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Pregnant woman seeks bail
Thursday 16 August 2012
Lawyers for a heavily pregnant British woman will plead tomorrow for her to be released from a Pakistani jail.
Terence Blacker: The professor, the model and the human spirit
Monday 30 July 2012
Paul Frampton's love for a young Czech woman has landed him in an Argentine jail for smuggling drugs
Coast By Nick Crane
Sunday 22 July 2012
Drawing on Nick Crane's experience as a presenter of the BBC series Coast, this is an intellectual beachcomb around Britain's coastline; part geography, part geology, part natural history, part social history.
The Road Not Taken: How Britain narrowly missed a revolution, By Frank McLynn
Saturday 21 July 2012
From the Peasants' Revolt to General Strike, unrest has led us to the brink – but not beyond.
Mexico drug smuggling tunnels uncovered
Friday 13 July 2012
Two sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnels outfitted with lighting and ventilation systems have been discovered along the US-Mexico border.
Liam Vernon: The risks for the labour traffickers are still too low
Thursday 12 July 2012
The Connors case is an unusual one because most of the victims are British nationals. Labour exploitation and trafficking is a complex crime and the true scale of it is largely hidden. What we do know is that the UK Human Trafficking Centre saw a 35 per cent increase in the number of potential trafficking victims from 2010 to 2011.
Snuff, By Terry Pratchett
The Wandering Falcon, By Jamil Ahmad
Alan Turing: The Enigma, By Andrew Hodges
Thinking, Fast And Slow, By Daniel Kahneman
Jubilee, By Shelley Harris
Sunday 01 July 2012
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£3m cocaine found in sugar shipment
Friday 15 June 2012
A haul of cocaine worth £3 million has been seized from a cargo ship carrying raw cane sugar to east London from Brazil.
Two caught 'smuggling' 4th century BC gold wreath and armband in Greece
Friday 08 June 2012
A retired policeman and a house painter have been arrested in northern Greece on suspicion of antiquities smuggling after an ancient gold wreath and armband were found in their car, police said today.
Man held after 2kg of heroin found in wedding dress
Thursday 07 June 2012
A man is in custody after customs officers found 2kg of heroin hidden in a wedding dress, the Border Force said today.
British mother on drugs charge in Indonesia taken to hospital
Saturday 02 June 2012
Depressed and refusing to eat, Rachel Dougall is repeatedly calling for her six-year-old daughter suffering from severe depression
Bali smuggling suspect Rachel Dougall taken to hospital
Friday 01 June 2012
A British woman being held over a £1.6 million cocaine haul in Indonesia has been admitted to hospital and sedated, according to reports.
Four Britons face death by firing squad after 'smuggling cocaine into Bali'
Monday 28 May 2012
Four Britons, including a 55-year-old housewife, face death by firing squad after allegedly smuggling cocaine on to the Indonesian island of Bali.
Tunisia: Death penalty sought for Ben Ali
Friday 25 May 2012
The prosecutor at a military tribunal has called for the death penalty for the former dictator over his role in the deaths of protesters during the uprising that overthrew him a year ago.
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What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
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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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