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'Biblical' Floods: Biggest Rainfall Ever

'Biblical' Floods: Biggest Rainfall Ever

A major rescue operation is continuing in Cumbria after the area was swamped by the highest level of rainfall measured in England since records began.

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Brit Pair Kidnapped By Pirates Fear For Lives

Brit Pair Kidnapped By Pirates Fear For Lives

The British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates fear they could be killed within a week.

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'Revenge Was Motive' In Meredith's Murder

'Revenge Was Motive' In Meredith's Murder

Murder suspect Amanda Knox "coveted hatred" for Meredith Kercher and "killed her to take revenge", a prosecutor has told an Italian court.

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France: 'We Won't Replay Ireland Game'

France: 'We Won't Replay Ireland Game'

A replay of the controversial World Cup play-off between France and the Republic of Ireland is out of the question, the French Football Federation (FFF) has said.

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'Biblical' Floods: Biggest Rainfall Ever

Brit Pair Kidnapped By Pirates Fear For Lives

'Revenge Was Motive' In Meredith's Murder

France: 'We Won't Replay Ireland Game'

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Oprah Says She Is To Quit Her Chat Show

Oprah Says She Is To Quit Her Chat Show

Oprah Winfrey has announced her daytime television show will end in 2011, after 25 years on the air.

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Baby girl named after car

Baby girl named after car

A Dorset couple have named their new baby daughter Kia - after she had to be delivered on the back seat of a...

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Cyrus' driver killed in tour bus crash

Cyrus' driver killed in tour bus crash

One of Miley Cyrus' tourbus drivers has been killed in a tragic road accident.

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Henry calls for Irish replay

Thierry Henry admits replaying the World Cup play-off against Rep of Ire would be 'the fairest solution'

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Floods: 'Christmas Trade Has Been Taken Away'

Floods: 'Christmas Trade Has Been Taken Away'

Shop and cafe owners in a flooded Cumbrian market town have been dealt a devastating blow in the crucial run...

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The body of Corporal Loren Marlton-Thomas, 28, from 33 Engineer Regiment, is carried from the plane at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire. Corporal Marlton-Thomas and Rifleman Andrew Fentiman, 23, of 7th Battalion The Rifles, who died in separate incidents in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, were flown into the RAF base on Friday morning. (MoD)

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