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British national released following kidnap at gun-point in Nigeria
Monday 22 July 2013
A British national kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria has been released, the British High Commission have confirmed.
Transfer news: QPR make improved £4.5m bid for Celtic striker Gary Hooper
Tuesday 16 July 2013
The relegated side are desperate to bounce straight back to the Premier League
Revealed: Hillary Clinton earns $200,000 from lucrative world of after-dinner speaking
Friday 12 July 2013
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rakes in up to $200,000 (£132,000) a night in the lucrative world of professional speechmaking, according to The New York Times.
USA victory under investigation after two Belize players claim they were offered a bribe ahead of the game
Friday 12 July 2013
Woodrow West and Ian Gaynair reveal they were offered a bribe before the 6-1 defeat in Portland on Tuesday
Boxer Herbie Hide fails to attend drugs trial
Thursday 11 July 2013
The former world champion boxer Herbie Hide is facing arrest after he failed to attend court on drug charges, saying he was suffering from malaria in a Nigerian clinic.
Nigeria massacre: Boko Haram Islamists kill 42 at boarding school in Yobe state
Monday 08 July 2013
All secondary schools in the state closed until September after three deadly attacks in recent weeks
Paperback review: There Was a Country, By Chinua Achebe
Sunday 07 July 2013
The country was the breakaway Republic of Biafra, which seceded from Nigeria in 1967, in response to the continuing persecution of the Igbo people.
Paperback review: There Was a Country, By Chinua Achebe
Sunday 07 July 2013
The country was the breakaway Republic of Biafra, which seceded from Nigeria in 1967, in response to the continuing persecution of the Igbo people.
Nigerian terror group attack kills 29 children
Sunday 07 July 2013
Boko Haram insurgents storm school in Yobe state armed with guns and cans of petrol
Theresa May urges action on 'jihad tourism'
Sunday 07 July 2013
Home Secretary leads EU discussions on how to tackle terror threat from extremists returning from combat in Syria
Visa bonds a blow to ‘special relationship’ with India
Sunday 30 June 2013
Cameron should think carefully before he progresses with this scheme, which has been greeted with anger and disbelief by the very people the PM has tried to woo
Nigeria cattle rustling feud leaves more than 30 dead
Friday 28 June 2013
Community leaders say men believed to be Fulani herdsmen attacked Tarok farmers in reprisal for cattle thefts in country's Plateau state
We’re live on air – and you’re sacked – please don’t swear Gus Poyet
Tuesday 25 June 2013
The manager was dismissed by Brighton
Gus Poyet sacked as manager of Brighton & Hove Albion while working live on BBC Confederations Cup programme
Monday 24 June 2013
Brighton announced termination of Uruguayan's contract on their official website during the first half of Spain v Nigeria
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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