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• MH370: Malaysian PM confirms Réunion debris is from missing flight - The Guardian

  05-08-2015 23:59 via theguardian.com
  
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  MH370: Malaysian PM confirms Réunion debris is from missing flight
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  The Malaysian prime minister confirms debris discovered on Réunion in late July belongs to the missing Malaysia airlines flight MH370. Kim Willsher in Paris. Wednesday 5 August 2015 13.52 EDT Last modified on Wednesday 5 August 2015 16.52 EDT.
  Malaysian PM confirms Reunion debris is from MH370BBC News
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• Fears for migrants after boat capsizes in Mediterranean - BBC News

  05-08-2015 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Fears for migrants after boat capsizes in Mediterranean
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  Rescuers are searching for survivors after a boat carrying as many as 600 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. Officials initially feared hundreds had drowned but the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said 400 people were rescued.
  300 migrants feared dead after boat capsizes in MedThe Times (subscription)
  'Horrific sight': Ship capsizes in Mediterranean with about 600 aboardLos Angeles Times
  
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• British Library's new show Animal Tales celebrates the best beasts in literature

  05-08-2015 23:25
  
  The story of animals in literature is the story of literature itself. The oldest human representation of another species that we know survives in a cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It depicts a wild pig, painted with skill and flair at least 35,000 years ago. No doubt tales of friendly herbivores, scary carnivores, delicious prey and sacred human-animal hybrids circulated around primeval fires as well. At that pre-alphabetic era, no one could write them down. But once the Akkadian myt
  
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• George W Bush showed up for jury service and posed for photos - Mirror.co.uk

  05-08-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  George W Bush showed up for jury service and posed for photos
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  George W Bush stunned workers at a Dallas, Texas courthouse by turning up for jury duty. The former president arrived at the court this morning - proving that even having been the leader of the free world doesn't get you out of jury service. W wasn't ...
  Former President George W. Bush Not Chosen for Dallas JuryNew York Times
  George W Bush Shows Up For Jury Duty In DallasSky News
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• MH370 wreckage: The debris is from the missing plane, but there are still unanswered questions

  05-08-2015 23:21
  
  Putting an end to almost 18 months of speculation over the fate of MH370, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has confirmed that the plane debris that washed up on the island of Reunion in July does indeed come from the missing plane.
  
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• Missing flight MH370: wing fragment on beach is from Malaysia Airlines jet

  05-08-2015 23:17
  
  Part of an aircraft wing that washed up on a beach on the French island of Reunion has been confirmed as coming from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, authorities said tonight.
  
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• Hatton Garden jewellery raid: Two more charged

  05-08-2015 23:17
  
  Two more people have been charged over the Hatton Garden raid, in which valuables worth more than £10 million were looted, police said tonight.
  
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• Labour leadership: 100 Green Party candidates have joined party in latest evidence of 'entryism'

  05-08-2015 23:00
  
  More than 100 Green Party candidates have tried to join Labour in the latest evidence of entryism by people who want to vote for Jeremy Corbyn in the party’s leadership contest.
  
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• Anjem Choudary protests innocence as charged with terror offence - Telegraph.co.uk

  05-08-2015 22:55 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Anjem Choudary protests innocence as charged with terror offence
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  Radical preacher Anjem Choudary launched a 20 minute court monologue protesting his innocence after being charged with a terror offence for the first time. The controversial cleric said he would be pleading that David Cameron, the police and the courts ...
  Preacher is charged with promoting Islamic StateThe Times (subscription)
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• Hatton Garden raid: Two charged over burglary

  05-08-2015 22:54
  
  A man and a woman have been charged in connection with an Easter raid at the Hatton Garden safety deposit box firm in London.
  
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• War on Isis: Tunisian PM says Britain has a responsibility to protect nation from militants

  05-08-2015 22:30
  
  Britain has a responsibility to stop Isis from infiltrating Tunisia, the country’s Prime Minister has said, because the UK is partly to blame for creating the violent chaos that allowed the extreme Islamist movement to flourish in neighbouring Libya.
  
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• Habib Essid interview: Tunisia's PM on why he believes his country's increasingly perilous position is the fault of the Western powers

  05-08-2015 22:28
  Habib Essid first served as a high official during the era of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the dictator whose overthrowing and flight brought about the birth of the Arab Spring. Now, as then, a state of emergency exists in Tunisia.
  
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• Edinburgh Fringe 2015: Pension-age performers from Henry Blofeld to Virginia Ironside prove the old ones are the best

  05-08-2015 22:15
  The Edinburgh Fringe begins this week, with tens of thousands of performers flocking to the Scottish city. It is a place of dreams – while there are plenty of big names in attendance these days, it is still associated with fresh talent and opportunity; people arrive as unknowns and hope to leave as "breakthrough hits". Perhaps it's unsurprising, therefore, that we also often associate the fringe with youth. Edinburgh can be seen as the preserve of trendy young companies, pretentious students,
  
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• The Times Diary (TMS): Edward Heath's reactions and Jeremy Corbyn's closet ... - The Times (subscription)

  05-08-2015 22:09 via thetimes.co.uk
  
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  Those who knew Edward Heath best have dismissed the recent rumours as unbelievable poppycock. But a former diplomat speaks of one occasion when Heath's private behaviour did not match what he said in public. In 1997, the former prime minister was in ...
  The Edward Heath witch hunt is the stuff of Hitler's dreamsTelegraph.co.uk
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• Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh lashes out at 'ill-spirited ministers' as she announces organisation is about to go bankrupt

  05-08-2015 22:08
  The founder of the children’s charity Kids Company lashed out yesterday at “rumour-mongering civil servants” and “ill-spirited ministers” as it was announced that the organisation she founded 19 years ago was about to go bankrupt.
  
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• Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh lashes out at 'ill-spirited ministers' as she announces organisation has gone bankrupt

  05-08-2015 22:08
  The founder of the children’s charity Kids Company lashed out at “rumour-mongering civil servants” and “ill-spirited ministers” as she announced that the organisation she founded 19 years ago had gone bankrupt.
  
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• Thinking skills linked to heart attack and stroke risk

  05-08-2015 22:00
  
  People with poor thinking skills may be at higher risk of heart attack or stroke, a study has shown.
  
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• Hipster musician leaves Bake Off tent after Black Forest bungle

  05-08-2015 22:00
  
  Professional musician Stuart Henshall admitted he was disappointed in himself after becoming the first contestant to be sent home from this year's The Great British Bake Off.
  
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• Great British Bake Off, BBC1 - TV review: Sandy’s got all the ingredients for a baking star

  05-08-2015 22:00
  
  Go Sandy! Team Sandy! #SandyFTW! Our best beloved baking show has begun a sixth series and it’s already obvious who to back for the final.
  
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• London's City airport sale may fetch as much as 2 billion pounds - FT

  05-08-2015 21:59
  
  (Reuters) - U.S.-based Global Infrastructure Fund (GIP), owner of London's City airport, has appointed advisers to sell the airport this year, the Financial Times reported. "The market demand for quality airports is very high," it quoted GIP's director of transport, Michael McGhee, as saying. McGhee said GIP did not intend to sell its stakes in Gatwick or Edinburgh airports, the paper said.
  
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• Giants Club: Meet the woman saving Kenya's elephants

  05-08-2015 21:37
  
  At the start of 2013, a family of 12 elephants including several mothers with suckling infants  were machine-gunned to death in a Kenyan wildlife reserve and their tusks were sawn out by poachers.
  
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• New Star Wars: Battlefront trailer shows Fighter Squadron mode (and Slave I ... - Metro

  05-08-2015 21:37 via metro.co.uk
  
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  New Star Wars: Battlefront trailer shows Fighter Squadron mode (and Slave I ...
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  EA has released the first footage of Battlefront's spaceship-only mode Fighter Squadron, including two iconic Star Wars ships. As has been known for a while Battlefront doesn't actually allow you to fly out into space, and instead all of the action is ...
  Star Wars: Battlefront and Quantum Break shine at GamescomIrish Times
  It's dogfighting time in Star Wars Battlefront gameCNET
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• Outcry from victims' groups as police downgrade break-ins at odd-numbered houses

  05-08-2015 21:30
  
  Police officers have been accused of failing to take an even-handed approach to attempted burglaries, after it emerged a Midlands force was failing to fully investigate attempted break-ins at odd-numbered houses.
  
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• 'Most Wanted' Arrested After Rogues Roadshow

  05-08-2015 21:20
  
  One of Britain's most wanted men is in custody after fleeing from Spain where his face was displayed on a giant screen in a so-called rogues roadshow. Anthony Dennis, 47, was wanted over allegations of drug trafficking abroad and for conspiring to import class A drugs. He was arrested by officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) on Tuesday in London Colney, Hertfordshire.
  
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• Kids Company closes as founder Camila Batmanghelidjh blames ministers

  05-08-2015 21:18
  
  Kids Company has closed its doors on thousands of young people after running out of money as its high profile founder Camila Batmanghelidjh blamed "rumour-mongering civil servants" and "ill-suited ministers" for the charity's demise.
  
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• RBS sell-off: Hedge funds investigated for making millions 'at the taxpayer's expense'

  05-08-2015 21:16
  
  Britain’s financial watchdog is looking into claims that hedge funds made millions of pounds at the taxpayer’s expense by using inside information to short-sell shares in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
  
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• Suspect dead, one injured after gunman opened fire inside Tennessee movie theatre

  05-08-2015 21:15
  
  Antioch police have confirmed reports of an active shooter inside a local movie theatre.
  
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• MH370 debris confirmed: What has been found from the aircraft, and what does it tell us?

  05-08-2015 21:13
  
  A wing fragment which washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion over a year after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared is from the missing aircraft, officials have confirmed.
  
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• Divine Eagle: How much of a threat is China's new high-flying drone to US air superiority?

  05-08-2015 21:00
  
  In May, grainy pictures emerged of a huge new twin-fuselage, high-altitude Chinese drone called the Divine Eagle. Those in the know instantly labelled it the "stealth-hunting drone". Stealth technology is the equivalent of electronic camouflage for planes, making them hard for enemy radar to spot – but the Chinese drone is certainly big enough to carry the special radars developed to detect stealth aircraft. It's able to fly high enough to detect them long before they can reach their targets.
  
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• The lesson from Kids Company: leave to charity, leave to chance

  05-08-2015 20:57
  
  On the surface, the sudden demise of Kids Company, the children’s charity that has announced it will cease trading with immediate effect, is a story of government failure. The high profile and media savvy of the charity’s founder, Camila Batmanghelidjh, encouraged politicians to plough more funds into a charity that was the subject of suspicion, not only among civil servants – who allegedly raised concerns with Downing Street as early as 2007 – but also throughout the charitable sector.
  
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• Natalia Molchanova: Tributes paid to free-diving superstar after she goes missing off Ibiza

  05-08-2015 20:55
  
  The dive off Ibiza on Sunday was not supposed to be a challenge for champion Natalia Molchanova. But the Russian, described as the world’s greatest free-diver, never resurfaced and it is now assumed that she has drowned.
  
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• Great British Bake Off 2015 live: Stu sent home as hipster haters rejoice

  05-08-2015 20:35
  
  Bake Off is back.
  
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• Great British Bake Off 2015 live: Innuendos begin in force with 'great cracks'

  05-08-2015 20:35
  
  Bake Off is back.
  
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• Great British Bake Off 2015 live: Contestants return to tent for Paul and Mary's scrutiny

  05-08-2015 20:35
  
  Bake Off is back.
  
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• Calais Crisis: Big Jump In Fines For Hauliers

  05-08-2015 20:29
  
  Hauliers heading to the UK are being hit by three times as many fines for carrying illegal immigrants in their lorries compared to three years ago. Drivers can face an on-the-spot penalty of up to £2,000 for every person found hidden in their vehicle at any British port and the Eurotunnel under Home Office rules. Lorries queued on sections of the M20 for long periods and some hauliers had to dump their cargoes.
  
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• Former President George W Bush shows up for jury duty in Texas

  05-08-2015 20:16
  
  There are some people in this world – many, perhaps - who believe former US president George W Bush – belongs in a courtroom.
  
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• Republican presidential debates: Donald Trump leads in polls, but will his rivals risk attacking the billionaire in an attempt to move ahead?

  05-08-2015 20:16
  The lucky ten Republicans picked for Thursday night’s first presidential primary debate at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, might note the giant basketball hovering over a side entrance. To stand out in this crowded field, they’ll each need to score a slam-dunk. Or should they make that a slam-Trump?
  
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• MH370: Malaysian PM confirms to relatives that loved ones perished in the Indian Ocean

  05-08-2015 20:07
  
  Relatives of the 239 passengers and crew aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been told that investigators are certain their loved ones perished in the Indian Ocean. But how they died, and where they are, remains the greatest unsolved mystery in aviation.
  
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• MH370: Fragment of wing belonged to missing Malaysia Airlines flight, says Malaysian PM

  05-08-2015 20:07
  
  The fragment of a wing found on a beach on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion belonged to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Malaysian Prime Minister has said.
  
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• Horses' facial expressions 'similar to humans and chimps'

  05-08-2015 20:00
  
  Horses share surprisingly similar facial expressions to humans and chimps, according to researchers.
  
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• Witnesses to crimes are significantly less likely to trust the justice system, official research says

  05-08-2015 19:51
  
  People who have witnessed a crime are significantly less likely to trust the justice system than the rest of the public, according to new research published by the Government.
  
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• Tube Strike: Huge Queues As London Grinds To Halt

  05-08-2015 19:49
  
  Huge queues formed outside Underground stations as London braced itself for the latest Tube strike. Members from four unions began their walkout at 6.30pm, and services on the Underground are not expected to return to normal until Friday morning, with no services running at all tomorrow. Additional river services between central London, Canary Wharf and Putney are being put on to ease the strain on commuters, while extra bike hire hubs in seven key locations are planned for peak times.
  
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• British journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown given police protection after being followed and photographed in Hyde Park

  05-08-2015 19:38
  
  A British investigative journalist who is facing an arrest warrant in Malaysia over her reports on alleged high-level corruption has been given police protection in London after being followed and photographed in Hyde Park.
  
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• MH370 press conference live: French investigators set to present findings after analysing wing flaperon found on Reunion island

  05-08-2015 19:32
  
  French investigators are set to make a statement about plane debris washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, which it is hoped will shed light into what happened to the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared more than a year ago.
  
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• MH370 live: Wing flaperon is from missing Malaysia Airlines plane, confirms Prime Minister Najib

  05-08-2015 19:32
  
  The Malaysian Prime Minister has confirmed that the plane debris washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion is from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared more than a year ago.
  
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• MH370 live: Debris found on Reunion island is part of the missing plane, Malaysian Prime Minister confirms

  05-08-2015 19:32
  
  The Malaysian Prime Minister has confirmed that the plane debris washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion is from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared more than a year ago.
  
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• Taylor Swift explains how Jay Z was partly responsible for her and Kanye West's decision to bury the hatchet

  05-08-2015 19:32
  
  Taylor Swift and Kanye West finally settled their protracted feud partly because it was important to Jay Z that the pair “get along”, the singer has claimed. 
  
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• Government urged to press Ucas to release data on students from poorer backgrounds

  05-08-2015 19:22
  
  The Government is being urged to press the body that handles university applications to release its full data on students from poor backgrounds in order to boost efforts to improve social mobility.
  
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• Love: Film with extensive, non-simulated sex scenes in 3D arouses 'new wave of prudishness' across France

  05-08-2015 19:17
  A film with extensive, non-simulated sex scenes in 3D, has scarcely troubled the box office but seems fated to become the cause célèbre for an alleged new wave of prudishness in France.
  
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• Anjem Choudary charged with IS support

  05-08-2015 19:11
  
  Anjem Choudary, Britain's most high-profile Islamist preacher, well-known globally for praising the men responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, was charged on Wednesday with inviting support for Islamic State (IS). Choudary, 48, was accused of using lectures which were published online for encouraging support for the banned organisation, which has seized swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq. "Following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrori
  
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