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April 19, 2012
The tributes keep on pouring in after the announcement of the death of US veteran TV host Dick Clark, with the American President Barack Obama commenting that the iconic figure reshaped television's landscape forever.
Mr Clark, who was aged 82, died after a heart attack yesterday. He both produced and presented ...
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April 12, 2012
Author JK Rowling has officially revealed the title of her first adult novel.
The Casual Vacancy will be released in hardback on 27 September while e-books and audio downloads will also be available. Rowling commented at a press conference that the freedom to venture into new territory has been a product ...
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April 05, 2012
The millionaire's daughter who transported looters around London throughout the summer riots was convicted of burglary today.
Laura Johnson, aged 20 and of Orpington in south-east London, previously denied her charges and claimed that she had been acting under duress. While at Inner London Crown Court, Miss Johnson, a student, also ...
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March 29, 2012
Will Ferrell is to star in a sequel to 2004's comic film Anchorman, as confirmed by the actor on US television.
The former Saturday Night Live star made an appearance on talk show Conan as 1970's character Ron Burgundy, a San Diego newscaster, to make the announcement. Steve Carrell will feature ...
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March 22, 2012
A police sniper today shot the gunman responsible for carrying out a spate of shocking murders across southern France, after a siege spanning 32 hours in suburban Toulouse.
Aged 23, Mohammed Merah, who claimed to have received al-Qaeda training, started opening fire on police commandos as they stormed their way into ...
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March 01, 2012
Police have launched 'Operation Twist' in Cambridgeshire as a direct response to a worrying 200-plus burglaries that have been reported in specific corners of the rural country.
Detectives assigned to Operation Twist believe that the burglaries are linked and that thieves are travelling to rural Cambridgeshire as they believe they can ...
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February 23, 2012
Author JK Rowling has this week announced her plans to complete her first adult novel, explaining that it will be "different" to any of the releases in Harry Potter
series she became famous for.
Her book is to be published across the map, although neither a date nor a title has ...
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February 16, 2012
UK Music site RnBXclusive.com was shut down on the Thursday by the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
An official takedown notice now on the site warns visitors who have downloaded music from RnBXclusive.com that they could be slapped with 10 years in jail and an unlimited fine. The Serious Organised Crime Agency ...
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February 02, 2012
The Colombian Red Cross has confirmed how at least seven people were killed and a further 70 injured after an attack on Tumaco police station, located in the south of Colombia.
A motorbike that was covered in explosives smashed into the police station, which is located in Tumaco city centre. Police ...
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January 26, 2012
An Afghan mother yesterday gave birth to six babies at a hospital located in Mazar-e-Sharif, a city in the north of Afghanistan.
The woman wasn't aware of the fact that she was carrying such an amount of children and hadn't received fertility treatment. Medical experts say that the mother turned up ...
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