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Vettel beats Hamilton to Korea pole

Sat, 2013-10-05 02:09
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel beats Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton to pole position at the Korean Grand Prix.

Morocco teens held for kissing photo

Sat, 2013-10-05 00:51
A Moroccan teenage boy and girl are arrested for violating public decency after posting a photo on Facebook of themselves kissing.

Mexico arrests Guatemala 'drug lord'

Sat, 2013-10-05 00:05
Police in Mexico arrest one of Guatemala's most wanted men - a drug lord suspected of masterminding the killing of eight policemen in June.

US shutdown halts EU trade talks

Fri, 2013-10-04 23:31
Negotiations on a sweeping free trade pact between the US and the EU are postponed because of a partial government shutdown in America.

Union anger at health pay plan

Fri, 2013-10-04 22:15
Unions criticise government plans to restrict the pay of NHS staff as health trusts come under pressure to make further savings.

Italy migrant boat search may resume

Fri, 2013-10-04 22:03
Divers hope to resume their search for the bodies of more than 200 migrants whose boat sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, a day after rough seas hampered their efforts.

VIDEO: Animal blessing at Rio's zoo

Fri, 2013-10-04 20:51
Rio de Janeiro's zoo brings a friar to hold mass and bless animals and pets

Afghan pullout: Central Asia worries

Fri, 2013-10-04 20:35
Under threat from Islamic militancy?

In prison with al-Shabab: What drives Somali militants?

Fri, 2013-10-04 20:08
What sharing a cell revealed about Somali militant mindset

Warhol exhibition opens at Holyrood

Fri, 2013-10-04 19:55
An Andy Warhol exhibition opens at Holyrood - the first exhibition of the artist's work to take place in a parliamentary building.

Awake under the knife

Fri, 2013-10-04 19:52
Can you be conscious but feel no pain under the knife?

Once-banned protest songs make comeback

Fri, 2013-10-04 19:51
The dance music once banned for being a threat to France

Four weddings and a shutdown

Fri, 2013-10-04 19:42
Four big days scuppered by US shutdown

Elderly abuse reports 'increasing'

Fri, 2013-10-04 19:25
There has been a "disturbing" rise in the numbers of reports of possible abuse of vulnerable elderly people in England, the charity Age UK warns.

A lost city captured on film

Fri, 2013-10-04 19:24
The photographer who captured the 'little Paris of the East'

VIDEO: Pope's pilgrimage to Assisi

Fri, 2013-10-04 19:22
Pope Francis has said the Roman Catholic Church must strip itself of all "vanity, arrogance and pride" and humbly serve the poorest in society.

VIDEO: Will 4K television have its day?

Fri, 2013-10-04 19:17
Click's Dan Simmons takes a look at 4K, the ultra high-definition TV technology that manufacturers hope will have us desperate to upgrade.

Courts 'failing child abuse victims'

Fri, 2013-10-04 19:16
Some sexual abuse cases are collapsing because children are being denied the support they need to give evidence against abusers, the NSPCC warns.

Call for early bone cancer diagnosis

Fri, 2013-10-04 19:09
A charity is urging GPs to do more to diagnose bone cancers early in order to help to improve the survival rate.

VIDEO: Female quake victims 'struggle' for help

Fri, 2013-10-04 19:06
The only female doctor in a hospital near the epicentre of last month's devastating earthquake in Balochistan is inundated with high numbers of women and child victims desperately in need of specialist medical care.

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