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Kazan

Video shows moment Russian plane plunged nose-first into the ground

18 Nov 2013

26.6k

ten nine eight

NASA's MAVEN Mars mission launches from Kennedy Space Center

18 Nov 2013

6.2k

rap on the wrist

Rapper breaks female fan's arm in 30ft stage dive (video)

18 Nov 2013

27.7k

Cuba

Elian Gonzalez blames US laws for his childhood ordeal

18 Nov 2013

14.3k

Opinion Polls

Crack-smoking Toronto mayor is more liked than any Irish leader

18 Nov 2013

14.6k

Religion

Pastor who officiated son's same-sex wedding to go on "church trial"

18 Nov 2013

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drongos

Six Wallabies suspended after boozy night out in Dublin BEFORE they beat Ireland

18 Nov 2013

40.2k

Afghanistan

Taliban using violence and threatening letters to control rural communities

18 Nov 2013

5.4k

Nuclear

Engineers begin dangerous task of removing fuel rods from Fukushima

18 Nov 2013

6.7k

Search Engine

Google to block some child sexual abuse search results

18 Nov 2013

11.3k

Madiba

Nelson Mandela still 'quite ill' and cannot talk

18 Nov 2013

6.2k

Storms

Six killed as tornadoes tear across America's midwest

18 Nov 2013

10.9k

Italy

Mount Etna volcano in Sicily erupts

17 Nov 2013

34.8k

Plane Crash

Boeing plane crashes in Russia, 50 believed dead

17 Nov 2013

23.1k

inequality

Swiss vote on limiting top pay to 12 times that of lowest paid workers

17 Nov 2013

18.6k

ghost skyscraper

Derelict African skyscraper wouldn't be lost in a sci fi horror

17 Nov 2013

29.6k

Philippines

The heartbreaking tale of the babies of Typhoon Haiyan

17 Nov 2013

12.0k

typhoon haiyan

In the wake of the storm: Before and after photos of Irish bar show extent of Philippines devastation

16 Nov 2013

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Hacked

UK Cyber-crime unit issues urgent "ransomware" warning

16 Nov 2013

11.6k

jfk50

John F Kennedy assassination: the conspiracy theories

16 Nov 2013

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Libya

At least 31 killed, more than 200 injured in Libya gun attack

16 Nov 2013

3.0k

Ker-pow

Batkid saves the day as San Fran turns into Gotham City

15 Nov 2013

26.5k

Secret Agents

White House defends Secret Service amid new claims of prostitutes and extramarital affairs

15 Nov 2013

9.0k

Sisters

Twin with breast cancer donates skin and fat tissue to sister who also has cancer

15 Nov 2013

18.9k

Playstation

6 things to worry about as the PS4 launches in the US

15 Nov 2013

20.2k

China

China to relax one-child policy, abolish labour camps

15 Nov 2013

11.6k

Hindsight

A US paper that called the 1863 Gettysburg address 'silly' has issued a retraction

15 Nov 2013

7.5k

aftermath

Seven days on, Philippines remains chaotic as death toll is disputed

15 Nov 2013

6.1k

Houston

Texas LGBT jail inmates now protected under new policy

15 Nov 2013

9.6k

JP Morgan Chase

JP Morgan cancels Twitter Q&A after negative tweet blitz

14 Nov 2013

12.3k

Airplane Mode

European airlines to allow gadget use during takeoff and landing

14 Nov 2013

18.7k

Google wins sweeping court ruling and the right to scan 'millions of books'

14 Nov 2013

13.7k

project spade

Over 340 arrested in global child pornography investigation

14 Nov 2013

8.2k

Boston

'Whitey' Bulger receives life sentence for murder, extortion, and money-laundering

14 Nov 2013

9.4k

California

Four US marines killed in incident at military base

14 Nov 2013

9.2k

Secret Agents

Two of Obama's Secret Service agents removed for 'misconduct'

14 Nov 2013

13.0k

typhoon haiyan

US aircraft carrier steams in to Philippines as UN admits slow response

14 Nov 2013

6.0k

Health

How did a woman get the world's first human case of H6N1 bird flu?

14 Nov 2013

15.1k

The Rock

"Pink Star" diamond sells for world record €61 million

13 Nov 2013

11.8k

Pittsburgh

Three shot near Pittsburgh high school

13 Nov 2013

7.4k

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