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Sex trilogy becomes biggest seller on Amazon with graphic treatment of bondage and S&M.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is serving a life sentence in Cairo's Tora prison.

CCTV footage shows moment giant fish tank shatters at Orient shopping centre.

Nicaragua government warns volcano unstable but 1,500 villagers defy evacuation order.

European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) draws up proposals to increase air time for flight crews.

Trains run the 1,425 miles between Beijing and Guangzhou at average speed of up 186mph.

From banksters to gun nuts the media's collapse into 'simplify and exaggerate' is doing lasting damage to public debate.

Uncompromising Christmas message lays blame for violence against women on the victims.

Charity minister urges elderly who do not need public money to heat homes to give it to good causes instead.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Pussy Riot, Bashar al-Assad and Francesco Schettino among the 12 people who made the headlines in 2012.

Scotland Yard think Williams died alone with sex game gone wrong most likely cause, reports Telegraph.

Jeanette Javell, 42, used a fillet knife given as gift from employer to kill Ingemar Wallin, 49, while he lay in bed.

Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital in Pretoria and is recovering at home.

US president during first Iraq war, 88-year-old Bush suffering from persistent fever.

Blast at entrance to CIA office in Khost kills three civilians.

Pope Benedict XVI calls for ending bloodshed in Syria.

Transport for London looks to minimise hardship with extra bus services and suspension of congestion and parking charges.

M6 motorway closed from both directions as accident takes place between junction 14 and 15.

Three men alleged to have drugged 28-year-old Briton in a nightclub before raping her one by one.

Gunman lures firefighters by setting ablaze a house and then opens fire at them.

Top Roman Catholic cleric in Palestine, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, says occasion marks both birth of Jesus and Palestinian State.

Brave policeman turns and faces sword-brandishing maniac in middle of Christmas shopper crowds

Woman and funeral parlour owner arrested for creating fake identity for corpse.

Father Christmas celebrated in very different ways

Police appeal for witnesses after two men dressed as elves arrested for allegedly attacking two men.

Overloaded van 15 children hits parked vehicle and plunges into roadside pond in Guizi city.

Alleged use of deadly sarin gas on rebel areas in Homs raise spectre of Syrian regime resorting to chemical weapons.

A68 closed following collision between two vehicles in east Scotland.

Prime minister opts for most Christian address he's ever uttered, and praises UK soldiers in Afghanistan.