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In Brief: Dead pensioner locked in toilet

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A council was forced to apologise yesterday after day-care staff failed to notice a pensioner had died and her body was left locked in a toilet.

Hasan looked to alcohol-free afterlife

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

IF his emails are any guide, Nidal Malik Hasan was planning to go teetotal in the hereafter.

Christ's 'death cert' found on Turin Shroud

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A Vatican researcher claimed last night to have discovered Christ's "burial certificate" on the Turin Shroud.

Flooding on British scale 'only happens every thousand years'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

THE FULL and devastating impact of England's worst recorded day of rain was still emerging last night as tributes were paid to a policeman swept away by floodwaters while trying to save others.

Amanda Knox 'killed victim in drug-fuelled sexual game'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

THE American exchange student Amanda Knox (right) murdered Meredith Kercher out of hatred and revenge during a drug-fuelled sex game -- then staged a burglary to cover up the crime, an Italian prosecutor said yesterday.

Rainfall gets more severe as climate heats up

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The record rainfall that caused yesterday's devastating floods cannot be blamed directly on climate change, experts said.

New foreign policy chief at EU was fourth in line for job

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Europe's new foreign policy chief was the fourth-choice British candidate for the job, officials disclosed yesterday.

Strain of drug-resistant swine flu sparks fears for Tamiflu use

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A STRAIN of swine flu resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu is spreading from person to person, health officials in Wales confirmed last night.

Dead pensioner locked in toilet

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A council was forced to apologise yesterday after day-care staff failed to notice a pensioner had died and her body was left locked in a toilet.

Man who strangled wife in sleep walks free

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A "DEVOTED" husband who strangled his wife during a nightmare walked free yesterday as a judge told him he was a "decent man" who bore no responsibility for her death.

Christ's 'death cert' found on Turin Shroud

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A Vatican researcher claimed last night to have discovered Christ's "burial certificate" on the Turin Shroud.

Amanda Knox 'killed victim in drug-fuelled sexual game'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

European soccer rocked by match-fixing scandal

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A match-fixing ring with more than 200 suspected members fixed or tried to fix around 200 matches across Europe, including three Champions League matches.

Lucky escape from ice falling from aircraft

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:47:45 GMT

A basketball-sized chunk of ice crashed through the roof of a family's home after apparently falling from an aeroplane passing overhead.

Palin is 'Going Rogue' all over again on American book tour

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

They had been waiting for more than 24 hours -- camped out on the pavements in a frigid Michigan chill. Stepping off her bus, in four-inch heels, black skirt and red blazer, came their heroine -- clutching baby Trig.

US facing $100bn bill as army blamed for storm flood

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

THE US government could be facing a bill running to hundreds of billions of dollars after a federal judge yesterday ruled that failures by the US Army Corps of Engineers were responsible for the worst flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina.

Air delay passengers to get compensation

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

AIRLINE passengers facing long delays should receive the same cash compensation as those whose flights are cancelled, European judges ruled yesterday.

Karzai vows to take control of Afghan security by 2015

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai said Afghan forces will assume responsibility for security within five years in an inauguration speech seeking to placate his impatient Western allies.

Five to hang for coup murders 34 years ago

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

FOR 34 years, Bangladesh has been haunted by the murder of founding President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- with his wife and three of his sons -- in a coup that began a cycle of violence.

CIA 'turned school into prison for terrorism suspects'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A former riding school in Lithuania was used as a secret CIA prison to hold and interrogate al-Qa'ida terrorist suspects, it is claimed.

Police tasered girl (10) at mother's suggestion

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A POLICE officer in a small US town used a stun gun on a 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission.

Waking up to a new life after twin separation

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

One of the girls who was separated from her conjoined twin during a marathon operation woke up yesterday and is making a strong recovery, her surgeon said.

Brown changes his tune over 'talented' Jedward

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Gordon Brown offered an olive branch to 'The X Factor' contestants 'Jedward' yesterday, insisting they were "very good" at some things after publicly criticising their singing.

Swedes turn on blundering referee

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Martin Hansson's name will live long in the memory of Irish people everywhere.

Brown changes his tune over 'talented' Jedward

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Gordon Brown offered an olive branch to 'The X Factor' contestants 'Jedward' yesterday, insisting they were "very good" at some things after publicly criticising their singing.