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Islamist militants' spokesman Sheikh Abulaziz Abu Muscab tries to justify rationale behind massacre which has left 62 people dead.

Punk band member, jailed for role in Putin prayer protest, claims 14-hour work-days, filthy conditions and beatings.

Mother and stepfather accused of raping four-year-old boy in visiting room in Toul prison.

Ousted president Mohammed Morsi's group hit by confiscation of all assets, pushing it further underground.

Three men and one woman arrested after Eastern European man found and taken to hospital.

Police investigating how two adults and three children died in town of Rice.

UN report reveals reduction in number of new HIV cases but highlights issues affecting 2015 target.

Jacob Rusli Bin failed to understand order to steer the liner to port before it hit reef.

Aston Martin, Rolex and Twitter among those featured in CoolBrands annual top 20 list.

Three among nine suspects questioned following discovery of £170m in cocaine on Caracas-Paris flight.

Teenage boy wandered from state to state with grandmother before suspicious school staff in Missouri alerted police.

Kenyan interior minister Joseph Lenku says end of shopping centre siege in Nairobi imminent as troops hunt down remaining al-Shabaab terrorists.

Reports suggest British female on the run in Africa involved in massacre which has left 69 dead

Father of two was killed by Volkswagen Golf in Sutton, south London.

Peta investigation shows immense animal suffering in civet coffee trade.

Ten people, including schoolchildren, injured in collision on the A685 in Greyrigg.

Former children's favourite and painter of the Queen accompanied by family to court hearing.

As Al-Shabaab siege of Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi heads into day three, more shocking photos have emerged.

Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend lashes out at Italian prosecutors.

Attack on the Kenyan mall where Islamic extremists are holding hostages a day after attacking the luxury Westgate centre and killing 59 people.

Some suggest that not all the visits can be blamed on sweaty-palmed MPs.

Kenyan officials say death toll from grenade-and-gunfire siege at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi has risen to 59, with at least 175 wounded.

Two people killed by falling tree in Shantou City, in southern China's Guangdong province

New evidence suggests Jack the Ripper was invented by a journalist, says former detective.

Israeli commandos airlifted to Nairobi shortly after al-Shabaab fighters attacked Westgate mall.

Recent studies show presence of toxic agents in dyes.

Reports from Nairobi indicate Israel's elite troops are battling Islamic militants to free scores of hostages taken in the Westgate Mall siege.

Merkel's Christian Democratic Union has a strong lead over main challenger Peer Steinbrück's Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Nazi groups gathering in town to be met by anti-racist counter demonstration.