transport networks as millions head home for the Lunar New Year.
Horoscopes: A sign of the times
Thursday 20 January 2011
Whether you're a believer or a sceptic, the allure of horoscopes is hard to ignore. But new findings suggest there may be more to the zodiac than meets the eye. By Genevieve Roberts
Telescope captures new image of star nursery
Wednesday 05 January 2011
A dazzling new image of a star nursery known as the Lagoon Nebula has been captured by a super-sensitive British-built telescope.
Deborah Ross: Your future is written in the stars (and below)
Tuesday 28 December 2010
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'Secretly' resolved MP expenses cases revealed
Thursday 09 December 2010
Details of dozens of complaints against MPs that have been "secretly" resolved over recent years were finally published today.
The Stars: December
Monday 29 November 2010
After midnight on 13 December, look out for what promises to be the year's best meteor shower.
Not too hot, not too cold: could the 'Goldilocks' planet support life?
Thursday 30 September 2010
Astronomers excited by world 120,000 billion miles away in the Libra constellation
Leading article: Rife for life
Thursday 30 September 2010
For anyone living in the twilight world of the Earth, there must be something very reassuring about the discovery of a planet which could hold life in a zone between dark and light, hot and cold. It is in this intermediate part, say the scientists, that conditions could be right to provide the water and atmosphere necessary for life. Not necessarily a nice place to live or with beings to inhabit it, add the astronomers. But life nonetheless.
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'Something passed underneath us, quite close': Airbus A320 has close encounter with UFO
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Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'
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Lord of the Sings: Sir Christopher Lee, 91, to release heavy metal album
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Exclusive: Woolwich killings suspect Michael Adebolajo was inspired by cleric banned from UK after urging followers to behead enemies of Islam
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