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Anonymous chatroom app Yik Yak has been banned in multiple US high schools for threats and cyberbullying.

Charges against Tottenham Hotspur fans dropped, but why is word offensive?

Duke University adult star says she 'wears her Scarlet Letter with pride'.

Thousands of Palestinian refugees are starving to death in the Syrian Yarmouk camp as fighting prevents aid flow.

Statistics show 12 Years a Slave unlikely to win many awards on the night.

IBTimes UK predicts who will be the big winners at the 86th Academy Awards.

Mourinho may be hero at Chelsea but Carlo Ancelotti is comfortably eclipsing him in Spain.

Military kills babies, spits in inmates' mouths and uses them as martial arts targets.

Bernabeu giants are ready to offload several stars - and Premier League vultures are ready.

Many are putting a brave face on things but it couldn't get much worse for the Australian car industry at present.

Contrarian investors' policy of getting intimate with unloved stocks has moral imperative all its own.

Speculation is rife as to how Hezbollah will react to the Hariri hearing - but it has bigger fish to fry.

Energy has stormed to the front of UK political debate because of rising household bills.

Predicting future trends is key for companies on both sides of the Atlantic looking to re-build customer confidence.

Spanish football writer Eduardo Fernandez-Abascal takes us on a journey through the life of United's record signing.

The Puerto Rican has been an elite fighter for a decade but the vultures are circling

UK Treasury claims take home pay rose in real terms for 90% of people, but is this true?

IBTimes UK takes a look at the most important data from the ONS' job figures.

Refusal to sell to their rivals could come back to bite the Premier League champions

The IMRG/Capgemini e-retail index reveals just how fast growth is in shopping from tablets and smartphones.

Frank Lampard's days at Chelsea are numbered after the addition of the Benfica midfielder

Free trade agreement which George Osborne defends will give multinationals power to override governments.

Sony's CEO Kaz Hirai believes that every Sony product is a failure if it doesn't deliver a wow-factor for customers.

Amir Khan would be business as usual for Floyd Mayweather Jr it goes ahead in May

IBTimes UK considers the heroes and villains of the sporting world as we approach the end of a momentous year.

Chairman Ben Bernanke will maintain the quantitative easing programme on track say analysts

iPad Pro and everything you need to know, from screen size and design to release date, rumours and price.

Popular presenter reportedly fired after a spokesperson from the country's socially conservative Justice and Development Party lodged complaint.

MP and LGBT activist Alessandro Zan describes the foul mix of inertia, bigotry and blind hatred that denies Italian homosexuals their basic rights.