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• Iranian activist ends 70-DAY hunger strike as his wife is released from prison

  04-01-2017 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arash Sadeghi agreed to end the strike after authorities agreed to temporarily free his wife, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, who was jailed for six years in October last year.
  
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• Man is attacked by mob in Istanbul because they thought he looked like ISIS gunman

  04-01-2017 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mobile phone footage of the attempted lynching in Pendik, eastern Istanbul showed the innocent man being punched and slapped before he was eventually rescued by police.
  
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• Hunt chaos as hounds run amok in hospice grounds leaving patients distressed and bring traffic to standstill

  04-01-2017 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The out-of-control dogs strayed from their trail onto Willow Burn Hospice's grounds during the Braes of Derwent Hunt in County Durham
  
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• NASA targets Jupiter's mysterious giant metal asteroid '16 Psyche' to study secrets of early solar system

  04-01-2017 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The missions, known as Lucy and Psyche, will launch in 2021 and 2023 respectively
  
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• Daring drift trikers upset motorists racing down one of Britain's most famous natural landmarks

  04-01-2017 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The craze of drift triking - which involves free wheeling down hills on three-wheeled bikes - is causing upset in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset
  
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• Britain will still need cheap labour from Europe after Brexit, admits Andrea Leadsom

  04-01-2017 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Environment Secretary told a farming conference she accepts migrant workers are vital to the rural economy
  
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• French presidential hopeful Arnaud Montebourg calls for supertax on financial services

  04-01-2017 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  French firebrand socialist Arnaud Montebourg has proposed a supertax on banks to raise 5 billion euros(£4.25 billion) and has said that he would be prepared to nationalise a bank if elected president.
  
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• Woman who was able to TASTE words and HEAR colours cured - after being struck by lightning

  04-01-2017 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  But the patient, who has not been named, saw her Synaesthesia return after being given medication
  
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• "The only time in history I'm happy that Spurs won" - Arsenal fans react to Spurs ending Chelsea's run

  04-01-2017 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It won't be something they'll be willing to admit to for long, but we found a few Arsenal fans who were delighted that Spurs saw off Chelsea
  
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• Beppe Grillo accuses journalists of ‘manufacturing false news’ to keep anti-euro down 

  04-01-2017 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Comic Beppe Grillo, founder of the anti-euro movement, lashed out at print and TV journalists, accusing them of fabricating news to keep his party, the Five Stars, down.
  
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• Stripper Stacey Tierney found dead in Melbourne lap dancing club led double life

  04-01-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The family of tragic British backpacker Stacey Tierney did not know she was working in the seedy lap-dancing club in Australia where she was found dead, her cousin said today.
  
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• How to spot a liar - with these top tips from our experts

  04-01-2017 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tell tale signs of tall tales that are easy to see if you know what to look for
  
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• CCTV shows Berlin terrorist Anis Amri travels through Amsterdam and Brussels

  04-01-2017 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CCTV footage has shown the Berlin Christmas Market terrorist Anis Amri travelling through Amsterdam and Brussels just days after the attack.
  
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• Homeless woman is sentenced to prison for 12 weeks for begging on the street

  04-01-2017 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jenny Dinmore has been jailed for the second time in a year for breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order banning her from begging in Bath city centre
  
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• Theresa May has 'almost non-existent' relationship with Angela Merkel 

  04-01-2017 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials are reportedly dismayed that May has been unable to strike up a relationship with Merkel as Britain is set to trigger Article 50 and begin negotiations to leave the EU in three months’ time.
  
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• Young mum with terminal cancer in desperate bid to fulfil bucket list dreams before she dies

  04-01-2017 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amy Jones,26, is a mum to sons Jac, six and Ollie, four, and step mum to 13-year-old Kia     
  
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• Sleepy seaside town plagued by pop-up BROTHELS as pimps use holiday lets as seedy sex dens

  04-01-2017 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pimps and prostitutes often from Eastern Europe are reportedly evading the authorities by booking seemingly-innocent getaways for just a week
  
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• 7 ridiculously impressive Dele Alli stats after the Tottenham star shot down Chelsea's winning record

  04-01-2017 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Spurs star was at the double as Chelsea's winning run stopped at an unlucky 13, and as these stats show, he really is in the form of his life right now
  
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• Kayleigh's Love Story film about online grooming victim viewed more than 1m times

  04-01-2017 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kayleigh's Love Story was released by Leicestershire Police on Tuesday via Facebook and YouTube and had been viewed by 1.3million people by Wednesday morning.
  
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• Tony Blair to plough £10million into fighting extreme politics with new not-for-profit firm

  04-01-2017 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former Labour PM announced he will pour all the £9.26million assets from his former business interests into the project
  
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• Teenage mother arrested after baby found outside Co-op supermarket in Kent

  04-01-2017 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A teenage girl has been arrested after a baby was abandoned in freezing temperatures outside of a Co-Op in Whitstable at about 6.20pm last night.
  
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• Philip Green hurls abuse at chart-topping NHS charity choir as they refused to perform at his party

  04-01-2017 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The retail mogul is said to have demanded the choir return clothes his company gave them to wear in a music video after they pulled out of gig
  
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• Mum of Cambodia suicide pact victim says NHS denied her son help after he overdosed aged 17

  04-01-2017 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Collette Wells says crippling funding cuts led to her son Robert's death and believes he and his wife Imongen Goldie were 'two soulmates doomed to end up this way'
  
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• Cedric Herrou who helps African migrants slip across border from Italy faces prison

  04-01-2017 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A French farmer (pictured), who has become a folk hero for helping African migrants slip across the border from Italy and giving them shelter, went on trial today for aiding illegal arrivals.
  
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• National Lottery results: Lotto winning numbers for tonight's £2m jackpot on Wednesday, January 4

  04-01-2017 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tonight's Lottery could make you a very rich person - but have you got a winning ticket?
  
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• First picture of tragic woman driven to suicide by sick neighbours who beat her with dog lead

  04-01-2017 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Leah Ratherham, 20, from Birmingham, took her own life after she was savagely beaten by a neighbour and her boyfriend, who also showered her wounds with vinegar
  
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• Boozed-up school bus driver spared jail after being found more than THREE TIMES drink drive limit

  04-01-2017 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reckless Stephen McColgan admitted having 72 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath – when the limit is just 22mcg
  
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• Swiss ice WINE 'face lift freeze cream' promoted as natural Botox alternative

  04-01-2017 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kylie Minogue, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cameron Diaz, are said to be among the celebrities who favour face creams over Botox injections when it comes to maintaining a youthful look.
  
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• Switching to a Mediterranean diet could stop your brain from SHRINKING in old age

  04-01-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People who followed the diet closely over three years experienced less age-related brain shrinkage than those who did not, scientists found
  
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• Genetically engineered malaria vaccine with virtually no side effects could be on way

  04-01-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The clinical trial with human volunteers found that the next-generation malaria vaccine works with hardly any side effects
  
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• Daughter and her wealthy father 'hired three hitmen to gun down her ex-boyfriend for just £12,500'

  04-01-2017 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The victim of the alleged 'assassination' attempt was left for dead after being shot at point blank range with a shotgun, but survived the attack
  
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• Diego Costa and Pedro argument gets fans fearing for one man's health - and it's not Costa

  04-01-2017 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Blues duo were seen arguing with each other at White Hart Lane, but the ex-Barca man might be wise to let it lie
  
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• Young boy killed in horror car accident outside home in 'quiet road'

  04-01-2017 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At least six emergency services vehicles attended the scene of the crash in West Yorkshire
  
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• Damascus residents forced to go without water for 13 days after the government 'accidentally' attacked the city's main water source

  04-01-2017 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many people in the Syrian capital, Damascus, have gone without water for 13 days after government forces accidentally damaged the city's main spring during fighting with rebels.
  
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• Queen almost SHOT by her own guardsman after he finds her strolling Buckingham Palace gardens at 3am

  04-01-2017 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Her Majesty quipped after the dramatic encounter that she would "ring through" next time
  
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• 'Sick' Barbie doll found taped up with hair same colour as woman 'murdered by ex-boyfriend and transgender flatmate'

  04-01-2017 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A prosecutor in the murder case of Bethany Hill, 20, claimed the 'fetish doll' proved 'somebody was fantasising about binding a woman with tape'
  
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• Jurgen Klopp becomes an even bigger hero after Liverpool Christmas party story is revealed

  04-01-2017 21:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Reds manager has entertained us for a while now, and he also seems to be a thoroughly nice bloke, too
  
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• Scratching a living in Myanmar's storied 'land of rubies'

  04-01-2017 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ruby miners in Myanmar keep looking for the stones which will change their lives. Last year the so-called Sunrise Ruby sold for a record $30.3million (£24.36million) - almost £1million a carat.
  
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• Raging groom launched foul-mouthed tirade at cabin crew after he and 25 stag do pals are refused more vodka on flight

  04-01-2017 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jake Shepherd, 26, was travelling to Las Vegas from Manchester when the group became loud and aggressive
  
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• Man killed in horror village pram race crash was an Iraq war veteran

  04-01-2017 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Francis O'Sullivan, who served as a sergeant with the Blues and Royals  during the first Gulf War in 1990, died as the pram he was in crashed hurling him to the ground
  
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• Customer demands Tesco ban shoppers wearing PYJAMAS after taking photos of 'bloody disgusting' women in nightwear

  04-01-2017 20:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shopping basket in hand, the pair seem happy with casual appearance in the supermarket in Salford, Greater Manchester - but one shopper took exception
  
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• Chilling terror attack survival app shows how to staunch horrifying wounds after catastrophic bomb and gun massacre

  04-01-2017 20:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  CitizenAid provides guidance immediate action to take after a mass shooting, bombing or knife attack, including how to stem bleeding from serious wounds and treat burns
  
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• Take this rather strange advice if you want to avoid slipping on ice this winter

  04-01-2017 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Surgeons in German have published the guidelines as temperatures are set to plummet over the next few years
  
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• Hearing of DC Nina Bartlett accused of having 'affair with criminal’ heard in PRIVATE

  04-01-2017 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DC Nina Bartlett, 40, of Cambridgeshire Police, is accused of failing to declare an 'illicit' relationship with a criminal to the force and appeared at a misconduct hearing today.
  
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• 1960s propaganda images show how Soviet Union thought the world would look in 2017 

  04-01-2017 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazing images from the height of communism showing how a futuristic and all-conquering Soviet Union might have looked in 2017 have emerged in Moscow.
  
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• Lad turns up to hospital in a suit and tie for the most adorable reason

  04-01-2017 20:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "This is precious and pure"
  
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• Coroner stops inquest into boy's drowning after mum claims 'bullies' pushed son into canal

  04-01-2017 20:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum Zaura Ali believes Subhaan, 11, was pushed into the waterway near their home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in July last year
  
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• 'Drunk' New Year's Eve reveller tries to pay for taxi using Rizla cigarette papers ... 13 times

  04-01-2017 20:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cabbie Lee Goodall gets more and more exasperated as the sozzled passenger attempts to pay with the rolling papers for a full two-and-a-half minutes
  
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• Alfie Barker apologises for taunting Harry Arter about his stillborn baby

  04-01-2017 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alfie Barker, a striker for Codicote in the South Midlands League, has been sacked after he sent abusive tweets to Premier League star Harry Arter taunting him over the death of his child.
  
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• Road rage maniac smashes terrified woman's Mini with hammer in middle of junction as she flees for help

  04-01-2017 20:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tool-wielding Mini Cooper driver decided to get even after the lady motorist pulled in front of him at traffic lights
  
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