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Hundreds of endangered slow lorises rescued from smugglers in Java.

Latvian-born computer science student Elina Desaine awarded crown and £500 for sleeping with up to three men a week.

Daughter of the Paraoh Akhenaten destined for black market, it is feared.

Government mulling locations of first UK space launch base with Wales believed to be a front runner.

Downloaded plastic copy of Liberator gun fails ballistics tests but other materials more robust.

Kate McCann tells of pressures of six-year search and how reopened probe has deprived her of sleep.

Experts warn about dangers of cosmetic surgical procedures on genitals.

Roy Harper charged with historic sex offences against under-age girl in 1970s.

Minister calls for action to stop persecution of Christians in Iraq and Syria.

Norse mythology predicts world will end on 22 February.

Suspect accused of stabbing up to five women with needles in city centre.

Woman gives birth in Israeli makeshift hospital in Philippines and names her child 'Israel'.

Switzerland is the happiest country in the world.

Pavlensky faces five years in jail if convicted for art statement against 'police state'.

NSA director general Keith Alexander said Snowden's actions 'seriously increase the chances of a terrorist attack'.

UN says official death toll for Typhoon Yolanda has hit 4,460 with more than 900,000 people displaced.

Scholastic apologises after book Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt didn't erased Israel from the map.

Commuters dumbfounded as Oyster travels 10 stops on rush hour Victoria line tube.

Medics at three hospitals in northern Israel patching up Syrians hurt in fighting.

Counter-terrorism chief says al-Qaida offshoots exploiting security lapses during Ashoura festival.

MPs Nadhim Zahawi and Anas Sarwar discuss the need to protect women and girls against sexual assault amid the Haiyan chaos.

Instead of the traditional tourist pleasures of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and the Cape Winelands, Cath Everett takes a different route.

Last person in Britain who was born in the 1800s and sixth oldest person alive dies.

Met Police say arrests could lead to landmark first prosecution of FGM in UK.

Zhejiang fiancé hires porters to deliver stacks of 100 yuan notes to beloved's house.

Ohio governor orders delay in execution to study if inmate's organs can be passed onto sick family

Family lawyer claims he was blocked from grilling MI6 agents during inquest and warns of 'dark arts' behind mystery death.

Rapist's lawyer condemned as 'disgusting' after guilty verdict in Wellington court.

Elephant carcasses cleared from tracks after speeding train hit herd in Jalpaiguri district.