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• Wandsworth prison: Murder investigation launched after man found dead in cell

  04-05-2015 23:12
  
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a prisoner was found dead in a London jail cell.
  
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• Britain can't impose its agenda on EU - Juncker

  04-05-2015 23:04
  
  By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain should get a fair deal in the European Union but cannot impose its agenda on the bloc's other 27 members, EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker said on Monday, weighing in on a sensitive issue in a tight British election race. British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that if he wins Thursday's election, he would hold a referendum on EU membership in 2017 once he has renegotiated EU treaties to wrest back powers from Brussels -- notably
  
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• Fox News forced to apologise after mistakenly reporting Baltimore police shooting

  04-05-2015 22:33
  
  For about an hour on Monday it appeared Baltimore may again descend into chaos after Fox News reported that police had shot a black man who was fleeing the scene in the area near where riots took place last week.
  
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• Who should I vote for? General Election 2015 quiz matches best political party for undecided voters ahead of polling day

  04-05-2015 22:26
  With Labour and the Conservative party tied in the race for Downing Street, many are still undecided over who to vote for on 7 May.
  
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• Tamir Rice: Mother has moved into homeless shelter because she cannot bear to live next to 12-year-old's 'killing field'

  04-05-2015 22:22
  The City of Cleveland has asked the family of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old who was fatally shot while holding a toy gun last November, to hold off its civil suit until the criminal investigation into the incident is complete.
  
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• New cancer test 'more accurate'

  04-05-2015 22:00
  
  A new screening test that tracks changing levels of a protein in the blood can detect twice as many ovarian cancers as conventional methods, research has shown.
  
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• Baltimore police deny shooting suspect who was fleeing officers

  04-05-2015 21:57
  
  Baltimore has found itself in the middle of more controversy on Monday after reports from Fox News surfaced that police in the city had shot a black man who was running from officers in the same area ravaged by riots last week.
  
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• Nadir Soofi: Second suspect in Texas Prophet Mohamed shooting named

  04-05-2015 21:48
  
  Officials in the US have identified the second gunman allegedly involved in the attack on a exhibition that was showing images of the Prophet Mohamed, it has been reported.
  
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• General Election 2015: 'I did not go into government to look for mates', Clegg says

  04-05-2015 21:18
  
  “I did not go into government to look for mates,” Nick Clegg insisted as he dismissed the idea he and David Cameron might stay in touch socially later in life, when the pair have long-retired from politics.
  
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• General Election 2015: 2,000 voters, two leaders – and one notable absentee

  04-05-2015 21:14
  
  It was the 13-year-old son of a Downing Street cleaner who summed up a very different kind of politics in Methodist Central Hall on 4 May. Enivalde Ventura’s father, Valdevar, was sacked from his job cleaning Downing Street and the Cabinet Office after campaigning for a living wage. “My dad told me that if something is wrong you should never keep quiet,” Enivalde told the Citizens UK General Election Assembly.
  
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• Gabriel Garcia Marquez: First edition novel stolen in Colombia

  04-05-2015 21:12
  
  A first edition copy of late Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez's masterpiece “One Hundred Years of Solitude” was stolen at the International Book Fair of Bogota on Sunday.
  
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• Nick Clegg interview: ‘I’ve worked my socks off for Sheffield’

  04-05-2015 21:08
  
  Having mixed the topping of an apple and blackberry crumble in the kitchen of Chippenham’s Ivy Lane primary, the Deputy Prime Minister suddenly morphs into a Jamie Oliver manqué. “People talk as if every packed lunch is a pot of hummus, carrot sticks and muesli. Well it’s not. I’m not pointing an accusatory finger at parents but I’ve seen kids turning up literally with a fizzy drink and a slice of white bread with chocolate paste on it. If you give that to a four- and five-year-old, d
  
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• Jorge Luis Borges fan brings his infinite library to life online

  04-05-2015 21:01
  
  In Jorge Luis Borges’ classic tale The Library of Babel, the librarians are driven mad searching through an infinite number of books, most of them meaningless, hunting for answers to the fundamental mysteries of humankind.
  
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• Early birth 'hampers brain wiring'

  04-05-2015 21:00
  
  Premature birth can alter the wiring in key parts of a baby's brain, a new study has found.
  
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• Freddie Gray death: Police van driver charged with murder was only on duty because he had agreed to work overtime, says report

  04-05-2015 20:51
  The Baltimore police van driver facing murder charges over lethal injury that resulted in the death of suspect Freddie Gray was on duty because he had volunteered for overtime, it has been reported.
  
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• Waterfall video uploaded to YouTube helps people with insomnia

  04-05-2015 20:47
  
  A video of a waterfall in Ireland that went viral on YouTube is helping millions of people who suffer from insomnia.
  
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• Omg: Internet slang acronyms being replaced by cartoon-style 'emoji' pictograms, say Instagram

  04-05-2015 20:46
  
  Omg. Lol is, like, so last century. Or, for those readers still insisting on using words: oh my God, internet slang – including acronyms such as lol for “laughing out loud” – has become decidedly old-fashioned.
  
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• Martina Navratilova interview: Murray has opened the door for women coaches

  04-05-2015 20:36
  
  Her own arrangement with Agnieszka Radwanska did not work out, but Martina Navratilova believes the idea of tennis “legends” coaching top players is here to stay. “You will see that more and more,” said the former world No 1. “Players are saying: ‘I don’t have to have a coach who has only played a little bit. Instead I can have somebody who won something’.”
  
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• Jean-Marie Le Pen suspended: Founder of Front National suspended as president of honour after refusing to attend disciplinary meeting over Nazi remarks

  04-05-2015 20:28
  
  The French far right patriarch Jean-Marie Le Pen has been suspended from the party that he founded for a series of extreme remarks last month defying the softer line adopted by his daughter Marine.
  
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• Jean-Marie Le Pen splits with daughter Marine after refusing to attend disciplinary meeting over Nazi remarks

  04-05-2015 20:28
  
  Jean-Marie Le Pen, the patriarch of the French far right, has moved towards an outright split with his daughter, Marine, by refusing to attend a meeting called to punish him for defending the Vichy regime that collaborated with the Nazis in the 1940s.
  
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• Murder Investigation At Wandsworth Prison

  04-05-2015 20:28
  
  An inmate has been murdered at Wandsworth prison, police say. Another prisoner in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody. Wandsworth is the largest prison in Britain and one of the biggest jails in Western Europe, able to hold some 1,800 prisoners. A Prison Service spokeswoman said: "An HMP Wandsworth prisoner was pronounced dead in hospital at 8.52am on Monday 4 May.
  
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• New York police officer shot Saturday dies from injuries

  04-05-2015 20:28
  
  A New York Police Department officer who was shot in the head Saturday has died from his injuries.
  
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• General Election 2015: Miliband’s ‘Milistone’ shows his lack of seriousness, says Clegg

  04-05-2015 20:26
  
  Ed Miliband’s pledge to erect an 8ft stone monument to Labour’s manifesto in the Downing Street garden shows the “lack of grip and seriousness” in the Labour leader’s team, according to the man who could be partnering him in government in a few days’ time.
  
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• Gunman outside Muhammad cartoon event identified as suspected militant ... - Washington Post

  04-05-2015 20:22 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Two gunmen, including a man once suspected of seeking to join Islamist militants in Somalia, waited only seconds to open fire on police blocking their way to a cartoon exhibit and contest depicting the prophet Muhammad, authorities said Monday during a ...
  Gunmen killed at Mohammed art show in TexasFinancial Times
  Organizer of Muhammad cartoon contest describes shootingFox News
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• 68-year-old Frenchman faces rape charges after posing as male model on dating site

  04-05-2015 20:18
  
  A 68-year-old Frenchman is facing rape charges after accusations emerged that he had "tricked" women into sex by posing as a young, handsome male model.
  
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• May the fourth be with you: Latest Star Wars blockbuster to be filmed in the UK

  04-05-2015 20:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE next instalment in the multi-billion pound Hollywood mega-franchise that is Star Wars will be filmed in the UK, the Chancellor has announced.
  
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• Poll suggests Britons more likely to vote to stay in EU

  04-05-2015 20:17
  
  Britons are more likely to vote to stay part of the European Union than leave in a future membership referendum, a poll showed on Monday, with only 18 percent saying they would definitely elect to exit the bloc. The YouGov poll for The Times newspaper asked the question because Britain faces a close national election on Thursday and Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to hold such an in-out referendum if re-elected. Such a referendum has not been held in Britain since 1975, when the countr
  
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• Mediterranean migrant crisis: EU denies approaching Australia for advice on dealing with immigrant boats

  04-05-2015 20:17
  
  Senior EU officials have denied seeking Australia’s advice on how to prevent further humanitarian disasters in the Mediterranean – adding that Europe would never emulate Australia in forcibly repatriating asylum-seekers.
  
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• General Election 2015: Over one in five of university staff plan to vote Green, says survey

  04-05-2015 20:16
  
  More than one in five of university staff are planning to vote for the Green Party this week, a survey by Times Higher Education has found.
  
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• Brands Can't Stop Tweeting About Star Wars Day - TIME

  04-05-2015 20:13 via time.com
  
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  Much like like Mean Girls Day (it's October 3) or Miss Congeniality Day (April 25 — not too hot, not too cold), May 4 became an unofficial Internet holiday once Star Wars fans noticed that “May the Fourth” sounds like a lot like “May the force be with you,” that ...
  Yoda, Space Hefner and 'amorous sweats': Read the original 'Empire Strikes ...Los Angeles Times
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• Israel's long history of racism: What exactly are Ethiopian Israelis protesting? - Haaretz

  04-05-2015 20:11 via haaretz.com
  
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  Israel's long history of racism: What exactly are Ethiopian Israelis protesting?
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  Ever since they began immigrating in 1984, Ethiopian Jews feel they have been discriminated against because of the color of their skin. By Judy Maltz | May 4, 2015 | 7:11 PM | 6. submit to reddit. Ethiopian Israelis clash with police officers in a protest in Tel ...
  Fundamentally Freund: Address the challenges facing Ethiopian immigrantsJerusalem Post Israel News
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• Election 2015: David Cameron 'tells Nick Clegg he can't win election' – live - Telegraph.co.uk

  04-05-2015 20:11 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Election 2015: David Cameron 'tells Nick Clegg he can't win election' – live
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  ... • Ed Miliband unveils stone of Labour manifesto pledges • Boris Johnson says Labour stone is "Commie slab of rock • Conservatives to target 100,000 voters who could swing election • Nationalists vow to bring down Labour 'austerity' budget • Miliband to ...
  Russell Brand embraces voting to back Ed MilibandFinancial Times
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• Man arrested after prison killing

  04-05-2015 20:01
  
  A man has been murdered in jail, police said.
  
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• Maya Plisetskaya: Ballerina whose charisma and talent helped her fight the Soviet authorities and achieve international fame

  04-05-2015 20:00
  If Soviet ballet's most famous ballerina was Galina Ulanova – arguably also the 20th century's greatest – then Maya Plisetskaya was not far behind. On Ulanova's retirement in 1962 she became the Bolshoi's prima ballerina; her celebrity in Russia was on a par with cosmonauts and film stars; her distinctively tall and dramatic image, captured in photos and film, was as familiar as Khrushchev's.
  
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• California drought: Almond growers fight back over reports they are causing chronic water shortages

  04-05-2015 19:59
  
  As California descends ever deeper into a potentially devastating drought, with residents facing unprecedented demands to cut water use, everybody is looking for somebody else to blame. But perhaps the most high-profile scapegoat in the parched Golden State is not a somebody but a something: the highly nutritious, increasingly notorious almond.
  
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• In defence of liberal democracy

  04-05-2015 19:57
  
  A spectre is haunting Britain – the spectre of its own end. Five years ago British democracy entered a new era. There was endless gnashing of teeth at the prospect of a first peacetime coalition since the 1930s, but disaster has been avoided. To the credit of its members, a coalition formed in the interests of the country has governed competently. It leaves a country more indebted and less influential, but stable and growing. That masks the scale of the choice facing Britain this week. At sta
  
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• Ben Carson: 3 things to know about the Republican presidential candidate

  04-05-2015 19:55
  
  The field of Republican presidential candidates is swelling, as former neurosurgeon Ben Carson has officially launched his presidential campaign.
  
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• General Election 2015: The tactical voting guide: How to make your vote count even when you think it doesn’t

  04-05-2015 19:53
  Voting is meant to be easy. You decide which party you like most, and mark an X against the name of that party’s candidate in your constituency.
  
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• Charlotte Elizabeth Diana: royal baby's name is firm nod to tradition - The Guardian

  04-05-2015 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
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  Charlotte Elizabeth Diana: royal baby's name is firm nod to tradition
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  Traditional, with royal precedence and a nod to both families; the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have played it safe by naming their newborn daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. With the news, announced two days after her birth, the betting industry was ...
  Princess Charlotte mania: Coins, cups and collectiblesUSA TODAY
  Charlotte Elizabeth Diana: What's Next for the Royal Baby, Her Christ
  
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• HMS Bulwark ready for migrants push

  04-05-2015 19:48
  
  The Royal Navy's flagship is ready to join efforts to ease the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean after it was held back amid "discussions" with European Union (EU) partners.
  
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• General Election 2015: Sturgeon orders key members of Holyrood cabinet to head straight to London after campaign to 'begin negotiations'

  04-05-2015 19:46
  Nicola Sturgeon has ordered key members of her Holyrood cabinet, along with nationalist MPs with experience of Westminster, to be in London immediately after the election to “begin negotiations”, according to senior sources.
  
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• Gamblers read too much into random events which leads them to make impulsive bets they are likely to lose, says study

  04-05-2015 19:35
  Habitual gamblers see things the rest of us don’t, which repeatedly leads them to make impulsive bets they are likely to lose, a study has found.
  
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• Nepal earthquake: How the regional rivalry between China and India has spilled over into the international rescue effort

  04-05-2015 19:32
  The competition for influence between China and India has spilled over into rescue efforts in the Himalayan earthquake zone – but the teams say politics must be left to one side for now
  
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• Italian police 'reveal' what Jesus looked like as a young boy

  04-05-2015 19:27
  
  Detectives claim to have revealed how Jesus Christ looked as a child – based on computer forensics and the world’s most famous relic.
  
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• The Shires to top the bill at the home of country music - The Grand Ole Opry House

  04-05-2015 19:27
  
  British duo The Shires will top the bill at one of the United States’ most storied venues next month after receiving an invitation from the Country Music Association in Tennessee.
  
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• Is glorious May set to be hottest on record?

  04-05-2015 19:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BOOKMAKERS are set to sweat out what is expected to be a sizzling May, as money poured in on a 2-1 bet today.
  
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• Police issue severed ear appeal

  04-05-2015 19:25
  
  Police are searching for a man who left his partially severed diamond-studded ear on the pavement after it was bitten off in a fight.
  
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• Owen raises a glass to festival

  04-05-2015 19:25
  
  Former England footballer Michael Owen joined in the celebrations at a whisky festival today during a visit to a distillery .
  
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• General Election 2015 explained: Turnout

  04-05-2015 19:22
  
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• Yorkshire Police hunt for man who left severed ear behind after fight

  04-05-2015 19:21
  
  Police are searching for a man who left part of his ear on the pavement after it was bitten off in a fight.
  
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