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Editor relieved not to be number two as book about defecating on a date wins 36th annual Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title

Viral video causes uproar as Cairo University student whistled at and heckled because of the way she is dressed.

Turkish president in conflict with PM Erdogan on blocking social media network in the country.

Robert L. Henry was given lethal injection at Florida State Prison for beating two women with a hammer and setting them on fire

Tensions reign as Portuguese police dismiss latest Scotland Yard update as merely repeating their own inquires.

According to a new bill, police can have sex with prostitutes during plain clothes investigations

Sentencing of men, also convicted of raping photojournalist, put off.

UK authorities provide list of possible assets it could send to assist MH370 search in continued support for Malaysia.

The world marks International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March every year.

US Army general Jeffrey Sinclair receives reprimand and $20,000 fine after sexual assault charges

Best photos of the day: 21 March 2014.

Tembe the lion found dead and beheaded at KwaZulu-Natal National Elephant Park.

Chinese icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, to join mission along with other vessels.

Fined £662,700 for deliberately manipulating a UK government bond

Erdogan has been threatening to ban Facebook and YouTube too.

Australian aircraft and naval vessels begin scouring stormy and remote section of Indian Ocean for debris of missing aircraft.

Investigators are increasingly focused on the likelihood that Flight MH370 suffered a mechanical fault.

If a communications box had been configured correctly, the plane might have been found by now

Twelve finance professionals thought to have committed suicide this year alone

US and EU consider targeted measures against individuals in South Sudan

Woman pleads guilty to horrifically injuring her baby from the age of six months

Andrew Salmon refused to let wife back into home.

Cancer Research UK received over 800,000 donations after the #nomakeupselfie went viral.

On the eve of World Water Day, lack of water is a major problem in Zimbabwe's capital.

Missing people who do not fit certain criteria are ignored by media, researchers say.

Four malnourished children found locked in room in La Corneuve neighbourhood of Seine-Saint-Denis.

Fred Phelps Sr dies in Kansas hospice after being excommunicated from Westboro Baptist Church.

Search plane finds no trace of debris spotted on satellite as hunt for MH370 continues.

We look back at some of Twitter's photographic milestones.