Russia: Notorious Siberian prison of Tsar Nicholas II, Dostoyevsky and Stalin's victims becomes a tourist hostel
You can stay at Tobolsk prison castle, from which nobody ever escaped and where thousands of enemies of the state were executed.
Litvinenko inquiry: Paedophile slur against Vladimir Putin listed among murder motives
Report into murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko details possible reasons why he was poisoned.
Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti rules chess is 'haram' under Islamic law
Sheikh Abdullah al-Sheikh said that the board game encourages gambling and is a waste of time.
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Nigeria: Britain committed to returning billions stolen by corrupt officials to help development projects
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Litvinenko inquiry: Widow Marina calls for David Cameron to take action against Vladimir Putin
Putin 'probably' approved Russian intelligence plot to murder agent says inquiry.
Litvinenko inquiry: Interpol issues arrest warrants for suspects of murder 'approved by Putin'
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Iran: UK bishops join NCRI in human rights plea and recognition of Camp Liberty
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Litvinenko inquiry: Russia warns verdict will 'darken' relations with UK
Tribunal found Russian president Vladimir Putin 'probably' ordered hit.
Iraq: Shia militias named as prime suspects in kidnapping of Americans in Baghdad
Three contrators were seized from a southern neighbourhood of the city.
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Litvinenko inquiry statement in full: 'I'm sure Lugovoi and Kovtun intended to kill ex-Russian spy'
Chairman of inquiry into poisoning of former KGB agent, Sir Robert Owen, says Putin probably approved killing.
France returns head of Hindu deity's statue to Cambodia after 130 years
In 1882 or 1883, researchers took statue's head from Phnom Da temple to display it in a Paris museum.
South Africa: Watch police officer survive point-blank gunshot – and then issue traffic ticket
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India: French consulate in Bengaluru receives threat letter against Hollande a day after Isis arrests in Delhi
Four Isis members were arrested in New Delhi on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks.
Australia bushfires: Orphaned baby kangaroo wrapped in bandages steals hearts across the internet
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'Most feared warlord' Dominic Ongwen starts ICC hearing accused of 70 crimes against humanity
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Afghanistan: Taliban vows to strike again at TV news channel Tolo after seven journalists killed by bomb
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Every year on St Sebastian's day, in Piornal, villagers throw turnips at a man dressed up as a creature known as Jarramplas.
France: 3-year-old girl 'chokes to death on egg toy'
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UK Islamic extremism: 400 under-10s referred to government's deradicalisation programme
Parents fear children are becoming 'scared' to engage in classroom debates.
India to get first cab service driven by members of LGBT community
An initiative called Wings Rainbow has been launched in Mumbai on 20 January.
Litvinenko inquiry: Russian spy was 'probably' assassinated under approval from Vladimir Putin
Inquiry rules Russian agents murdered former KGB spy on orders of Russian secret service.
Steve Irwin: Zookeeper mauled in the face by a tiger at Crocodile Hunter's Brisbane Zoo
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Jimmy Savile: Dame Janet Smith criticises Exaro website for leaking 'out of date' BBC report
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US officials displayed Russian flag 'upside down' ahead of Lavrov-Kerry talks in Zurich
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Tajik officials said the crackdown on hijabs and beards is part of measures to end Islamic radicalism.
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