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ONE of Britain’s biggest manhunts has ended with fugitive Raoul Moat shooting himself dead during a tense armed standoff with police. After gradually closing the net on Mr Moat, who had been on the run […] […]

British police say a man fitting the description of fugitive Raoul Moat has been shot after a six-hour stand-off with armed officers, the BBC is reporting. In a statement, Northumbria Police said “a shot or […] […]

BBC NEWS – The missing former lover of a top Brazilian football star was strangled and then fed to dogs, police say. Eliza Samudio, 25, was a former girlfriend of Bruno Fernandes, goalkeeper for Flamengo, […] […]

Supermodel Naomi Campbell will give evidence in the war crimes trial of former president of Liberia Charles Taylor, her spokeswoman said. Campbell was allegedly given “rough diamonds” by Taylor shortly after he became president in […] […]

Moat, 37, was surrounded by at least 10 snipers in the riverside area of Rothbury, in Northumberland, amid eyewitness accounts that Britain’s most wanted man was holding a gun to his neck. Dozens more armed […] […]

OAKLAND — Mike Issa couldn’t believe the “gift” Thursday night’s looters left behind in his ransacked Jitters & Shakes coffee shop at 21st and Webster streets in downtown Oakland. “You know what I say to […] […]

The conviction of a white US police officer for killing an unarmed black man during an arrest led to widespread looting and rioting in the Californian city of Oakland today. Prosecutors had wanted Johannes Mehserle, […] […]

Armed police hunting for Raoul Moat have descended on a stately home near Rothbury after finding three of the fugitive’s mobile phones. Cragside House, which lies on the outskirts of the village, was closed to […] […]

A schoolboy who took revenge for being dumped by killing his ex-girlfriend and her older sister in a house fire has been jailed for life. Akmol Miah, 15, must serve at least 23 years behind […] […]

JAMAICAN Olympic silver medallist Raymond Stewart, who was recently slapped with a lifetime ban from the sports by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for obtaining performance-enhancing drugs for his athletes, say he is the victim […] […]