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A straddle injury caused the 'embarrassing' condition

Manchester Assistant Chief Constable Dawn Copley told MPs that children's rights are being disregarded.

Study finds evidence of "skin tone memory bias" about educated black men.

South Sudanese warring parts are now conducting ceasefire negotiations in a nightclub in Ethiopia.

Roman Catholic Church's leader breaks his silence on abortion in annual State of the World speech.

Best pictures on 14 January, 2014.

Trial begins at Cambridge Crown Court of man accused of assisting Dennehy.

Man granted asylum in UK to avoid death penalty in Afghanistan in first case of its kind.

Zhang Shuxia would take away babies on false pretext and sell them to ring of traffickers.

Argument over mobile phone use at Grove 16 Theater in Florida leaves one person dead.

Boat carrying 300 people, including women and children, displaced by tribal conflict.

Survivors and relatives of victims commemorate second anniversary of sea disaster off Italy's Giglio island.

Southwest Airlines flight 4013 lands at Taney County airport instead of Branson, Missouri.

Two men arrested at Heathrow Airport accused of terrorism offences relating to activities in Syria

Charges laid against Smart Processing tutor firm boss Mary Kidson.

Hollande told first lady of secret love affair with actress Julie Gayet night before scandal broke.

Interim Leader Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguende deploys hundreds of soldiers to streets to control sectarian fighting.

Mark Bridger abandons bid to overturn conviction for murder of five-year-old April Jones.

President Goodluck Jonathan signs 'discriminatory' bill setting heavy jail terms for gay marriage or civil unions.

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children is under investigation after four-year-old Sean Turner was neglected then dies.

Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks asked for her office to be swept for listening devices in January 2011.

Al-Shabaab terrorists, linked to Germaine Lindsay's widow, are reportedly involved in £5 billion illegal ivory trade.

Lost remains of martyred Georgian queen discovered in St Augustinian Convent in Goa.

Spozhmai, aged 10, is latest victim of Taliban allegedly recruiting children to carry out suicide attacks.

It's hard finding the balance between personal and societal responsibility in tackling the rising obesity epidemic

Kenneth Bae slur and Kim happy birthday rendition mire ex-NBA star in controversy.

Commuters around the world strip down to their underwear for the annual No Pants Subway Ride.

Italian who admits killing journalist over chess dispute may also have eaten part of victim's body.

Shinzō Abe visit to Yasukuni Shrine can only worsen relationships with China but exonerating war criminals highlight Shōwa Emperor's responsibility