VIDEO: Oscar Pistorius 'broke down' in court
South African star athlete Oscar Pistorius has "strongly rejected" a charge that he murdered his girlfriend, after he appeared in court weeping.
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Asteroid in record Earth near-miss
A space rock the size of an Olympic swimming pool passes harmlessly within 28,000km of Earth - just a tenth the distance to the Moon.
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McCrea 'likely to form new party'
Lagan Valley MLA Basil McCrea has said it is likely that he and John McCallister will set up a new party to challenge the DUP and the UUP.
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Judgement reserved over uni cash row
A judge reserves his decision over whether a student's human rights were breached when an Oxford college turned him down on financial grounds.
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VIDEO: Pistorius denies girlfriend's murder
South African Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius has strongly rejected a charge that he murdered his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
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Assange police guard cost nears £3m
A round-the-clock guard outside the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where Julian Assange took refuge last June, has cost almost £3m, say the Metropolitan Police.
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Serena reclaims number one spot
Serena Williams beats Petra Kvitova at the Qatar Open to ensure she will become the oldest ever women's world number one next week.
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Police name RAF avalanche victim
Police name one of the three people who died after an avalanche in the Highlands on Thursday afternoon.
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Five injured in balcony collapse
A hotel owner is among five people seriously injured when a balcony collapses at his West Yorkshire venue.
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Bristol Airport attracts more Welsh
More passengers from Wales use Bristol Airport than Cardiff, provisional figures for the first half of 2012 indicate.
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VIDEO: 'I am innocent of these charges'
Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell has been charged with a string of sex offences, including raping a child. In a statement read out by his solicitor, Mr Le Vell said he was innocent of the charges.
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EU launches wider horsemeat tests
EU member states plan to start testing immediately for horse DNA in processed beef foods and to detect an illegal medicinal drug in horsemeat.
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Third family 'Sars-like virus' case
A third member of a family in the UK has been infected with a new respiratory illness similar to the deadly Sars virus, officials have confirmed.
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UK in submission to Sandiford appeal
The UK government highlights its opposition to the death penalty as part of an appeal by Briton Lindsay Sandiford against her death sentence for drug trafficking in Bali.
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Model fined for sunflower assault
Former model Paula Hamilton, star of a 1980s Volkswagen TV advert, is fined £400 for assaulting a policeman with a sunflower.
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Three killed in Bangladesh clashes
Three people die in the Bangladeshi city of Cox's Bazar amid protests over a tribunal investigating war crimes during the 1971 independence war.
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Blacklisted writer Collins dies
Richard Collins, a writer and producer who was blacklisted during the 1940s communist witch-hunts, dies aged 98.
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Crash scam men jailed over death
Three men who deliberately caused a car crash that led to another collision in which a woman died, are each jailed for 10 years.
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Senior Tory questions gay parenting
Welsh Secretary David Jones says gay couples "clearly" cannot provide a "warm and safe environment" to raise children.
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First post-surgery images of Chavez
The first images of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez since he underwent cancer surgery two months ago are published by the government.
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