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The Church of England claims fracking could help combat fuel poverty as Balcombe protest expands.

Couple left snakes in room and were out when police raided and found reptiles in poor condition.

More than 200 people are missing and 26 people have died after a ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank off the Philippines coast.

Muslim Brotherhood supporters vandalise museum and steal artefacts after Cairo crackdown.

Soldiers move in on thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters who spent night barricaded inside.

Although there are very few people to have ever got the parasite, 99% of those who get it, do not survive.

Police urge young woman pushed elderly man to ground and spats on him to hand herself in.

Francis Knight gets extra jail time after sentence for internet grooming of teenage boys branded too lenient

Heathrow holiday season queues build up over fears of new wave of 'intimate bombs' to beat security.

Six suspects indicted by Oregon prosecutors for staging bloody spectacle at ranch.

Authorities in South Africa file charges against Blade Runner over reckless use of firearms.

British charity Karma Nirvana advising teenagers to hide cutlery in their pants to set off airport metal detectors.

1D's Liam Payne reassures band's fans after Crazy About One Direction airs on Channel 4.

Luohe Zoo shut down for 'rectification' for telling customers giant mastiff was lion and foxes were leopards.

Murder charges against New Jersey husband dropped after three years in jail without trial.

Judge rules man should have vasectomy to stop ‘psychological harm’ of having another child.

Communist lawyer who wanted to defend Hitler and Saddam and assisted Klaus Barbie, Slobodan Milosevic and Tariq Aziz dies aged 88.

Noise produced by Münster University guinea pigs angers residents.

Mosque which became nucleus of violence completely burnt out during fighting.

17-year-old from Fife was reportedly victim of blackmailers who threatened to publish explicit videos he made on webcams.

IDF says picture of Kuala Lumpur shopping mall removed after 'innocent mistake' realised.

Gugulethu Mokalapa taken off life support and declared brain dead a week after circumcision.

Human rights activist Larry Poltavtsev tells IBTimes UK why the Sochi Olympics will be a hammer blow for Russia's LGBT community.

Mega lizards like Brachiosaurus had stiff necks, it is claimed.

Fawzi al-Khaibari was executed on Thursday for torturing and killing his wife.

Olympic road in Yaroslavl area has huge craters and large cracks covering the surface.

Filmmaker invited to spend time with 1D fanatics to understand their obsession.

Political assassinations in South Africa escalate as chorus against ANC corruption grows, says Heinrich Matthee.

One due in court and five accept caution following protest against Shell Arctic oil drilling