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VIDEO: Pavement explosion in central London
Video footage shows the moment when a pavement exploded in central London, narrowly missing a passer by.
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Galloway: Miliband lied over meeting
Respect MP George Galloway accuses Labour leader Ed Miliband of lying about a meeting between the two men.
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NI-Sweden trafficking probe arrests
Two women are arrested and two potential victims of human trafficking rescued after a number of searches in greater Belfast.
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Gunman kills top official in Hamelin
A gunman in the north German town of Hamelin shoots dead the top district executive before shooting himself, according to police.
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Ex-PC admits selling stories to Sun
A former police sergeant pleads guilty at the Old Bailey to selling information to the Sun newspaper in return for £500.
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S Korea 'to withdraw Kaesong staff'
South Korea says it is withdrawing its remaining workers from a jointly-run industrial complex in North Korea, after Pyongyang rejected talks.
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Cutting cord early 'risk to babies'
Cutting the umbilical cord immediately after birth - currently standard practice - puts the baby at risk of iron deficiency experts say.
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VIDEO: Royals visit WB film studios
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are visiting the Warner Bros studios in Hertfordshire where they will tour the Harry Potter set.
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Harbour baby rescuer given award
A dockmaster who leapt into a harbour in Somerset to rescue a six-month-old baby is recognised for his bravery.
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How little money can a person live on?
There has been much debate over levels of benefits. But just how little money can someone realistically get by on?
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Blaze engulfs hospital near Moscow
A blaze engulfs a wing of a psychiatric hospital in a village near Moscow, killing 38 people, with just three survivors.
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McLaren deny Dennis demotion reports
McLaren and chairman Ron Dennis have strongly denied reports that the former team principal has been demoted.
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Earth's core far hotter than thought
Researchers revisit measurements to determine the temperature of the Earth's core, finding it to be 6,000C - as hot as the surface of the Sun.
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3G takes off in North Korea
Nearly two million North Koreans have signed up with the country's only provider of 3G services
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Capriles vows to take vote to court
Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles vows to take his challenge of the 14 April presidential poll to the Supreme Court.
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Government share sale chief quits
The man in charge of selling off the government's stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds has resigned.
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Headteacher stabbed with screwdriver
A school headteacher is stabbed in the head and neck by a man armed with a screwdriver outside her Rochdale home.
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Primary school evacuated over alert
A primary school in the Belvoir area of south-east Belfast is evacuated due to a security alert.
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In pictures: Sony World Photography Awards 2013
Winners of this year's Sony awards go on show
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Zachary Quinto in Broadway debut
Actor Zachary Quinto, who reprises the role of Spock in the latest Star Trek film, will star on Broadway in The Glass Menagerie.
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