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US soap veteran Helen Wagner dies at 91

3rd May 2010 sandrea 0

US actress Helen Wagner, best known as Nancy Hughes in the CBS soap opera As The World Turns, has died aged 91. CBS said she had died on Saturday, but gave no further details. Wagner […] […]

Police barred from penis enlargement

3rd May 2010 sandrea 0

Forget about getting a job as a police officer in Indonesia’s Papua if you have had your penis enlarged. You won’t get it, according to local media reports citing the Papua police chief. An applicant […] […]

Three Basque suspects go on trial over Madrid car bomb

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Three suspected Basque separatists, accused of carrying out the 2006 Madrid airport bombing which killed two people, have gone on trial. Mattin Sarasola, Igor Portu and Mikel San Sebastian are accused of planting the bomb […] […]

Ireland to re-impose flight bans

3rd May 2010 sandrea 0

Aviation authorities in the Irish Republic say flights in and out of the country will be banned because of possible risks from volcanic ash. The fresh restrictions will apply from 0600 to 1200 GMT on […] […]

Police apology over cyclist’ s death on Arran

3rd May 2010 sandrea 0

Strathclyde Police have been told to apologise to a family over the way they handled inquiries into the death of a teenage cyclist. Sam Beasley, who was 14, died after being hit by a car […] […]

Two UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan

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Two British soldiers have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. One soldier, from 21 Engineer Regiment Group, died in a traffic accident. The other, from the same regiment, was […] […]

Volcanic ash cloud could ground Irish flights

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The Irish Aviation Authority has said it may have to impose a no fly zone over the Republic on Tuesday due to the volcanic ash cloud drifting south. The IAA said the alert was based […] […]

Ninety-year-old West Yorkshire woman hits hole-in-one

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A 90-year-old woman from West Yorkshire has amazed her fellow golfers by hitting a hole in one. Mary Tattersall made the 181yd (165m) shot on the second hole at Shay Grange Golf Centre in Heaton […] […]

US ‘Christian militants’ released from jail on bond

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Nine alleged members of a radical US Christian militia group accused of plotting to wage war against the US have been freed from jail on bond. A judge in Detroit ordered their release, despite prosecutors’ […] […]

Cameroon police clash with journalists in Yaounde

3rd May 2010 sandrea 0

Journalists protesting against the death of a Cameroonian newspaper editor have clashed with riot police in the capital Yaounde. Several hundred demonstrators were prevented from staging a sit-in at the prime minister’s office to mark […] […]